Japanese Food Spots in Nagano Area

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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Torikagi

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Kiso-gun Kisomachi Fukushima Kanmachi 5064

A kappo Japanese restaurant located in Kan-machi Fukushima, Kiso Town, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture. The restaurant is famous for its unaju rice boxes topped with eel meat washed in the underground spring water of Kiso, as well as its kamameshi rice dishes cooked to order. Customers can also enjoy dishes made with local Kiso ingredients such as edible wild plant cuisine.
Baikouan

3.0

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto-shi Shirahone hot spring

This restaurant serving up local cuisine in the hot spring town of Shirahone in Nagano Prefecture’s Matsumoto City is also a day trip hot spring facility. Inside the dignified building that really conveys its history guests can enjoy a very Japanese space with tatami seating and irori (sunken hearth). Their famous product is Yu-no-Hanazen offering a set of items such as okayu (thin rice porridge) cooked with the hot spring water as well as sweetened boiled rainbow trout. The soba is also popular for its local taste and there are various soba dishes on the menu such as Tagoto Soba and Toji Soba. The rotemburo open-air bath that draws 100% of its warm water from the source is a great place to relax and enjoy a bath while taking in a view of magnificent nature.

乗鞍岳に登り、帰りに白骨温泉に入る為に寄りました。湯船は小さく、洗い場も狭いですが、山を見ながら入れます。食事も出来ます。食事提供の時間が短いので、注意が必要です。
Restaurant Suju Masayuki Karuizawa

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Karuizawa 6-1

Founded as a miso storehouse in Shinshu Komoro in 1827, this is the restaurant of Suju Masayuki Shoten, which is known for Japanese seasonings such as miso and soy sauce. They offer plenty of a la carte dishes that make the most of the umami flavor of the ingredients and taste of the traditional seasonings, and guests will not grow tired of enjoying the simple Japanese cuisine. They also have a complete selection of local sake and wine that pairs well with the food. A popular way to finish off the meal is with their fluffy rice cooked in a copper pot and their special miso soup. Alight from Karuizawa Station and proceed on foot for approximately 20 minutes.
Wachigai

Gourmet / Alcohol

4084 Kami Nakamachi Omachi, Nagano Prefecture

Located in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture, this restaurant operates out of a refurbished civilian home that is 120 years old. It is known for its local traditional cuisine and its dedicated service. Highly rated is the “kurobuta don” with its strong umami taste from “Omachi kurobuta” raised in clean air with clean water, and the set menu “shionomichi omatsuri gozen” with its seasonal small bowl is popular. With its atmospheric Japanese space, this spot is one you can enjoy famous local brewers’ sake and the great taste of Omachi. *Since the famous Omachi “ozanza” has been discontinued, it will only be offered as long as available in the stockroom.
Nagomian Hidatei

5.0

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Kisogunkisomachi Fukushima Upper stage 5248

This is a modern Japanese restaurant remodeled from an old Japanese house in Fukushima-juku, Nakasendo Road, where diners can enjoy a spacious interior with a sunken hearth and kaiseki course meals full of local color. The restaurant boasts Japanese food with local ingredients including mountain vegetables picked by the head chef, mushrooms, select Kiso beef, and Shinshu pork. Their lunch menu is focused mainly around Shokado bento lunchboxes, with the reasonably priced Tomoezen set meal and Shinshu Pork Cutlet set meal being particular favorites. Evening seats are available by booking only, and they serve authentic kaiseki course meals matched to the season. The nearest station is Kiso-Fukushima Station.

To find such high quality dining in such a little town is rare and so special. The food is intricate, varied and absolutely delicious. The staff are lovely and the chef came out often to explain the...
Hikariya Higashi

4.0

21 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Ote 4-7-14

This is a restaurant in an 1887 merchant building designated as one of Japan’s Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. It has an elegant atmosphere in which one can feel Japanese beauty and refinement, and here one can taste kaiseki course meals full of the wonderful seasonal flavors of Shinshu. At noon they serve mainly tray meals with sets including the Seasonal Tray Minazuki 100% Soba and Domestic Japanese Black Beef Steak Tray. The rice cooked over a wood stove is also popular. The restaurant’s private rooms offer a relaxed atmosphere in which to have dining parties, receptions and celebrations. The nearest station is Matsumoto Station.

If you would like to sample local food on your trip to Matsumoto, then a three tiered lacquer box of healthy treats at lunchtime is an affordable option. For less than three thousand yen I was able...
Japanese Restaurant “Shinano”

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagoya-do Town Nagano-shi Nagano prefecture 1346 Hotel Metropolitan Nagano 2F

A Japanese restaurant inside the Hotel Metropolitan Nagano in front of Nagano Station, you’ll also find the sushi restaurant “Kaizu” and iron grill restaurant “Yamasachi” nearby. This establishment offers several dishes prepared with fresh Shinshu ingredients. They also offer three formal dinner courses for various celebratory occasions (reservation required at least five days in advance).
Kappa Shokudo

4.0

41 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi Kamikouchi 4468 Kamikochi Goshoku Hotel Annex 2F

In the Kamikochi region of Matsumoto City near the Kappa-bashi Bridge is the Kamikochi Gosenjaku Hotel, and this restaurant is on the second floor of the annex. The menu includes sets such as “sanzoku yaki” (fried bandit) made from pickling chicken legs in a special sauce and deep-frying them, as well as meals that use Shinshu ingredients, noodle dishes, and others.

The service is quick and efficient. The restaurant is clean, and the food is decent. The Pork Curry was super spicy, which made it difficult to enjoy it. But the new menu item, Beef Ragout with...
Restaurant Nakamura

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Prefecture Iiyama-shi Kamikura 583-1

This restaurant is about an 11-minute walk from Iiyama Station in Iiyama City, Oaza Iiyama along National Route 97. They provide everything from pork cutlet and seafood meals to pork cutlet rice bowls, “tenzaru” (cold soba with tempura), Shokado box lunches that require advance reservations. There are table seats, cushion seats, raised tatami-floor seating, private rooms, fireside seating, and more, and up to 120 people can be accommodated, making it great for groups.
Dengaku Kisoya

4.0

9 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Ote 4-6-26

Located one road east of National Route 143 in Ote, Matsumoto City, this restaurant specializing in local cuisine was opened in 1887. The famous “dengaku” dish is made with tofu topped with Shinshu miso and fried, and can be enjoyed either individually or as part of a set. There’s also food that uses carp, loach, and char, as well as handmade soba and seasonal dishes. The interior features Matsumoto mingei-style furniture.

Delicious Japanese food with charming English speaking service. Our lovely waitress helped us cater for the complicated food needs of one of our party and explained what everything was to the best...
Umetaya

5.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Naganoshi Matsushiromachi Matsushiro 628

This Japanese-style restaurant is located along Prefectural Route 35 in Matsushiro, Matsushiro-machi Town and used to be an inn from early Edo Period. All seating is private seating, for true indulgence in the famous “koi koku” or any of the local cuisine handed down over generations. It is also adjacent to “Oshokujidokoro Umetaya” where you can drop in for some set meals.

松代の名産といえば長芋があげられます。そのとろろを、味わえるお店です。松代のメイン通り沿いにある風情のある食事処です。駐車場が少なかったのが少し残念ですが、とろろの旨みは絶品でした。粘り気があってご飯がすすみます。
Tokuriya Kyodokan Cafe

4.5

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Shiojirishi Narai 516

This building, which was a residence owned by a local influencer offered as lodgings for government officials and used as an inn for the common people in the Edo period, has a history of famed writers staying in its quarters. It is currently a restaurant where customers can savour local cuisine in an elegant space where they can feel its history. It also has a café menu that includes gohei-mochi (sweet rice cake skewers), oshiruko (mochi rice cakes in sweet red bean soup), matcha green tea and amazake (sweet fermented rice drink). It is seven minutes on foot from JR Narai Station.

Fantastic place, best lunch we have had in Japan. Set menu is excellent. Very good service and beautiful traditional building.
Kiraku

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Komaganeshi Akaho 3145

This is a long-established restaurant (1928) said to be the creator of the famed Komagane cutlet bowl with sauce. This consists of freshly-fried, tender and juicy katsu made with thick, quality pork loin dipped in the sauce made with a secret recipe that has been passed down since the restaurant opened then placed on top of rice topped with thinly sliced cabbage. It is a superb dish with a moreish rich sauce and a temperature difference between the piping hot katsu and the cool cabbage.
Zenkoji Temple Pilgrim’s Lodging Retreat Konokombo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Prefecture Nagano-shi Motomachi 463

This is a lodging house in the grounds of Zenkoji Temple. You can spend a relaxing moment in this space which is warm and dignified while feeling the breath of the Buddhas. As well as being used for accommodation, this facility also offers meals and shakyo sutra copying workshops (both incur a charge and require prior reservation). Using seasonal ingredients, the shojin vegetarian cuisine is prepared carefully taking plenty of time and using plenty of skill to offer colourful dishes with sophisticated flavours.
Azumino Gohan Kazayura

4.0

10 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Akashinahigashikawate 13368-2

This restaurant serves home cooking utilizing seasonal ingredients sourced locally in Azumino. If you look down you will see the Saigawa River that lies below; if you look up you will be able to enjoy a view of the northern Alps. The only dish served at lunch is the sizeable Kaze Yura meal which includes nine different side dishes; it is very popular. Lunch is on a first-come, first-served basis; reservations are not accepted so it is recommended that you arrive early. It is around 15 minutes by car from Azumino Interchange on the Nagano Expressway.

急坂を登っていくので、びっくりしました。車は、7台くらい停めれそうです。犀川を眺めながらゆっくりと食事ができます。お通しのお漬物3種とお茶が最初にくるので、友人と会話していると大きな御膳で食事が運ばれてきます。ランチメニューは1メニューのみです。ちょっと量が多めです。品数を減らすこともできるようです。空間と食事申し分なしです。デザートが冷凍ケーキだと思われます。少々残念⤵︎珈琲は、美味しか...
Sanzoku

3.5

20 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Shiojirishi Daimonnanabanchou 10-1

"A local cuisine restaurant standing along Kogen-dori Avenue in Daimon 7 Ban-cho, Shiojiri City. The restaurant is believed to be the originator of ""sanzokuyaki,"" a local Shiojiri cheap eat consisting of huge pieces of boned chicken deep fried and covered with sauce. The restaurant serves sanzokuyaki and other chicken and local dishes."

3日間塩尻に滞在し 3軒（[山賊][龍胆][あかい靴]）の店舗で《山賊焼き》を楽しましたがこちらの嬉しいサーヒスは 5種類[400g 骨付][350g 骨付][300g 骨付][300g 骨無][150g 骨無]の中から選択出来ることです。又定食スタイルと単品スタイルの選択も可能となっています。妻は[300g 骨付]単品（1150円税込）に [焼きおにぎり&味噌汁...
Kajiya

5.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Naganoshi Matsushiromachi Matsushiro 955

A creative Japanese cuisine restaurant located in Matsushiro-machi Matsushiro, Nagano City. The restaurant serves creative takes on Japanese cuisine made with seasonal vegetables and local Nagano ingredients such as Chiyo Genton pork, Shinshu salmon, and Shinshu maraena. The restaurant's diverse selection of dishes made with Chinese yams, a local specialty product, are particularly popular.

メイン通りから1本中に入った所にあります。「準備中」と掛札がかかっていましたが、折角なのでドアを開けると、最初は「予約のみなんです」と言われましたが、奥の料理人に掛け合ってくれて、中に通してもらいました。（その後も2組、一見さんが入ってきましたか、、、）夜はコースのみで、メニューは出されず、2500円から5000円（税別）で、500円刻み、一番出ているのは3000円か3500円、という説明を...
Kamikochi Imperial Hotel Japanese Cuisine Azusa-an

4.5

16 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi Kamikouchi Kamikochi Imperial Hotel

A Japanese restaurant located inside the Kamikochi Imperial Hotel in Azumi Kamikochi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. The restaurant serves simple kaiseki tea ceremony-style dishes crafted with seasonal Shinshu ingredients. In addition to kaiseki courses, at lunch the restaurant offers gozen meals and donburi rice bowls; for dinner, you can enjoy teppanyaki and shabushabu hotpot.

はじめにご飯かおかゆか選ぶことができます。おかゆを選んでいる人も多かったです。おかゆは5分がゆぐらいです。私が思っていたより、ご飯は少なめでした。旅行先でごちそうをたくさん食べているときには食べやすいと思いました。
Nagano-ken Choju-shokudo

3.5

24 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Naganoshi Minamichitose 1-22-6 MIDORI Nagano 3F

"A restaurant located in the Midori Nagano mall in the Nagano Station building. ""Choju-shokudo"" means ""long-life diner"" -thanks to local cuisine which makes use of seasonal ingredients, Nagano Prefecture boasts the longest life expectancy in Japan. The restaurant offers a fresh vegetable buffet as well as a ""24 seasons"" set meal, a medicinal tomato curry, and other tasty selections."

平日ランチに伺いました。野菜（生と蒸し）ブッフェがあり、ヘルシーな食事を前面に出している印象です。魚の南蛮漬けの定食に野菜ブッフェを付けました。定食の味はごく普通。野菜が色々取れるのは良いですし、蒸した野菜は甘くておいしく頂きました。ただ、野菜はすごく種類が多いわけではないのに、週末６８０円、平日４８０円は、少々お高いように思いました。定食との合計で平日１５００円越えにしては、内容が少々物足りませ...
Usagiya

4.5

10 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Chuou 1-2-12 Takashima Building 1F

A regional cuisine restaurant located in Chuo, Matsumoto City. The restaurant serves local cuisine made with locally-grown ingredients as well as local liquors at reasonable prices. In addition to basashi and other horsemeat dishes, sanzoku-yaki fried chicken, and Nagano salmon, the restaurant's ramen, made with a dried fish and chicken bone broth, has won many fans.

松本駅からほど近く、ちょっとうら寂しい飲食街の一角に位置します。ほぼ地産食材で固めたメニューは興趣溢れています。郷土料理店は他にも存在しますが、対価価値はこちらが一番でしょう。「信州の恵」と称される前菜の盛り合わせ、なぜか赤身を出すことに拘泥した馬刺し、名物山賊焼、など魅惑的な品揃え、あれこれつまんで、そこそこ飲んで3人で1万円強、というのは称賛に値します。

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Nagano Areas

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.