Otoro Nigiri
$14The prized belly cut of bluefin — buttery, marbled, and meant to melt.
Edomae sushi · Seasonal omakase
The quiet art of perfect sushi.
At Sakura, each piece is shaped by hand the moment you order it — rice at body temperature, fish at its peak, nothing between you and the catch.
Omakase14-course tasting
DailyMarket-fresh fish
Since '08One quiet counter
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Counter seating
Watch the itamae at work
Welcome to Sakura
Less on the plate, more in the moment.
We built Sakura around a single idea: when the fish is this good, it needs almost nothing. A whisper of wasabi grated to order, a brush of house-aged soy, warm rice seasoned with red vinegar. The rest is restraint.
- Fish selected each dawn at the market and broken down in-house.
- Rice cooked in small batches and served at the temperature of the hand.
- A calm twelve-seat room designed to slow you down.
Signature plates
A few of our quiet favorites
Hand-cut pieces and seasonal sets the room keeps coming back for.
Sashimi Moriawase
$32A composed selection of today's finest fish, sliced to its grain.
Omakase
$120Leave it to the chef — a guided procession of the day's very best.
The craft
Twenty years to a single piece of nigiri.
Chef Haruki Tanaka trained for over a decade in Tokyo before opening Sakura. He still arrives before sunrise, still grades every fillet by hand, still believes the difference between good and unforgettable lives in degrees and seconds.
Sit at the counter and you'll see it: the gentle press of the rice, the angle of the knife, the breath before the plate reaches you.
A look inside
Glimpses of the room & the plate
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Find us
22 Kaede Lane, Old Harbor District, San Francisco, CA 94133
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Seatings
Tue–Sun · 5:30pm – 10:30pm
Closed Mondays
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Reserve
(415) 555-0182
hello@sakurasushi.co
★★★★★
“The most serene meal I've had in years. Each piece arrived exactly when it should, and the otoro genuinely dissolved. Sakura is a quiet masterpiece.”
Mei LinFood writer, The Coastal Table
Sit at the counter with us.
Seats are limited to twelve each evening. Reserve ahead and let the chef take it from there.