Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Nikko / Kinu River / Lake Chuzenji Area
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Nikko / Kinu River / Lake Chuzenji
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Nikko / Kinu River / Lake Chuzenji
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- Nikko Kanaya Hotel – Main Dining Room
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4.046 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Kamihatsuishimachi 1300
- A dining room restaurant on the second floor of the Nikko Kanaya Hotel located in Kamihatsuishi Town, Nikko City. The restaurant serves traditional dishes passed down from previous generations in the hotel such as sautéed rainbow trout and Taisho croquette. Guests can enjoy seasonal special lunches in the afternoon, and in the evening, as well as an a la carte menu, the restaurant offers a classic dinner based on a menu from the Meiji period.
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Chose to eat dinner here night one in town. Very good food and great service. Ate the Pork entree which melted in your mouth.
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- Mizube Cafe Terrace
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4.013 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Kinugawaonsenohara 1409
- A cafe located opposite the Kinugawa Park Hotels about five minutes on foot from Kinugawa Onsen Station. The cafe serves meals such as their special wagyu curry rice, ox tongue stew, pasta and bagels as well as sweets. The relaxing and comfortable space has views of the pond in the courtyard.
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I stopped by during a day walk in Kinugawa Onsen Village. It is a nice cafe where you can relax and enjoy the hot spring. It gets crowded during the top season, but if you move it around a bit, you...
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- Chez Hoshino
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4.028 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Chugushi 2478
- Chez Hoshino is a French restaurant situated along the Japan Romantic Road in Chugushi, Nikko City. The restaurant offers a range of French course meals and an a la carte menu including seafood dishes using Yashio trout and kokanee salmon, and meat dishes of Date chicken and Tochigi wagyu. Also, for lunch they have a reasonable set menu based around mains of spaghetti, hamburger steak, and Date chicken curry.
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Ce restaurant a été choisi par les organisateurs d’un voyage de groupe. Le repas était très bon, en particulier le potage. L’atmosphère du restaurant était sympathique. On se croirait dans une...
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- Footbath Cafe “espo”
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- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Kinugawaonsenohara 1437-1 Hotel Sunshine in Kinugawa
- espo is a cafe with footbath in the Hotel Sunshine Kinugawa located in Kinugawaonsen-ohara, Nikko City. From the terrace guests can enjoy magnificent views of the Kinu Tateiwa-Otsuribashi Suspension Bridge and Kinugawa River, making it a wonderful place to relax with some delicious coffee and sweets.
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- CAFE OWL
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- Tochigi Nikko-shi Kirifuri 1535-4 Hi Hikari Kirifurikogen Chirorinmura
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- Café Fleur
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4.518 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Matsubarachou 12-1
- A cafe located along National Route 119 in Matsubara Town, Nikko City. Their special signature cheesecake has been loved by customers for more than 30 years. It’s popular as a set with some tea and coffee. The cafe offers other food including croque-monsieur (baked or fried boiled ham and cheese sandwich), cheese toast, and borscht (a sour soup).
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There are relatively few options in this cafe. Apart from the small eating area the one person running the cafe has very little space for storing or preparing food. I can only assume that some items...
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- Cafe Restaurant Takumi
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3.530 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Kamihatsuishimachi 1024
- A cafe restaurant inside the Nikko Bussan Shokai, designated as a registered National Tangible Cultural Property of Japan and located on the Japan Romantic Road in Kamihatsuishi Town, Nikko City. Takumi offers their own yuba bento made with tofu skin, set meals of steaks, Hamburg steaks and pork cutlets, as well as specially made cakes from the Kanaya Hotel bakery. The interior decoration reminiscent of the Meiji period is also very attractive.
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Located in the principal avenue in Nikko, Japan the Cafe Restaurant Takumi is a good option for lunch or dinner with authentic japanese food. Taste and flavor is exceptional.
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- Shogetsu Himuro
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- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Imaichi 379
- Shogetsu Himuro is a natural ice producer which was founded in 1894 in Imaichi, Nikko City. Today they produce and sell natural ice which is hard to come by in Japan nowadays. As you might expect they also sell kakigori (shaved ice dessert) using the natural ice. Many people can be found queuing up for their exceptionally good and fluffy textured kakigori.
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- Nikko Coffee Goyoteidori
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4.546 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Honchou 3-13
- A cafe situated on Goyotei-seimon-dori Street in Honcho, Nikko City. Run from a refurbished merchant’s house, the cafe serves their own home-brewed specialty coffee and food such as curries made with local ingredients as well as desserts like cake, etc.
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Beautiful cafe and excellent coffee but the menu isn’t really suitable for a breakfast visit as it’s limited to drinks, desserts and a few mains. Quite expensive too.
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- Nikko Yubamaki ZEN
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4.039 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Kamihatsuishimachi 1007
- A restaurant specializing in creative cuisine situated along the Japan Romantic Road in Kamihatsuishi Town, Nikko City. ZEN offers creative dishes using yuba (tofu skin) which is a special product of Nikko. Popular dishes include their Nikko yubamaki with Tochigi wagyu beef and seasonal seafood and vegetables from the prefecture wrapped in yuba, and their Nikko yubamaki course meal made up of many seasonal small dishes of yubamaki (rolled yuba).
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Zen is accurately named. A beautiful, quiet and welcoming family owned restaurant. Absolutely meticulously prepared food all presented on gorgeous pottery from regional artisans.
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- Café de Savoie
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- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Chugushi 2478
- Café de Savoie is a French restaurant situated on the banks of Lake Chuzenji along the Japan Romantic Road in Chugushi, Nikko City. The restaurant serves homemade cuisine prepared by a chef who trained in Belgium and France, using fish from lake Chuzenji, meat from the prefecture and organic vegetables, etc.
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- Yuan Sanbo
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- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Sannai 2339-1
- A restaurant located in Sannai, Nikko City. An annex of the Meiji-No-Yakata restaurant, the building has been designated as an National Important Cultural Property. Yuan Sanbo serves Western-style dishes such as omurice (omelet made with fried rice) with a demi-glace sauce slowly stewed for over three weeks, Tochigi wagyu tail stew, and deep fried Japanese tiger prawns. Guests can also enjoy courses with hors d’oeuvres and desserts.
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- YUBATEI MASUDAYA
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4.525 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Ishiyamachi 439-2
- You’ll find this specialty Yuba cuisine restaurant along the Japan Romantic Road in Ishiya Town, Nikko City. It provides sashimi, boiled dishes, vegetables with dressing, and other fresh yuba cuisine using “Nikko Gozen Yuba” ingredients provided by longstanding Nikko Yuba restaurant “Ebiya Chozo.” In addition, they also offer the “kaiseki zen” and “Nikko zen” courses, which feature salt-grilled trout and other fresh yuba dishes.
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ゆばはとても美味しいです。大好きです。ただ、ちゃんとした素材とよい出汁を使えば、お店によって大きく味が違うというものでもない気がします。 では、こちらのお店のアドバンテージは何か？ お店自体の高級なしつらえと丁寧かつ親身な接客だと思う。 一番お安いランチコースは4290円でした。トータルではちょっとお高いなあと感じました。高級なんだけど、ちょっと高級でない部分がどうしても気になってしまって...
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- Shingetsu
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4.08 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Chugushi 2478
- This soba restaurant is located on the shores of Lake Chuzenji along the Japan Romantic Road in Chugushi, Nikko City. Carefully selected Nikko-produced soba is stored at low temperatures, and each day, the day’s portion of soba is ground in a stone mill into soba flour and made into handmade soba. Menu items include “hiyashi yuba soba” made with Nikko’s famous tofu skin, along with other dishes.
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位在中禪寺湖對面的新月蕎麥麵店,到訪用餐的當天中午,店內服務人員只有一位阿姨和年輕人,先在門口後位等待大約15分鐘,就坐後點了天婦羅蕎麥麵,現點現做,很悠閒慢活的享受午餐,天婦羅是炸整片的,放進蕎麥麵吸附湯汁,非常美味.
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- Honkaku Kaiseki Yuba Nikko Yotaro
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4.05 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Shimohatsuishimachi 965
- This yuba tofu cuisine restaurant is in Shimohatsuishi-machi, Nikko City. This establishment uses various types of tofu skin made from high-quality soybeans, such as “hikiage,” fresh, and “taguri,” obtained from the “Ebiya Chozo” shop, where Nikko tofu skin originated. This allows the restaurant to offer healthy and authentic multi-course “kaiseki” tofu skin meals. Also available are the “tofu skin lunch,” “tofu skin grilled fish lunch,” tempura set, tempura box lunch, and more.
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This is a small unassuming restaurant, very traditional. I think we had the only western-style table and chairs. The hospitality and the food were amazing. My sister and I were on a day trip from...
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- Nikko Yuba Komachi
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4.563 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Matsubarachou 255 Hotel Viva Nikko 1F
- Nikko Yuba Komachi is a casual café, popular with families, where visitors can taste original Yuba (a delicacy of the skin of gently boiled soybean milk) cuisine, Nikko HIMITSU brand pork and a large variety of local sake. The Teriyaki Yuba Burger, made with thick yuba with a meat-like texture, is recommended. A takeout menu is available so visitors can casually enjoy the food. It is a six minute walk from JR Nikko Station.
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My wife and I had dinner here a couple of times. The menu is very varied with a mixture of local ramen dishes featuring the local Yubu speciality and western burgers and pizzas. On the first...
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- LANCATLGUE CAFE NIKKO VORTEX & QUEENIE
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4.541 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Nikko-shi Yasukawacho 4-12F
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On a quiet Thursday we happened on this Gem of a cafe. Extremely warm welcome and ambiance. Coffee and desserts were so special. Our host could not have been more pleasant and was delighted to pass...
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- Maple Restaurant
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4.035 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Chugushi 2482
- Enjoy delicious Tochigi Wagyu beef and kokanee (salmon) in a relaxed and warm atmosphere at the “Restaurant Maple” with a fireplace. Guests can choose bread or rice from the menu, and the bread is freshly home-baked on the premises. The hand-made cheesecake and chiffon cake dessert set menu is great value at lunch. It is about 20 minutes by car from “Kiyotaki Interchange” on the Nikko Utsunomiya Road.
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The restaurant is within 10 mins walking distance from the Chuzenji bus stop. It is on the quieter side of the lake. The exterior was quaint and cute. The owner welcomed us inside. The menu...
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- Ueshima Coffee (Nikko Toshogun Shop)
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- Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Sannai 2301 Sunlight Toshogu Shin Treasures Hall 1F
- Ueshima Coffee Shop is popular as a place to enjoy coffee with a mellow aroma and rich, pleasant after taste. The café is very serious about making good coffee and has even established plantations in Jamaica and Hawaii. The coffee is made using a double flannel drip method. The Nikko Toshogun shop is located on the first floor of the Nikko Toshogu New Museum and has a calm Ueshima Coffee shop-like atmosphere and is a perfect place to take a break while sightseeing. It is approximately eight minutes by car from Nikko Interchange on the Nikko Utsunomiya Road.
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Most visits to Tochigi revolve around Nikko, a small city home to the spectacular, lavishly decorated Toshogu Shrine and Nikko National Park with its mountains, lakes, waterfalls, onsen, and wild monkeys. Neighboring Oku-Nikko is an extension of the fantastic scenery famous for its autumn leaves, while Tochigi’s capital, Utsunomiya, is the only place in the world where you can find oya stone beautifully exhibited in temples and the Oya History Museum.
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