Place Category: Happy Hours, Japanese, Outside Dining, and Sushi Bars


Place Category: Happy Hours, Japanese, Outside Dining, and Sushi Bars
Fuji Ya was the very first Japanese restaurant to open in Minnesota. Reiko Weston was the original founder who started Fuji Ya from a two car garage building back in 1959. As business grew over time, in 1968, Reiko acquired and turned an old flour mill in downtown Minneapolis by the river front into a traditional Japanese restaurant. Customers enjoyed the matted floor seating, bamboo décor, papered walls, and of course the authentic Japanese cuisines and sushi.
Casual
