Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Nagano Area

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Gourmet / Alcohol

Migotoya Main Restaurant

5.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Chino-shi Tateshina Pool

A 30-minute drive from the Suwa Interchange or the Suwa-minami Interchange on the Chuo Expressway. This long-standing soba noodle restaurant, situated along the Venus Line, serves thick and chewy country-style inaka soba. The restaurant's wasabi green cold zaru soba noodles, made with wasabi greens from Azumino, are tasty, and the combo which includes mushroom mazegohan rice is particularly recommended. The restaurant's tempura soba is particularly popular and is served with local edible wild plant tempura from spring to early summer and homegrown vegetable tempura from summer to fall. The restaurant has a laid back tatami mat seating area as well as table and chair seating.

ここのソバが美味しい。大きな体の店主が大きな手で洗うように仕上げるソバは、水のおいしさ冷たさで、更に美味しくなる。周囲にもソバ屋が多いけど、ここが一番好きだ！
Engetsudo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Komagane-shi Chuo 4-17

A one-minute walk from Komagane Station on the JR Iida Line. This long-standing Japanese and Western confectionary shop was established in 1928. Carrying both Western and Japanese confections, for three generations the shop has preserved traditions and established visual styles while at the same time evolving with the times. The shop's sweets incorporating local ingredients are particularly popular, such as the Yomekko Mochi yubeshi dumplings made with chestnuts and local soy sauce; and the Fuwatto Bouche, a dough mixed with Komagane sesame seeds, white peaches, lemons, matcha green tea, and other seasonal flavors filled with whipped cream and sweet bean jam. Eat-in space available.
Menya Tenho

3.5

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Saku-shi Nakagomi 3713-10

A 13-minute walk from Kita-Nakagomi Station. This is one of a few ramen restaurants in the area serving Anyouji ramen, a miso ramen made with miso from the Anyouji Temple. The deluxe Zenbu Iri Tenho Ramen comes in three varieties - shoyu (soy sauce), shio (salt), and miso. Customers can also add staple chashu roast pork slices, bean sprouts, and soft-boiled eggs to their order. In addition to tsukemen dipping noodles and spicy tantanmen noodles, the restaurant serves seasonal, limited-time dishes like hiyashi chuka cold noodles, yuzu shio ramen, and spicy umakara miso ramen, ensuring there's something different to try each time you come back. Also great is the fact you can choose the thickness of your noodles and ramen broth as well as the spiciness of the tantanmen.

２テーブルだけですがお座敷席があり、小さな子連れでも利用しやすかったです。子ども用の取り皿やスプーンとフォークの用意もありました。メニューも醤油、味噌、塩と豊富でした。
Yamashirokan

4.0

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Komoro-shi Tei 314

A three-minute walk from Komoro Station. This soba noodle restaurant is located close to the inner citadel in the center of Komoro Castle Park. The standard cold zaru soba noodles, which reflect the innate flavors of the ingredients used to make them, are particularly recommended. The large sized soba noodles are enough to feed two people. Weather hot or cold, the restaurants noodles come with edible wild plants, mushrooms, deep fried tofu, and grated yam; the restaurant's Daimyo Soba comes topped with all of these plus an egg. Other toppings include tempura and eggs. The summertime only perilla and plum soba noodles have Japanese ginger in them, giving them a refreshing flavor. During the cherry bossom viewing season, customers can enjoy a banquet with an advance reservation. Note that the restaurant closes when its supply of noodles for the day runs out.

城内にふさわしい感じの古いお蕎麦屋さんですが、ちょっと建物が古すぎるせいか、たてつけが良くないので食べるのにちょっと不安があるレベルです。お店というよりも古民家を流用している感じがします。肝心のそば自体は味も価格も普通という感じです。
Nakakichi

4.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Komoro-shi Yoramachi 4-1-5

A 10-minute drive from the Komoro Interchange and a 15-minute walk from Komoro Station. This creative cuisine and kushiyaki grilled skewer dish restaurant is situated a short distance north of the intersection between Prefectural Route 40 and the Jabori River. The restaurant is only open for lunch on Fridays through Sunday and for dinner on Thursday through Sunday. The restaurant operates out of a remodeled building which was used by a paper wholesaler from the Meiji to the early Showa periods. The interior combines the old fashioned with the modern and customers can enjoy entirely different dishes depending on whether they come for lunch or dinner. Focusing on using local ingredients, the restaurant's exquisite Shinshu Tateshina beef seiro meal is made with top quality Shinshu Tateshina beef and seasonal vegetables. Particularly recommended kushiyaki choices include the tsukune kushi with tare sauce, and the five skewer kushiyaki assortment.

北国街道の古い町並みの中にある、年数の経った元商家を生かした落ち着いた雰囲気で内装も良いお店。ランチに行ったが、畳の上のテーブル席でいただいた。蓼科牛と季節野菜のセイロと花豆おこわを注文した。創作料理系であるが、地元の素材を使っていて、特に花豆おこわは美味しかった。料理全体としてはややおおまかな調理のように思われたが、心意気は伝わってきた。お店の方の対応は実に丁寧であった。何人かでくつろぎたいと...
Soba-dokoro Somanoya

5.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Matsumoto-shi Azumi Sawando 4159-12

A 50-minute drive from the Matsumoto Interchange. This restaurant adjoins a hotel situated a short distance east on National Route 158 after crossing the bridge from Yunosato Park. Notably, the restaurant's menu primarily consists of soba noodles handmade by the owner, and the establishment only uses buckwheat flour from Nagano. The restaurant also serves regional cuisine made with edible wild plants and mushrooms collected in the owner's own forest. Particularly popular selections include the Awaseju combo, which includes cold zaru soba noodles, a katsudon pork cutlet rice bowl, and unaju eel over rice box; the a la carte char grilled shioyaki style with salt and the goheimochi broiled rice cake skewers are also recommended. With an advance reservation, you can also purchase honey made by Japanese honeybees here.

最近は夜の電車で松本に着いて、駅近くのホテルに前泊することが多いけど、さわんどまで行ってしまえば翌日の上高地入りが楽。この宿は、さわんどのほぼ中心にありながら、道路からはちょっと奥まっているので静か。食事も信州の食材をつかっていてよかった。
Au Crieur de Vin

4.5

27 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Matsumoto-shi Fukashi 1-2-11 Showa Building 1F Higashidate

A French restaurant designed to be a place where you can enjoy authentic everyday French food. The restaurant has an open terrace seating area and an inviting atmosphere which makes it easy to go inside. The restaurant's salads, omelets, and hot sandwiches are available all day, and the establishment also serves lunch- and dinner-only choices. The restaurant offers ham and cheese and nine other varieties of French bread sandwiches which are also available for takeout. Live music performances are sometimes held here as well.

The lentil and Caesar salads also smoked salmón and fish soup i had were delicious, I recommend this restaurant is welcoming, friendly. Very good atmosphera. Thank you Au Crieur de vin.
Tsukemono-Kissa - Soba Dokoro

4.5

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Matsumoto-shi Asama Onsen 2-4-19

"A coffee shop located a one-minute walk from the Naka Asama bus stop and four minutes from the Asamaonsen-iriguchi bus stop. ""Tsukemono-Kissa"" means ""Pickles Cafe"" and is derived from the establishment's aim to promote a culture of enjoying conversation, Japanese pickles, and coffee in Matsumoto. The coffee shop offers around eight to 10 seasonally changing varieties of pickles, including Nagano's famous coleseed green pickles as well as standard takuan pickled daikon and akakabu red turnip pickles. Customers can also enjoy a variety of other dishes, such as oyaki buns and Japanese sweets; the establishment's handmade soba noodles are Shinshu soba-certified. The establishment notably uses only choice water and tea leaves and scrupulously avoids using additives. Customers of the establishment can also get a discount on entry to the adjoining Hotel Tamanoyu's bathhouse."

とりあえず蕎麦を食べたくて入りました。お昼と夕方の間の時間帯は閉めているお蕎麦屋さんもありますが、このお店は開いていました。メニューを見てみると、正直、そんなに美味しくなさそうだな…（特に、おすすめメニューが個性的で頼む勇気が出ない）と思ったのですが、実際にざる蕎麦を食べてみると、おいしいお蕎麦でした。漬け物も数種類ついてきて、どれも美味しかったです。本当は海老天そばを食べたかったのですが、海老...
Yatoro-onkan

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Matsumoto-shi Ote 4-8-9 Matsumoto Hotel Kagetsu

"A coffee shop operated by Matsumoto Hotel Kagetsu which can be reached by leaving Matsumoto Castle via the Kuromon gate, walking along Daimyocho-dori Street, and taking a left at the first intersection. The cafe's name, literally meaning the ""86 warm hall,"" is derived from the nel drip coffee the establishment serves made with 86 degree water. The lunchtime hashed beef, a Kagetsu original also served in the I;caza restaurant, is particularly recommended. The establishment mainly serves simple fare made with local ingredients such as old-fashioned egg salad sandwiches and a farm vegetable black curry. Customers can also enjoy seasonal sweets such as shaved ice in summer and chestnut confections in autumn."
Sakuraya

4.0

28 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Matsumoto-shi Ote 4-9-1

A two-minute walk from the Marunouchi bus stop and a five-minute walk from Matsumoto Castle. This long-standing eel restaurant was established in 1920 and can be reached by leaving from Matsumoto Castle's Kuromon gate, walking down Daimyocho-dori Street, and taking a left at the second intersection. The restaurant serves Kansai-style kabayaki charcoal grilled, un-steamed eel with a secret recipe sauce. The restaurant's eel meat is not fatty or greasy, enabling diners to enjoy the true flavor of the ingredients used. The restaurant is dedicated to giving customers the chance to enjoy the flavor of traditional kabayaki inexpensively and in a casual environment. The restaurant's signature dish is its eel sasa-mushi - kabayaki grilled eel served with rice rolled up in a bamboo grass leaf. The restaurant also offers eel donburi rice bowls and eel combo meals; some of the restaurant's menu is also available for takeout.

This was a serendipitous find in the quiet town of Matsumoto, a gateway I suppose, to the Nagano Alps. We were greeted enthusiastically by the waitress who very gamely soldiered on despite my lack of...
Japanese Restaurant Kurabu

4.0

67 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Kamitakai-gun Obusemachi Obuse 807

A Japanese restaurant which serves local regional cuisine. The restaurant serves a variety of dishes made with local ingredients, including char and other river fish; Nagano meats; and fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and beans from local farms. Offering colorful lunch combos, char takikomi gohan rice made with a real kama stove, kama stove-cooked white rice, and more, is the reason why this establishment is so popular is because its food enables the diner to enjoy the innate flavors of the ingredients used. The restaurant takes particular pride in its Shinshu Daio Iwana char grown in the pure rivers of Sakuho Town; many people love its delicate flavor. The restaurant's wines and renowned Nagano liquors such as Masuichi sake are also exceptional.

Very nicely decorated inside with a nice bar area, and very attentive staff. Classical music playing in the background. We were surprise it was not more crowded on a Saturday night. They have a very...
OBUSE HANAYA

4.5

10 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Kamitakai-gun Obuse Machi Nakamatsu 506-1 Floral Garden Obuse

A Western cuisine restaurant located on the grounds of Floral Garden Obuse. The restaurant's large glass windows and plain wood furnishings engender a soft, soothing atmosphere. In addition to a view of a beautiful garden, customers can enjoy choice dishes made with only the finest fresh-picked vegetables from Obuse, local fish, wines, and other ingredients. Primarily serving refined course meals, the restaurant offers a full array of lunch, dinner, and even children's selections, and the establishment is particularly popular with women and families. Another nice thing about the restaurant is that diners don't have to worry about which fork or spoon goes with which dish, and are even free to eat their meal with chopsticks if they so choose.

食事、雰囲気は5だが、予約サービスが不明確。時々利用するので、今回は予約を入れてみた。しかし予約出来ないとの返事。しかたなく朝早くに出掛け、10時には並んだ。風があって待つのが辛い。 10:30に受け付け筆記帳が置かれた。見るとすでに予約が書いてある！なんで？ちょっと不愉快な気持ちになり、尋ねてみた。数名だけ予約可能とのこと。ホームページには何も触れられていない。予約したい人は要注意で...
Shousendou

5.0

3 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Kamitakai-gun Obuse Machi Iida 607

A Japanese confectionary shop situated amidst chestnut trees. The shop aims to serve chestnut confections unlike anything found anywhere else, and popular products include the Kuri Tsukuri, a light azuki bean yokan jelly with a candied chestnut inside; and the Ume Tsukuri, a plum pulp yokan jelly made with Japanese plums marinated in honey. The shop's numerous visually delightful products influenced by the unique cultural features of Obuse make for perfect gifts and souvenirs. Here you can also by Mizore, large chunks of candied chestnut, a confection which won the chairman's prize at the Kashi Hakurankai confection exhibition. Situated away from the hustle and bustle of the town center and surrounded by a tranquil natural area, visitors are encouraged to stop by this establishment.

レンタサイクル借りてこちらへ。近くまで来ているのに栗林に囲まれて１５分ほど迷子。ここは自家栽培の栗だけ使用と聞いてどうしても来たかった。自宅用に栗ペーストと茶巾絞りの空蝉。お土産に栗鹿の子とペースト。空蝉は栗そのもの、お茶を飲むのももったいない、口の中の栗を楽しんでいたい。栗鹿の子も自宅用に買えば良かった。
Soba-dokoro Ogawa

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Kamiminochi-gun Shinanomachi Nojiri 3884-227

A soba noodle restaurant located a five-minute drive from the Shinanomachi Interchange on the Joshin-etsu Expressway. Operated by the owner of the adjoining Ryuka bed and breakfast, the restaurant is renowned for its soba noodles made with flour stone milled from buckwheat grown on the Kurohime Plateau. The restaurant's juwari soba noodles, made with Indian pokeweed and 100% locally grown Kirishita buckwheat flour, are also popular; limited to just a few servings a day, many people make an advance reservation just to enjoy them. The establishment also offers a full array of sides, such as edible wild plant tempura eaten with just some salt; and spicy takuwan pickled daikon, perfect for cleansing the palate. Customers can savor the restaurant's tasty, old-fashioned noodles while enjoying the sounds of jazz played over the sound system.
Yaki Curry-ya Mel's

4.0

10 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Ueda-shi Sugadairakogen 1223-6088

A restaurant located in the Sugadaira Highland in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture. In business for over 30 years, the restaurant's signature baked curries consist of curry served over rice and covered with various toppings before being baked in an oven. The restaurant has many fans who have been coming here for years, and celebrities have also been known to patronize the establishment incognito. In addition to standard baked curries, the restaurant also offers a special baked curry combo which comes with French fries and fried chicken. With other menu options like the spicy salsa chicken curry, customers can choose from among an array of dishes as suits their hunger and tastes.

菅平高原にあるおいしい焼きカレーのお店です。スキーのついでに立ち寄りましたが、ここのカレーが絶品なんです。いわゆるカレードリアのような感じで、おこげもあって香ばしさが抜群。まろやかなカレーの旨みが忘れられません。
Levian Table

4.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Ueda-shi Chuo 4-7-31

A cafe adjoining the longstanding Levain Shinshu Ueda bakery on Yanagimachi Historic Street. Operating out of a remodeled 150 year old Japanese home, the cafe has a relaxing atmosphere and a space on the first floor in the back where customers can enjoy breads made with natural yeast. The cafe serves soups made with beans and seasonal ingredients, breads baked by Levain made with natural yeast and Nagano spring water. The cafe also offers a full array of open faced sandwich combos; coffee, black tea, juices, and other drinks; and other dishes made with bread. The cafe is a great place to relax.

ドライブ旅行の帰路に、上田の歴史的な建物通りに有るお店へ。富ヶ谷店と違い昼過ぎでもパンが豊富。ごまチーズやクロワッサン、食パン食べ比べセットなど4店購入で1500円程とちょっと高めだがその価値ありの美味しさ 2階にはご主人が座っていた
Little Museum in a Village of Picture Books Yatsugatake Branch

4.0

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Suwa-gun Haramura Harayama 17217-3325

An art museum specializing in picture books located in Harayama, Hara Village, Nagano Prefecture. Supervised by picture book author Wakiko Sato, the museum provides a space where you can come in contact with moving stories and beautiful picture books. The museum displays original picture book images, paintings, and old picture books. Visitors can also spend a relaxing time perusing a variety of picture books and stories from across Japan and the world in the museum's library. The museum shop sells original merchandise and the museum also operates a mini gallery featuring painted ceramic tile art and a variety of works by various artists.

自分が子供の頃に出会った絵本、自分の子供に読み聞かせた事のある絵本、将来の自分の子供に見せたい絵本、、、。自分と絵本の過去・現在・未来を感じました。緑の木々に囲まれた場所で、小さな施設だからこそ、この静けさが保たれる。絵本の中で流れる時間を感じたい。
Handmade Soba Tomiya

4.0

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Suwa-shi Kogan Dori 3-8-10

A soba noodle restaurant located a five-minute walk from JR Kami-Suwa Station. The restaurant's soba is made exclusive with buckwheat flour from Nagano, and customers can enjoy juwari soba noodles made with 100% buckwheat flour as well as ni-hachi soba noodles made with 80% buckwheat flour and 20% wheat flour. Dedicated to providing customers with the heartfelt hospitality only a small establishment can offer, the restaurant serves dishes made with vegetables from the local area and the owner's own garden. The restaurant also serves local sakes. Particularly popular are the juwari soba and agedashi tofu combo, and the seasonal soba noodles. Also recommended are the secret Motsugara Kamaage Udon noodles, a dish based in the owner's past history as a chef consisting of chicken offal finished off with udon noodles.

諏訪湖周辺にあるソバ屋です。ナビで入力していくと、狭いトンネルを案内されるので、少し怖かったです。狭めの店内には大量の芸能人のサインが並んでいました。人気なようで、入店して２組後のお客さんはそばが品切れとのことで断られていました。店員さんの愛そうがよく、蕎麦も美味しかったです。
Restaurant Kawaratei

5.0

9 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Suwa-shi Shibusaki 1792-4131F

A bright and airy French restaurant located diagonally across from the Taizi Harada Art Museum. Here customers can enjoy dishes made with seasonal Nagano ingredients such as vegetables and herbs grown pesticide-free in the restaurant's own garden, local mushrooms and fruits, and Nagano beef and lamb. Customers love the reasonable prices of the restaurant's authentic course meals made with choice ingredients, and exquisite lunch meals made with fresh fish and meats. Customers can order from the lunch menu even during dinnertime, and the overall menu is on a revolving, roughly three week cycle.

夫のバースデイランチで伺いました。いつも変わらぬマダムにほっこり… かわら亭さんの、鴨のコンフィー目当てに伺いましたがチーズソースのグラタンやフォアグラのピーチソテー、魚料理、地元野菜たっぷりのソース… 全てが素晴らしく豊かなメニューでした。勿論、鴨のコンフィーは最高にハッピーになれるお味です。トゥールダルジャンの鴨もよいですが、私達夫婦は...
Notochu

4.5

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Suzaka-shi Suzaka 304

A seven-minute walk from Suzaka Station. This premiums kaiseki course cuisine restaurant was established in 1882 and has five private dining rooms as well as a banquet hall. Paying particular attention to the ingredients and broth, what sets this establishment apart is its cuisine lovingly crafted one dish at a time with a focus on authentic flavor; and its luxurious private dining rooms where you can enjoy a relaxing, unhurried meal. The content of the restaurant's makanai-style lunch menu is determined the day of, and consists of dishes meticulously and individually prepared while incorporating an appropriate seasonal atmosphere. As the establishment only has the five private dining rooms, be sure to make a reservation by phone in advance.

須坂市にある老舗の料亭です。店内の雰囲気も格式高く、また料理のクオリティもかなりのもの。接待、記念日などの食事にここを利用することが多いです。須坂随一の料亭だと思います。

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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.