-Change in Business Hours-
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Effect from May 2025, our business hours will be changed to the schedule below:
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Monday - Wednesday Closed
Thursday - Sunday 5 PM ~ 9 PM (Last seating is 7:45 PM)
KAEDE means "Japanese Maple"
It is one of the beautiful trees that evokes Japan and allow you to feel the changing seasons.
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When the KAEDE leaves are turning green, herald the arrival of warm spring and even brings with it the sense of summer freshness as reflect the sunlight under blue sky.
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As autumn deepens and gets cooler and milder, they turn beautiful red hue that colors the city of Portland and trickles rain dripping from them is also very charming and feel calm.
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Even after the leaves are fallen in the winter, they remain beautiful when covered in snow,
and KAEDE is beautiful tree that adorn the city and enchant people throughout the seasons.
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Just like the maple tree, which has been loved in Japan since ancient times,
we hope that the KAEDE's cuisine will become a colorful part of your life in Portland
Become a colorful part of your life
KAEDE Owner chef Izumi Uehara
SIMPLE YET SOPHISTICATED ONE BITE
Welcome to KAEDE
KAEDE is the JAPANESE​ "Sushi-Kappo" restaurant.
We aim to express the changing seasons of Portland through our delicate and carefully crafted tasting menu with our motto of
"Simple yet sophisticated one bite"
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Our tasting menu
We only offer tasting menus
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Sushi counter $92 per person
Table seating $80 per person
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No a la cart menu offered.
*Our tasting menu along with a supplement menu.
We also have an option to add sushi after you have finished tasting menu.
Most of dishes in our tasting menu is made using seafood and ingredients essential to Japanese cuisine, such as Dashi broth, soy sauce and miso.
Therefore, our tasting menus cannot be modified to be gluten-free, soy-free or Vegetarian/Vegan.
We will try to do our best to accommodate food allergies and dietary restriction. Please let us know in advance.
OUR STORY
Owner/Executive chef Izumi Uehara
After graduating from a highest ranked culinary school "Hattori Nutrition college in Tokyo", Izumi has been involved in Japanese cuisine in Europe, Japan and San Francisco for over 15 years.
In Europe, Izumi had been studying basic Japanese cuisine Knowledge and cooking skill at the Hotel Okura "YAMAZATO", the authentic Japanese restaurant as known that the first traditional "kaiseki" cuisine restaurant outside of Japan that awarded with a Michelin star, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Several years later, Izumi goes back to Japan. At that time had been working an "Edomae" sushi restaurant in Tokyo for years, then cross the Pacific Ocean in 2013.
Izumi had been working as sushi chef in several restaurant in San Francisco and Sausalito included a had earned a Michelin star restaurant.
In 2021, Move to Portland to open the "KAEDE"
Head Sushi chef Shinji Uehara
Shinji started to work at Sushi-Kappou restaurant "Kaioh" as a dishwasher/Deliver in Fukuoka, Japan when while attending University, majored in business administration.
After graduating the university, decided to be sushi chef, because of his master chef Keisuke Yamahata, Shinji could learn a lot of techniques and how to be acting as sushi chef in the Sushi-Bar or more as a person from him.
After 8 years total in "Kaioh", Shinji left and had been working at several of "Kaiseki" restaurant and "Izakaya" in 3 years span to learn more variety of cooking skills.
In 2012, Shinji was able to cross the ocean come to the United States which is one of his dreams, then started to work at "SANRAKU" that is long time loved by locals in San Francisco, California.
Shinji had been working as sushi chef his first few years, then promoted and working as Head sushi chef in last several years at "SANRAKU".
In 2021, Moved to Portland with Izumi to open the "KAEDE".
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