A note on the words: kyodo shuko in the shop’s name means regional food and drink, and Aomori is the prefecture at the northern tip of Japan’s main island. Otoshi is the small appetizer you are charged for on sitting down — it is not a scam, it is the cover charge. Basashi is raw horse meat, eaten sliced thin. Prices are as of this writing (August 2026).
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Kyodo Shuko Aomoriya on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Hello, this is Hangover Meshi. Right — thinking I would have dinner in Ikebukuro, I remembered a place I had been mildly curious about a while back and decided to go. “Kyodo Shuko Aomoriya.” It is a place where you can eat the food of Aomori, and when you search Tabelog and the like it comes up as something like “Fully equipped with private rooms, Kyodo Shuko Aomoriya,” which I somehow assumed could not really be so, and therefore was not misled at all lol
It is equipped with private rooms; it is not that every seat is one, so do take note ^^
I was shown to the large hall in the basement.
Behind me a group who looked like university students were having a party and it was lively, but I have walked that road myself lol so I decided not to mind.
At a place like this I imagine the usual thing is a course with all-you-can-drink. I was not all that hungry though, so a la carte it is!
Beer first! — and I asked for the local one.
Tsugaru-ji Beer.
Nori soup with scallops in it ^^
Tuna crown, the cut from the top of the head, plus shime-saba, sea bream, a silver-backed fish, and mizudako giant octopus I think?
Apparently the most popular thing in the shop. Potato salad and smoked mackerel with whole-grain mustard.
You put it on an Aomori senbei cracker to eat. The crisp texture and the rich potato salad certainly do suit each other. Delicious.
Even half a fish is plenty. It is grilled crisp and has been properly dried, so the savor is concentrated!
And then the basashi!
Three kinds: top lean, mane fat and a marbled cut. When you say basashi there is a Kyushu tamari-soy feeling to it, but eating it with miso and salt may be a first for me. It is clean and easy to eat. Delicious.
So: I ate lightly and came out, but I had drunk a fair amount, so in terms of volume I was quite satisfied. I used it less as dinner and more as snacks with drinks, and that turned out to suit it rather well ^^ For a big group drinking party a place like this is the sort that comes in handy, so I am glad I went and got a feel for it ^^
Private room Kanbi Kyodo Shuko Aomoriya (Izakaya / Ikebukuro Station, Kanamecho Station, Higashi-Ikebukuro Station)
Tabelog dinner rating ★★★☆☆ 3.3
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
