Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Hakuba / Azumino Area

  • Hanjiro Azumino
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    4.0
    27 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotaka 4857-1
    Located in Hotaka, Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture, this shop specializes in soup curry, housed in a stylish bungalow-like building with a small stream on one side. The owner trained at a famous shop in Sapporo before operating a soup curry shop in Yokohama and moving it to Azumino in 2013. The soup curry is deeply slow-cooked for a rich flavor, popular enough to see lines form even during lunch on weekdays. Popular choices include the “seasonal colorful vegetable soup curry” with lots of vegetables, and the “chicken with bones soup curry” with succulently soft chicken, with adjustable spiciness.

    7年ぶりくらいに来店。 久しぶりですごく楽しみにしていました。 値段高くなったのかな?全体的に高いなと感じました。 しかも「会計時に感染対策協力金として1人百円いただいています。」とのこと。謎の協力金。 飲食店として、感染症対策をするのは当たり前なのでは? どれだけ、きっちり感染症対策してるのかなーって思って周りを見渡すも、これといって。。。どこの店でもやっている最低限のレベル。 トイレには、便...

  • Nakanoya
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    4.0
    15 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto-shi address 3961-1
    At this shop, located in Bandokoro, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, you can enjoy water mill-ground Bandokoro soba made from scratch by the owner and his soba-farming family. The hand-made juwari soba—which does not use any thickening powder—is well received with its rich flavor and how smooth it goes down. The “soba set” is popular, packed with the good taste of Norikura Highland. Or enjoy local cuisine with items like the “homemade grilled trout in bamboo” which contains trout covered in Japanese pepper miso and wrapped in bamboo leaves.

    漬物と蕎麦のセットで、シンプルですが、とても美味しかったです。 特に漬物に関しては、普段殆ど食べない私でも完食するほど美味しかったです。 後は、メニューの数とコスパがもう少し良かったら文句ありません。

  • Cafe VARIE
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotakariake 8177-1
    A cute café located in Hotakaariake, Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture. With a yellow building resembling a small hotel, its country-style interior creates a soothing and warm atmosphere. The café’s sweets and dishes, laboriously prepared by the chef using local ingredients, are highly reviewed. Particularly popular menu options include the slow-stewed beef stew and the sweets sampler, which comes with three or four sweets. A corner of the café is a shop space selling natural stone accessories and knickknacks. The picturesque scenery of Azumino stretches out from the windows on the second floor, and here you can relax and forget the passage of time.

    眺めがいいのでと2階席を勧められ、窓際のカウンター席で寛ぐ。 ケーキ盛りのセット600円を注文。手作りのケーキが4種どれも美味しかったです〜 コスパもいいですね。

  • Kamikochi Shokudo
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    4.0
    31 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi Kamikouchi
    Located on the second floor of the tourism center next to the Kamikochi Bus Terminal of Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, this glass-walled restaurant boasts a brilliant view that includes the grand Hotaka Mountain Range. There are plenty of reasonably-priced sets that use Shinshu local ingredients, as well as bountiful dishes such as zaru soba, Shinshu salmon don, and “fried iwana with ankake sauce.” For small snacks to eat while walking, the “kappa yaki”—a small cream pastry-like snack designed with a kapa face—is well received.

    上高地バスターミナルにあるレストラン。到着早々にランチしました。時間が遅くて岩魚は売り切れだったので二人で山賊焼き定食をオーダー。予想以上にボリューミーで満足しました。

  • Amijok
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    4.5
    24 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Chuou 3-4-14
    Located in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, this “hideout” café & select shop features a charming interior of white and wood and a sense of being handmade. The carefully brewed coffee, brown rice, and muffin of the day—made with local, healthy ingredients—are popular. There are also miscellany made by Japanese artists, like bowls, fabrics and wooden items, plenty you’ll want to keep using for years to come.

    Great option for the vegetarian looking for something a little different. Wonderful creativity & courage in taking Japanese food in a novel direction. Thanks for the great friendly service...

  • CHILLOUT STYLE COFFEE
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotakariake 3293-1
    This specialty coffee shop roasts beans there on the premises where you can enjoy great tasting coffee from specific regions. The coffee shop provides light meals such as bagels and cakes, etc. and they also have a latte menu too. The coffee shop is a great place to relax and drink some coffee on the sofas at the window-side counter. Some things on the menu are limited by quantity and time depending on the season. Take out coffees are also available and they sell coffee beans too. Sometimes they hold events in collaboration with others. Tickets need to be booked in advance so be sure to check ahead of time.
  • Farm Café Rabbit
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Omachishi Omachi 8295-48
    Farm Café Rabbit is a cafe where you can taste game served with local ingredients and homemade organic vegetable dishes. On the menu they have venison curry. This hearty curry is made with lots of locally grown vegetables and venison. Venison is odorless with a refreshing flavor. It’s high in protein, low in fat, and it also has a high iron content. The restaurant prides itself on its seasoning without the use of any chemical additives. For those who are not so fond of venison there are other dishes on the menu. The restaurant is located in Nakayama Highland, and from the windows you can see the Northern Alps.
  • Usagidaira Terrace
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Kitadumigunhakubamura Hokujou 4487-12 Hakuba Happoone ski area
    Usagidaira Terrace is the restaurant at the Usagidaira Station on the Happo gondola lift. Views of the Togakushi Mountains, Mt. Asama, Utsukushigahara and the Yatsugatake Mountains can be seen from the restaurant at a height of 1,400 meters. The restaurant uses food from Shinshu in its dishes. Popular dishes include Usagidaira egg chicken rice, and yamanosachi pasta made with lots of wild vegetable plants. The restaurant’s sanzoku ramen topped with the well-known Nagano favorite, sanzoku-yaki (large fried chicken), is simple and tasty and warms the body. For dessert, the Happo brown sugar pudding is very popular.
  • Oyasumidokoro Kyudo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi Shirahone Hot spring
    This rest area is located in Shirahone Onsen, a famous Shinshu hot spring that has existed since the Kamakura Period. The public outdoor bath is nearby, perfect after a dip in the hot spring. The cuisine features char dishes and dishes of wild vegetables—bounty of the mountain. While there are some light meals and drinks, their pride and joy would be the fragrant coffee made with delicious water. You can even stay over—limited to two couples per day—if you make a reservation.
  • Gosenjaku Hotel Cafe 5HORN
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    4.5
    19 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi Kamikouchi 4468 Kamikochi Goshiken Hotel 1F
    From the cafe on the first floor of the hotel you can see Kappa Bridge, a sightseeing focal point in Kamikochi. In the relaxed atmosphere of the cafe you’ll find Matsumoto mingei furniture. The recommended cake on the menu is the rare cheesecake. Its smooth melt-in-the-mouth texture is enhanced with a distinctive blueberry sauce. Other cakes include seasonal cakes with selected fruit such as the luxury tart with lots of fruit. Their Shinshu apple crème brûlée, made in limited quantities, can only be tasted here.

    チーズケーキが思ったよりも大きくとても美味しかった。ロケーションも最高でした。アップルパイが売り切れで残念でしたが、次回はぜひ食べたいです。

  • Azumino Gyouzakan
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotaka 5335
    The building is a 130 year old refurbished private house. Inside the restaurant is also a permanent exhibition gallery displaying Azumino landscape paintings and portraits. The gyoza dumplings are made with pork from pigs raised in the Azumino Akashina fields and the vegetables are organic or virtually pesticide-free. They only have one basic kind of dumpling which can be eaten grilled or boiled. Other than that they have pork soup and braised pork. All food ordered from the menu can be eaten out.

    This family-run restaurant specializes in and serves only gyoza made right there; both sui gyoza and yaki gyoza. Both are very good. Very serene, relaxing atmosphere.

  • Restaurant Masahiro Nishimura
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotakariake 3499-18
    This French restaurant is located along the National Route 25 in Hotakaariake, Azumino City. The original and authentic French cuisine made using local ingredients by the owner chef from Azumino is artistically presented and a feast for the eyes. The restaurant is open both during the day and evening with reservations possible up until the day before.
  • Kobayashi
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    3.5
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nishinomiya, Omachi, Nagano Prefecture 3210
    This soba restaurant, founded in 1913, is located in Omachi City, Nagana Prefecture and is a three-minute walk from Shinano-Omachi Station. They offer “Shio no Michi Soba,” which refers to the “Chikuni Kaido” (commonly known as Shio no Michi, “Salt Road”) trade route that was once used to transport salt and marine products from the Japan Sea to Matsumoto. This popular dish is made with ingredients from the sea and mountains and topped with grated radish that resembles salt.

    土曜日の13時過ぎに入店。大盛りのもりがないとのことだったので かけそばともり1枚を注文。店内は混んでいないのに出てくるまで 20分もかかった。もりのつけだれは出しがきいて美味しかったが なぜかかけのつゆは出汁がきいてなく甘いだけだった。 これで1,450円は高いと思う。あとで気づいたが駅にもスタンド 蕎麦がありそちらのほうが半額以下でおいしそうでした。

  • Cafe & Restaurant Fukinoto
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi 4085-192
    A cafe in Azumi Village of Matsumoto City along Prefectural Route 84, this establishment offers a “sakura steak set” made with horsemeat, along with “napokatsu,” which is napolitan pasta topped with pork cutlet, cheese fondue with bread (serves two or more), and an assortment of noodle dishes, rice dishes, toast, and more. The drink menu contains several options as well. You can even order the horsemeat they use in their dishes online.

    こじんまりとしたリゾート地の喫茶店。桜ステーキは名物で、ソースが和風で特徴がある。ここに来たからには食べたい。食後の紅茶がとてもおいしかった。熱いお湯でしっかりと淹れているのがよくわかり、なかなか自分ではできないお味である。

  • Saint-Honoré Azumino Branch
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
    Shopping
    Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotakariake 8148-3
    The bakery is located along Prefectural Route 25 in Hotakaariake, Azumino City. Not only can you buy a variety of breads made with natural yeast and ingredients, you can also eat in. The building is surrounded by trees like a log cabin. When the weather is nice, you can stretch out on the terrace.

    カーナビがないと見落としてしまいそうな路地を入っていきます。駐車場は、広いです。パンを買うなら、11:00前がオススメです。お昼には、だいぶ売れてしまいます。 店内は狭いですが、雰囲気はとても良いです。テラス席と外にも席があるのでゆっくりくつろげます。お一人様が、ちらほらいました。 メニューは、少ないです。買ったパンも店内で、食べれます。レジで注文して席について待つスタイルです。

  • Kappa Shokudo
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    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...

  • Dengaku Kisoya
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    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...

  • La Riviere
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi 4469-1 Kamikochi Rumi Esta Hotel
    This restaurant is located in the Kamikochi Lemeiesta Hotel in Kamikochi. They offer Kamikochi-French cuisine by using in-season ingredients from Kamikochi to make French dishes. For lunch, there are courses or a la carte items like “beefsteak curry” or “pasta of the day.” The windows offer a fine view of Kamikochi’s nature. You can also do a day-trip stay using the “Spa and Lunch set” which includes a lunch course and a bath in the spa.
  • Restaurant Konashi
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    5.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi Kamikouchi Kappa bridge horizontal
    This restaurant can be found inside “Hotel Shirakabaso,” which is in Kamikochi near Kappa Bridge. Curry, soba and gelato made with Shinshu ingredients are available, and the “sanzoku burger” made by sandwiching “sanzoku-yaki,” a popular Matsumoto specialty, between a bun is both delicious and inexpensive.

    明神池まで往復2時間ハイキングした後に河童橋そばのカフェ小梨に伺いました。 屋外はいっぱいでしたが、屋内はテーブルが空いていてすぐに座る事が出来ました。 カレーとコロッケが美味しそうだったので迷わずにコロッケカレー1250円を頼みました。 カレーは少し甘めですが美味しく、コロッケもポリユームがあり、最高でした!

  • Yamashina
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagano Pref. Omachishi Miasa 14658
    This soba restaurant is located in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture. The local powder is produced in Miasa Village, and the soba is made by grinding it with a water mill. Poetry cards by famous individuals decorate the interior, and in fact, this shop has been featured in the media many times. The “soba usuyaki,” made from dough that is stretched and baked before being coated with a thin layer of miso, and “soba-gaki” produce an exquisite smell that complements alcohol perfectly. The “morisoba” and “kakesoba” are popular dishes that showcase the soba’s flavor. Enjoy a delicious bowl of noodles in the peaceful ambience.

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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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