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Japanese Food

Oryori Yanagiya

5.0

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Mizunamishi Suechou Mashidume 573-27

This restaurant of local cuisine is located in Mizunami City, Gifu Prefecture after getting off the bus at the Sueasahi-machi bus stop from Mizunami Station. Their menu only has courses of random dishes selected by the restaurant, so you can enjoy amazing local dishes surrounded by a sunken fireplace heated by charcoal. They made various dishes such as river fish including sweetfish grilled in the fireplace, mountain bounty such as mountain vegetables and matsutake mushrooms, duck hot pots and venison fillets depending on the season and timing. They offer everything from Japanese sake to champagne and red wine that matches your meal. There is a free shuttle bus from the station that can be reserved depending on the number of people in your group.

This was a new food experience for our group of 10, invited by a regular at the restaurant. Its game food meets Argentina-like grilling, except its a special firewood stack. And we were served bee...
Itadori River Horado Kanko Yana

4.0

23 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Sekishi Horadokosaka 1712

Located about a 20-minute drive from the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway Mino Interchange, this restaurant boasts its exquisite dishes using sweetfish raised in the clear streams of the Itadori River. You can taste courses or dishes of fresh sweetfish caught with the traditional fishing method of “yana,” where sweetfish from upstream are caught with slatted wood in the river. With a multitude of cooking methods from salt-grilled to boiled, miso-broiled, rice porridge, fried and sashimi, you can even cook it yourself. Trap fishing is allowed usually from August 1st, and tourists can experience it as long as there are no dangers such as floods. You can also enjoy fishing in the fishing pond and playing in the river.

何回か通ったことがあるヤナですが次回は違う店に行くと思います。今回も悩んだのですが急きょ決め時間も遅かったために訪れました。新型コロナウイルスの対策らしく店内ではマスク着用、受付でアルコール消毒と検温をしなくてはいけないらしいのですが… 時間が遅かったためか受付にはだれもいないため店内に入っていったらすごい剣幕でおばちゃんが検温とマスクをしてもらわないと困る！旦那はご飯を食べるからいいかと...
Maruhachi Shokudo

3.0

9 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Geroshi Mimayano 139

This restaurant sells “Keichan”, a local specialty of Gifu Prefecture. It is located close to National Route 257 heading for Butai Pass. Keichan is seasoned chicken grilled with cabbage and other vegetables, and is said to have originated from Jingisukan (grilled mutton) cuisine. Their most popular menu item is the “Keichan set” that has a traditional taste going back more than 50 years. Cooking it yourself is what makes it distinctive, and there is also a detailed manual for first-timers. The rich chicken flavor goes well with rice and also great as a snack with sake. The store is very popular with locals as well as tourists.

下呂温泉からは少し離れてるけどまた戻りましたとても美味しかったです服に匂いがつくかも焼肉屋と同じ感じでおしゃれしていかないほうが良いですマイエプロン持参か沢山お客さんが来てました
Keichan Suginoko

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Geroshi Ogawa 1311

Keichan is a regional dish from the Hida and Gero areas of Gifu Prefecture, and Suginoko is a great place to try it. The shop is five minutes south of JR Gero Station by car via Prefectural Route 440 along the Hida River, near the Masuda Highway overpass. Their superb keichan consists of chicken thigh meat cooked with cabbage and their secret sauce in a Genghis Kan grill pan. It goes great with rice and Japanese shochu, and we recommend finishing off the meal by mixing in fried yakisoba noodles. There are also a variety of other local dishes on their menu such as Gero’s konyaku gelatin sashimi and Hida beef grilled with miso.
Jinenjo Chacha Jinen no Mura (Hida Takayama Store)

4.0

48 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Nyukawachouboukata 1064-1

This mountain yam restaurant is rare even for Japan, and is located approximately a 15-minute drive from Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway and Chubu-Jukan Expressway Takayama Interchange or JR Takayama Station. Situated inside the kominka (old house) called “Gassho no Yakata,” reconstructing the gassho (large thatched roof) style of “Jinen no Mura,” you can taste local cuisine using local ingredients in a space filled with nostalgia and the warmth of wood. Their most popular menu item is the “tororo-meshi,” which has the flavor of yams seasoned with dashi (Japanese soup stock) and local Hida-grown koshihikari rice that taste excellent together. Seasonal flavors such as their Hida beef hoba-miso (miso grilled on magnolia leaf) course are also recommended.

ある団体旅行で二日目の昼食に寄りました。座敷に用意してあり、大きなすり鉢に自然薯がいっぱいありました。麦の混ざったご飯を少し盛り、自然薯をたっぷりかけて食べます。そばもあり、途中で自然薯をかけて食べました。
Unatei

4.5

20 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Okuhidaonsengouhitoegane 723

An eel cuisine restaurant located in the Shinhirayu Onsen hot spring district. The restaurant’s renowned “Una-don” rice bowl is topped with tender, clean-tasting eel raised in the clean waters of Okuhida broiled and slathered with a secret recipe sauce. The restaurant offers a variety of rice bowls with differing eel portion sizes to suit a variety of budgets. Customers can also order more or less rice and sauce, so even those who are watching their health need not worry. The restaurant’s “Unagi Musubi” eel rice balls have even been featured on television; they taste great even cold, and thus they are a popular item to bring home and share with friends and family.

The bus will stop at Shin-Hirayu if you are going to Shin-Hotaka Ropeway. Patronize mainly by locals. Counter and table seating available. Meat is soft, no fishy taste and amount of sauce is just...
Nagarahonke Bakuroichidai

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Gifushi Yashiro 2-7-10

This restaurant specializing in Hida beef, the most historic location of this nationwide chain, offers Saitobi beef, which is superior even to A5-grade beef. We recommend their course meals, as well as their lunches, which let you choose from one of three Hida beef main dishes: classic chargrilled barbeque, ultimate shabu-shabu (Japanese hot pot), and traditional sukiyaki. Whether it’s their fresh homemade tofu, their Okuminokojidori chicken, which gets more savory with every bite, or their locally-grown vegetables, the restaurant pays great attention to all of their ingredients, not just their beef. You’re sure to enjoy the restaurant’s relaxed atmosphere, created in part by the torch near the entrance.
Kyoya restaurant

4.5

398 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Oushinmachi 1-77

Kyoya is a restaurant in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture that offers delicious local cuisine made using Hida beef and other local ingredients, as well as seasonal delicacies. Kyoya is located in a traditional house that was specially relocated to the site from the Echigo (Niigata) region, giving it a fascinating retro-style ambience; as diners pass through the entrance curtain, they are greeted with the sight of huge beams that create a friendly, welcoming space. Seated around Irori (hearths constructed in the floor), diners can enjoy steak or sukiyaki made from high-quality Hida beef, Shabu-shabu hotpot, a wide range of other top-notch dishes, and local Sake brands. Kyoya is also a convenient place to drop in for lunch, with a lunch menu featuring a wide range of set meals such as “Hida Takayama Go-zen (Gourmet) Meal” and “Hida Beef Yakishabu (thinly-sliced beef marinated in a delicious sauce) Set Meal.” Kyoya is situated around 15 minutes’ walk from Takayama Station on the JR Takayama Line.

Kyoya was unique, authentic, and you can get food here you cant find elsewhere in Japan. I was here during the week and it was nearly empty. The staff was great and very helpful. We ordered a bunch...
Irori restaurant

4.0

75 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Onogunshirakawamura Ogimachi 374-1

Irori is a restaurant in a traditional thatched-roof house located in Shirakawa-go village (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) in Gifu Prefecture. Diners can enjoy traditional local dishes made using mountain herbs and vegetables etc. picked locally in Hida, the Shirakawa-go and Gokayama district, while seated round an Irori (a hearth constructed in a depression in the floor). Popular menu items include the “Hida Beef Cooked on a Ceramic Board–Set Meal” for which diners can specify how well-cooked they want the premium Hida beef to be, the “Grilled Tofu Set Meal” made with the unique local Shirakawa-ko Tofu, and the “Hoba Miso Set Meal” made using Hoba Miso, a famous Hida-Takayama region specialty.

Irori restaurant in Shirakawago is a must visit! The food was spectacular and the cold udon and Tempura soba was divine. My daughter’s Hida Beef curry was sensational and my husband even remarked...
Ayuya

4.5

7 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Sekishi Horadoabe 1522-3

Located on the banks of the Itadori River, about a 30-minute drive from the Seki-Hiromi and Mino Interchanges, Ayuya is a restaurant that specializes in ayu (sweetfish). It has a great location close to famous places like Koga Shinsui-an and Monet's Pond. In addition to serving daily specials throughout the year, it has four types of complete dinners from mid April to November, with Course C being the most popular. In the fall, diners can enjoy sweetfish cooked with its roe inside. Seats on a terrace overlooking the river are available, with a roof that can be retracted or not, depending on the weather. Guests who make reservations have priority for these seats.

鮎がどうしても食べたくなり、色々検索し「鮎や」さんに来ました！ここは板取川のほとりにある鮎専門の料理屋で、今回はコロナ禍ということもあり限定料理のみ営業でしたが食べに来ちゃいました！お店に着くとスタッフのおばちゃんからあじさいコース2950円と日替り定食980円のみと言われ日替り定食＋鮎の塩焼きは1660円と少し迷いましたが鮎料理を堪能したかったのであじさいコースを頼むと川床で...
Kawaguchi Yana (Ibi River)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Ibigunibigawachou Kitagata Kawaguchi 1235-4

A tourism fish trap located at the foot of the Kawaguchi Bridge spanning the Ibi River 40 minutes from the Ogaki interchange on the Meishin Expressway. The traditional fish trapping techniques used on the Ibi River have been designated a National Intangible Folk-Cultural Property. All of the seats in the adjoining restaurant building have a view of the beautiful Ibi River, and customers can check out the fish trap or play in the river while they wait for their meal. The fresh caught sweetfish can be ordered charcoal grilled; the restaurant is also famous for its sweetfish zosui rice gruel. The sweetfish course meal, which comes with two sweetfish cooked shioyaki style (grilled with salt) and two fish cooked gyoden style (skewered and covered with miso) plus other dishes; and the Saturday, Sunday, and holiday-only sweetfish oshi sushi are also recommended. The facility is only open from the summer to the fall.
Usho no Ie Iwasa

5.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Seki-shi Ikejiri 74

"This shop near Ayunose Bridge serves sweetfish cuisine and is also a good spot to view cormorant fishing. Guests can board a boat to take in the Gifu summer tradition after a meal of high-quality natural sweetfish. Their most popular meal is their ""Tennen Ayu Full Course,"" that could only be served by real master craftsmen. It features a starter of candied sweetfish, salt-grilled sweetfish, and broiled sweetfish with miso paste all arriving in succession. You can also dine on sushi made with young sweetfish when in season. It's about 200 meters from the shop to the boarding point for the boat. A shuttle will bring you back after the cormorant fishing is finished."

関観光ホテルのすぐ奥に位置するので、余程常連さんでないと利用しないような穴場の高級料亭です。店の造りが洒落ていて、川沿いの風景が素晴らしく、都会の雑音から遮断された雰囲気が何とも言えず素敵です。鵜匠の店であり天然鮎のフルコースはこの上なく美味しい。
Daihachi

4.5

11 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Gujo-shi Hachimancho Sakanamachi 883-1

A restaurant serving local cuisine about a 18-minute walk from Gujo Hachiman Station with an imposing old Japanese folk house where you can feel the it's long history. They serve typical Gujo Hachiman fare like Hida beef Japanese barbecue in a classic atmosphere with antique clocks, chests of drawers, and more. The Gujo Misoni Set Meal is a healthy dish that warms your body from the core with vegetables simmered in rich Gujo miso on rice. This Gujo home fare contains vegetables like onions and eggplant, as well as tofu and konjac. They also feature wild sweetfish salt-grilled, sashimi style, fried, and in rice soup.

Though we traveled to Japan many times, this is our first time to Nagoya-Gifu. We heard that Hida beef is famous here so we had them a few times this trip. This place has a very good Hida beef in...
Oshokuji-dokoro YUYU

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Gujo-shi Meiho Okuzumi 3428-1 Meiho Onsen Yu Hoshi

A restaurant at Meiho Onsen Yuseikan, a day-use hot spring bathhouse with a simple and mildly radioactive alkaline spring. After a soak in their wide-open baths, sit down to a healthy meal made with local ingredients. Their kei-chan meal sets are popular, featuring heaps of vegetables and chicken topped with miso sauce served sizzling on an iron plate. This local dish is popular in Okumino, including Gujo. Their sizzling teppanyaki meal sets with A5 ranked Hida beef and their Yuyu Lunch with a number of colorful side dishes are also popular and available in limited quantities.
MEIHO BBQ PARK

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Gujo-shi Meiho Okuzumi Mizusawa Jo 3447-1

A leisure facility on the Meiho Highland in the midst of the great outdoors. The Meiho Ski Resort operates there in winter, and in the summer, you can enjoy activities like barbecuing, camping, and a canoeing. They have various barbecue plans to choose from depending on your needs and the number in your party. Their Regular Plan consists of beef sirloin, pork shoulder roast, local vegetables, and marshmallows. Other plans include their Meiho Plan featuring a set meal with kei-chan, a local Gujo dish, and their Hida Beef Plan with Hida beef sirloin. It's a great way to enjoy a casual, authentic cookout without dealing with the preparation and cleaning-up.
Amakara

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Ena-shi Oicho 295-12

This goheimochi (broiled rice cake skewers) specialty shop has been in business for 64 years. Here you can buy goheimochi, a local Tono region dish, starting from just a single skewer. Goheimochi is made by rolling mashed rice into balls; skewering them on a stick; covering them with a sweet sauce made with ingredients such as soy sauce, sugar, sesame seeds; and walnuts, and broiling them. Goheimochi is a local specialty that has been a favorite in eastern Mino since ancient times. Containing an abundance of protein, iron, calcium, and vitamin B complex, goheimochi is renowned not only for its flavor but also for being good for the body. Located in front of Ena station, you can also order the Goheimochi Teishoku (set meal), which comes with six goheimochi skewers, miso soup, Japanese pickles, edible wild plants, and fruit.
Hatoya

4.5

7 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Takayama-shi Oshinmachi 3-110

This Hida beef specialty store is in Hida Takayama, a town that conveys the atmosphere of the old capitol to the present. You can eat shabu-shabu, sukiyaki and steak made from soft Hida beef that melts in your mouth. The majestic building emanates a sense of history is a townhouse structure that retains an image of samurai politics. Situated next to the Etchu Highway, it has been designated as a traditional building and won the Takayama City Landscaping Design Award as the building most representative of Takayama. Steak baked on a 10-kilogram iron-cast plate is a proud gem explodes with taste and sweetness the moment it comes into contact with your mouth.

Went to this restaurant on the recommendation of a friend and definitely wasnt disappointed. We had the personal attention from the daughter of the owner of the house who cooked the food for us on...
Kanameya

4.0

7 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Magome 4291-1

This confectionery is located about 100 meters from the Toson Memorial Museum. It is a specialty store that serves the local Kiso dish Goheimochi, which is made by crushing rice, wrapping it around a skewer, applying sauce to it, and cooking it. Goeheimochi comes in all kinds of shapes depending on the region and its culture. For example, there are waraji, dango, rice balls, and kiritanpo shaped Goheimochi, but at this store only waraji and dango shaped Goheimochi is offered. The sauce is made with ingredients such as sesame, walnut, or peanuts, which makes the Goheimochi irresistible when served fresh. In addition, it has many different souvenirs including jizake manju, karasumi (salted and dried mullet roe) and yokan.

五平餅の専門店である「かなめ屋」へ訪問しました。五平餅は、小判型で、甘辛だれがぬられ、香ばしく焼かれています。
Okabe Yana

5.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawa Cho Tanigumi Nagase 1724-4

"This river fish restaurant is located in the Tanigumi-nagase, Ibigawa Town, Ibi County. It uses the town's great tradition of ""yanaryou"" (pier fishing). The shop has a structure called a ""yanaba"" (pier) in the Neo River that flows nearby, and the freshly caught freshwater fish are used to create a variety of cuisines, such as shioyaki (grilled fish with salt)."

鮎のコース料理を食べに行きました。川のすぐ横に建てた食事場所は、暑い夏も気持ちよかったです！コースは、甘露煮ーフライや刺身もちろん焼き物ー雑炊までありボリューム満点でした！
Uohatsu

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawa Cho Tanigumi Nagase 2028-1

"This restaurant is located along Nishimino's Momiji Road in Taniguminagase and specializes in sweetfish cuisine. Menu items include the ""ayu feast"" which lets you enjoy pickled fish, sweet-simmered fish, fried fish, ikizukuri, and charcoal-grilled shioyaki. The restaurant also has pier seating where you can enjoy meals while looking at the Neo River. It is open from the end of April until early November."

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Gifu Areas

Tucked away in the very center of Japan, Gifu prefecture houses mountains, old towns, and one of Japan's greatest hot springs, Gero Onsen. A tour of the prefecture's traditional architecture will take you from the mountain-enveloped wooden streets of Takayama to the mountain village of Shirakawago, where visitors can explore 250-year-old thatched roofed houses known as gassho-zukuri.