Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Nagano Area

  • Meijitei Komagane Main Store
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    4.0
    117 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Komaganeshi Akaho 898-6
    This is a particularly famous eatery serving Komagane specialty Sauce Katsudon (pork cutlet rice bowl with sauce) in Akaho, Komagane City, Nagano Prefecture. It is a satisfyingly voluminous rice bowl topped with sliced cabbage, juicy pork meat with a crispy coating, and an original fruity sauce in perfect harmony. It is a shop specialty that draws a large number of fans from far and wide. The menu is full of other options including set meals and seasonal fish dishes. The Donman pork cutlet & sauce sandwich is a popular takeout choice.

    ソースカツ丼で有名なお店。遅くまで混んでいました。シンプルなロースソースかつ丼を注文。衣はサクサクで、とても美味しかったです!ご飯は大盛にしましたが、かなりのボリュームでなんとか食べきりました。ソースカツ丼の草分け的なお店で、有名店です。駒ケ根に来たら、立ち寄りたい場所ですね!

  • Korobokkuru Hutte
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    4.5
    30 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano prefecture Suwa City Kirigamine championship shoulder
    This is a small mountain hut offering lodging on Mt. Kuruma in Kirigamine, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture, and it provides a cafe service as well between the end of April to the end of November. The rooms all require prior booking. The cafe has a wooden deck terrace from which one can look out over the Mt. Kuruma wetlands while enjoying the fresh mountain air along with a light meal or sweets. Popular menu items include the limited cheesecake, special siphon coffee, and warm borscht. They also sell souvenirs and original goods.

    ボルシチが定番。テラスで景色を眺めながら食べると良い。車山のバイキングコース沿いにあるので、ランチにちょうど良い。ニッコウキスゲの時間は特に混み合う。夏の土日は無料の駐車場の収容台数は少ないので注意。

  • Uzuraya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Nagano-shi Togakushi 3229
    A veteran soba noodle restaurant that's revisiting the roots of Japanese food culture and continues to refine its ambition of being the best in the business. It's in an old-fashioned Japanese-style house near Togakushi Shrine Chusha's large torii gate. The shop recommends their chilled zaru soba noodles. Simple and unadorned, they embody the restaurant's values. Made with carefully selected ingredients by skilled craftsmen, the noodles are firm, fine, and have a full-bodied flavor. Their tempura has a light texture with the fragrant scent of sesame oil and people say it's worth eating there just to get some.
  • Kawakamian
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Karuizawa 6-10
    This stylish and airy soba (buckwheat noodle) restaurant is located at the entrance to Karuizawa's Ginza shopping district. In addition to carefully prepared, homemade soba, the restaurant is also popular thanks to its tasteful selection of food and beverages as well as an abundant list of renown sake, and has fans throughout the country. Kawakamian's duck cuisine, with just the right amount of fat on the meat, is exquisite and brings many a repeat customer. Dining in the terrace seating in summer is recommended.
  • Kanko-so (Okaya Main Shop)
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    4.5
    39 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Okayashi Kawagishihigashi 5-18-14
    This long-established eel restaurant is near the Tenryu River in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture. They serve jiyaki kabayaki style eel from Kansai, charcoal grilled without steaming. Their namabushi-don rice bowl with a sauce mixed with wasabi and leek is popular. The shop can seat 120 guests, and has a large parking lot, too. Lots of people travel from afar to eat here, and there can be a line to get in, especially on Saturdays and Sundays.

    たくさんのバラエティーなメニューと心尽くしのおもてなしが有りました。 小さな子供たちや年老いた両親も十分楽しみ満足しました。

  • Villa d’Est Gardenfarm and Winery
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    4.5
    35 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Toumishi Kanou 6027
    This winery located in the Kano district of Nagano Prefecture, Tomi City was opened in 2004 by the celebrated essayist and painter Toyoo Tamamura. It also includes a café, shop, and gallery on the premises. More than 15,000 grape plants are being cultivated in the vineyards, and the wine brewed at the winery has earned itself high praise, having won at domestic wine competitions for example. The café with its open kitchen offers cuisines with a French base made using fresh-picked vegetables and Shinshu-produced ingredients. From the terrace seats one can enjoy an outstanding tea time while looking out at the beautiful sunset.

    5 minutes into the mountains of Tomi youll get to the small winery. The view looking down into the valley and the mountains across it tells you youre in the heart of Nagano. Nice botanical garden...

  • Bakery & Restaurant Sawamura Kyu-Karuizawa Branch
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    Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Karuizawa 12-18
    At the Kyu-Karuizawa Branch of Bakery & Restaurant Sawamura you’ll find a bakery, cafe and restaurant. The store is a calm and spacious place covering two floors. The open terrace also has a large number of seats. Bread is made with carefully selected ingredients and appears from the oven in all sorts of fanciful shapes and flavors. The deliciously drawn out flavors and rich aroma is characteristic of the bread baked here. All day long, from morning through to dinner, you can enjoy wonderful food and tea. Morning opening times vary depending on the season so please check ahead.
  • Karuizawa Chocolate Factory
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Karuizawa 1323-80
    A Western confectionary shop located in Karuizawa Town, Kitasaku County, Nagano Prefecture. The shop sells fragrant macadamia nut chocolate balls coated with select chocolate, baked chocolate rusks covered with cocoa powder, and other tasty treats. Visitors can watch the goings on in the chocolate studio area. The shop also has an eat-in space where customers can take a break.
  • Shigenoya
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    4.0
    19 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Tougemachi 2
    "This tea house is in Karuizawa Town, Kitasaku County, Nagano Prefecture. They are famous for producing ""Ganso Chikaramochi"" rice cakes in a range of flavors like walnut, anko bean jam, and grated radish soy sauce. They also serve buckwheat soba noodles and sweets. Kumanokoutai-jinja Shrine is nearby, and lots of worshipers stop by while visiting."

    昨年10月に行きました。ここは群馬県との境でしたが、長野に行ったので信州そばの昼食を食べました。眺めも良くトイレもおもしろかったです。

  • Kusakaru Kotsu Shiraito no Taki Store
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    Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Nagakura Mountain National Forest Inner Shiraito Falls
    This souvenir shop is located at the entrance to Shiraito Falls. They sell a wide variety of souvenirs such as food items including pickles and jam from Karuizawa, folk crafts and picture postcards. Many tourists visit to rest or eat since there are food booths where you can have udon (white flour noodles) or soba (buckwheat noodles) and outdoor benches. Their popular menus are handmade tofu made from the spring water from Shiraito Falls and soybeans from Nagano Prefecture, and salt-grilled white-spotted char.
  • Bakery and Restaurant Sawamura (Karuizawa Harunire Terrace)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Kitasaku-gun Karuizawamachi Nagakura 2145-5
    A bakery and restaurant located inside Harunire Terrace, a mall consisting of various stylish, modern establishments connected via a wood deck. The establishment carries an abundant selection of over 80 breads made with natural yeast and flour mixtures adjusted to suit each variety's individual qualities in order to maximize flavor. Customers can get a Danish or panini to go and enjoy it out on the deck. Meanwhile, inside the establishment's bistro-style restaurant area customers can enjoy European cuisine made with an abundance of locally grown vegetables, seasonal desserts, and wines.
  • Mikuriya
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    4.5
    21 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Hocchi 2127
    "This eatery is in Hotchi, Karuizawa Town. Their dishes include buckwheat soba noodles, and gozen Japanese-style meals sets like their ""Onigiri Gozen"" with fluffy rice cooked on their traditional aino kamado stove, ""Tororo-jiru Gozen"" with grated yam soup, and a Nagano-raised chicken gozen. They also serve breakfast until 10:30 a.m. with items like a raw egg and rice meal set."

    店の詳細のお支払に、クレジットカード利用可と、なっていますが、実際は、PayPayか現金のみです。他のグループ店(パン屋等)も、同様に、なっています。

  • Koshu Hoto Kosaku (Suwa Interchange Restaurant)
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    4.0
    44 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Suwashi Okitamachi 3-53-1
    "A regional cuisine restaurant located in Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture. The restaurant's ""Kabocha Hoto"" squash hotpot served with the restaurant's own original thick hoto noodles is particularly popular. Diners can enjoy a relaxing meal in the restaurant's charming interior which includes an old-fashioned sunken irori hearth. The restaurant is frequented not only by tourists but locals as well. "

    ほうとうは、こちらのお店と決めている位おすすめです。お店の雰囲気や従業員の対応もいいです。量が多いのでお腹いっぱいになります。

  • Pyrenees
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    4.0
    83 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Prefecture Kitasaku-gun Karuizawa-cho 1181-8
    This restaurant is located in Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku County, Nagano Prefecture. The interior reimagines a house in the Pyrenees, known as a treasure house of ingredients. It is characterized by its cooking fireplace. You can enjoy select Shinshu beef, appetizers using pesticide-free vegetables from local farmers and fireplace cooking. They offer many course meals for both lunch and dinner.

    A disgrace of a restaurant. We did not have a reservation and were told to wait 30 mins. We asked if we could have drinks while waiting and some arrogant person with limited English came out and...

  • Maruyama Coffee Karuizawa Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Karuizawa 1154-10
    Located in Karuizawa Town, Kitasaku County Nagano Prefecture, this is the head shop for Maruyama Coffee, a specialty coffee shop that is popular even in Tokyo and Kanagawa. The shop is an old pension based in a quiet area of vacation homes that is enveloped by nature, and in the remodeled interior guests can enjoy high quality coffee that has been purchased all over the world via the shop’s proprietary route. Their coffee has a strong fragrance and a smooth finish on the palate, and is loved not only by local regulars but tourists as well.
  • Saku no Kusabue
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    4.0
    102 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Sakushi Sakudairaekihigashi 21-3
    "This soba buckwheat noodle restaurant is located in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture. You can taste Shinshu soba using buckwheat flour made by the restaurant, and their popular Kurumi (walnut) Soba. It is possible to tour and see how the noodles are made by peering through glass inside the restaurant, and the store has even been chosen by ""Shinshu Sobakiri no Mise,"" a recognition of its use of local soba and authentic methods. There are usually long lines during lunchtime."

    相変わらず美味しい蕎麦がたっぷり食べれます。 コロナ禍になって営業時間が絞られており、なかなかタイミングが会いませんでしたがお昼の早い時間にタイミングが合い行ってきました。 12時にはかなり大勢の待ちが出ていました。 早めに行かれることをおすすめします。

  • Sonmin Shokudo
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    4.0
    189 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Nagakura 2148
    This casual restaurant is close to Hoshino Onsen Tombo-no-Yu, a famous hot spring in Karuizawa Town, Kitasaku County, Nagano Prefecture. While enjoying the spacious environment surrounded by greenery, guests can enjoy set meals and a la carte items based on Japanese food that makes use of seasonal ingredients. The popular menu item is the Shinshu-no-Irodori-Gozen, which packs in plenty of Shinshu food’s appeal. There are many reasonably-priced items on the menu such as the Shinshu salmon rice bowl and soba (buckwheat noodles), and the restaurant can be used for a wide range of situations from lunch to dinner.

    As many have noted, this is a very popular restaurant in the Hoshino Area of Karuizawa. We went in at just past 11am, which is when they open, as their first customers that day. Ordered a lunch set...

  • Kobayashi Soba Main Restaurant
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    4.5
    285 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Ote 3-3-20 Four Pillar Shrine Shrine Precision
    A long-standing soba noodle restaurant established at the end of the Meiji period. Here you can enjoy ni-hachi soba noodles made with 80% domestic buckwheat flour and 20% wheat flour. The restaurant also serves other local Nagano cuisine like soba kaiseki course cuisine, basashi horse meat sashimi, and wasabi-zuke pickles. This famous establishment has been popular with locals for ages and is also visited by many tourists.

    We thoroughly enjoyed our introduction to soba at this great restaurant. The welcome was warm and friendly, service excellent and we were delighted to find some vegan options on the menu, which were...

  • Sobanomi
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    4.5
    88 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Nagano-shi Togakushi 3510-25
    A soba noodle restaurant located close to Kotorigaike Pond along Prefectural Route 36. The restaurant crafts its noodles by hand with the utmost care, adjusting the recipe based on the current temperature and humidity and using flour home ground with a stone mill to maximize aroma. The restaurant also uses underground spring water from Mt. Togakushi and a variety of other ingredients from Togakushi. The restaurant's juwari soba noodles, made with 100% buckwheat flour, are limited to just a few customers each day. Other menu selections include cold zaru soba noodles, kake soba hot noodles in broth, and soba-gaki dumplings, as well as sweets like soba cheesecake.

    This soba restaurant uses local soba and changes the way to grind soba depending on air temperature and humidity. The owners commitment to making soba is excellent. The best part of this restaurant...

  • Boulangerie Asanoya Kyudo Main Store
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    4.0
    165 Reviews
    Shopping
    Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Karuizawa 738
    This long-established bakery located in Karuizawa Town, Kitasaku County, Nagano Prefecture was founded in 1933. They have adopted European-style traditional bread-making, and their French bread and German bread baked in a stone oven imported from Spain are well-regarded. Popular products include their Fruit Rye that features the fragrance of rum-soaked raisins and orange peel. In addition, they sell approximately 70 types of breads including the Chocolate Bread that is limited to Karuizawa. The shop features a space to eat inside.

    We loved everything we tried here! It was our go-to breakfast during our two day stay in Karuizawa. I wish I could have brought some of it home!

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Nagano prefecture is an exciting mix of mountains, hot spring monkeys, and preserved Edo history. At the heart of the Japanese Alps, Nagano is one of the country’s most popular destinations, whether in winter for its snow sports and the much-loved Jigokudani Monkey Park or in the warmer months for discovering the undulating hills on foot. For fantastic Edo architecture, head to the Kiso Valley for a 60-kilometer stretch of quaint wooden buildings that marked the Nakasendo route 200 years ago.

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