Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Nara Area
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- Tenpyoan (Todai-ji Temple Branch)
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4.524 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Narashi Kasuganochou 16 Todaiji Temple Yumeikaze Hiroba
- This is a Japanese confectionary store in the Yume-Kaze Plaza in front of the gate of the Todai-ji Temple in Kasugano Town, Nara City. The store makes sweets from locally grown ingredients such as Japanese Yamato-imo yam and Yoshino-kuzu arrowroot. A popular item is the Japanese hotcake sweet bean paste sandwich called Yamato sanzan dorayaki. They are made freshly daily with red beans, and flour and eggs from a Tokachi farm. There is also a cafe on the second floor where customers can enjoy sweets and Miwa Somen noodles.
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I was looking for something sweet on my way out from Nara Park, and this shop looked really nice! I bought a small strawberry daifuku and a matcha cake with white chocolate cream filling. Let me tell...
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- Nakatanido
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4.0366 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Narashi Hashimotochou 29
- This is a yomogi mochi rice cake specialty shop located on Sanjo-dori Street in Hashimoto Town, Nara City. The yomogi mochi is made from carefully selected locally grown produce. Hot rice is pounded swiftly according to traditional methods to make the soft and springy texture of the sweet. The shop is visited by many customers who come to see the skilled combination of the craftsmen turning and pounding the rice first hand.
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The nicest, freshest mochi I’ve had in Japan (and I’ve tried a lot!) I also got to see them making the mochi which was really interesting.
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- Mahoroba Purin no Mori Main Shop and Cafe
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3.511 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Nara-shi Narazakacho 1073
- This pudding shop is situated on Narayama-odori Street in Narazaka-cho, Nara City. The shop's signature Mahoroba Daibutsu Pudding is made with simple ingredients: an abundance of high-quality fresh cream, milk, eggs, sugar, and vanilla beans. In addition to standard custard flavor, the shop also sells a variety of other flavors, including Yamato tea, a local Nara specialty product; cheesecake; chocolate; and Harushika, a local Nara sake. Other products include the Shiroi Shika no Purin pudding, and the Daibutsu-sama no Hohoemi Cookie.
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可愛いお店で、ひっきりなしにお客様がいらっしゃいます。 プリンの森にふさわしく、楽しい仕掛けが沢山あるお店ですが、店内は撮影禁止です。 奈良なので大仏がかわいいイラストの大仏プリンは、お土産に良さそうですが、味は普通。接客はあまり良くありません。
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- Shizuka (Koen Branch)
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- Nara Pref. Narashi Noboriojichou 59-11
- A kama-meshi (rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot) specialty restaurant located near Nara Park and the Nara National Museum in Noborioji Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture know for the constant line outside its door. Each serving of kama-meshi is cooked to order over an open fire. The harmony between the hearty portion of toppings, dashi-steeped rice, and toasty okoge is exquisite. The most popular item on the menu is the Nara seven variety kama-meshi, which has seven toppings, including shrimp, crab, and conger eel. The inside of the restaurant is quiet and spacious; come here to enjoy a meal in between sightseeing.
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- Lucky Garden
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4.524 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Ikomashi Onitorichou 168
- First opened in 1999, this restaurant is divided up into three areas, the Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) Area, where guests can take their time to enjoy a meal, the Hitsuji (Sheep) Area, where you can meet and pet animals in a natural setting, and the Yamagoya (Mountain Hut) Area, a gallery used to host various exhibits and events. In the Sakura Area, course meals are available for both lunch and dinner. Their special vegetable dishes only available on nights with full moons are also popular. The Hitsuji Area offers special plates, soup sets, and more.
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10時に到着して散策を楽しみ、セイロンティーを頼んでこたつでゆっくりしました。寒い日でしたが、こたつが要らないくらいサンルームになっていて暖かく過ごせました。カレープレートはボリュームが多く、単品でも良かったです。
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- Mahoroba Daibutsu Purin Honpo (Todai-ji Temple Yume-Kaze Plaza Shop)
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4.023 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Narashi Kasuganochou 16 Todaiji Temple Maemae Yumeizaka Hiroba Monza Market
- This confectionary makes each and every one of their puddings by hand using generous amounts of ingredients sourced locally from Nara. The puddings, which come in glass jars, are popular for the cute designs of their lids. Their various seasonal puddings, such as mahoroba (splendid place) Daibutsu pudding rolls, and their soft-serve ice cream made with Daibutsu pudding are also quite popular.
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今回テレビで特集されていたのを見て訪れました。多くのお客さんで賑わっており、確かな人気度を感じました。手作りのプリンは格別でした。
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- Dangosho Bojo Main Store
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5.05 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Kashiharashi Higashiboujouchou 860
- This dumpling shop founded in 1878 is known for its tasty kinako dango (sweet dumplings sprinkled with roasted soy flour), each of which is carefully made the old fashioned way and served on a bamboo skewer. Guests can enjoy their dumplings inside the shop's bright Japanese-style interior. Although the shop officially closes at 5:00 p.m., we recommend going earlier in the day as it sometimes sells out and closes early.
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お店はいつもお客さんでいっぱいです。店内でも一本からでもいただくことができ、お茶まで出してくれます。テイクアウトもいいですが、ここでいただく作り立てが一番オススメです。 テイクアウトは、お土産にも最適で、昔から手土産で欲しいNo.1です。
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- Chujodo Hompo
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4.538 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Katsuragishi Taima 55-1
- This long-standing confectioner, just a one-minute walk from Taimadera Station, is where they make and sell famous local specialty Chujo-Mochi. Chujo-Mochi is an unsophisticated Japanese confection that uses the native wild-growing mugwort of the Katsuragi area in the mochi which is then wrapped around elegant sweet smooth red-bean paste. Enjoy the traditional flavors of their Chujo-Mochi and sencha green tea set or red bean soup with kusamochi (rice flour dumpling) as you relax in the peaceful interior of the shop. The front has a wide variety of products packed for take away with everything from two-piece to 48-piece box sets.
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当麻寺駅前にある中将堂。よもぎ餅の中将餅が有名てす。テイクアウトでお土産に購入。やわらかい草もちに、甘さ控えめのあんがのってます。さすが老舗の名物です。美味しいです。
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- Yoshino Honkuzu Tengyokudo (JR Nara Station Branch)
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- Nara Pref. Narashi Sanjouhonmachi 1-1 Viela Nara 2F
- This is a Yoshino Kuzu arrowroot specialty shop located on the second floor of Viera Nara, a shopping center in Nara Station. The shop serves Kuzu arrowroot mochi made to order, Kuzu arrowroot noodles, Kuzu udon noodles, curries, Kuzu set menus with multiple side dishes and sweets. The shop also sells Kuzu confectionaries and souvenir sets.
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- Kaki no Senmon (JR Nara Station Branch)
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- Nara Pref. Narashi Sanjouhonmachi 1-1JR Nara Station Viera Nara 2F
- This is a persimmon specialty store on the second floor of the commercial facility in Vierra Nara in Nara Station. The store sells products such as Japanese confectionaries using persimmons, dried persimmons, cakes, frozen desserts, jams and persimmon vinegar. A cold Japanese sweet that wraps persimmons with arrowroot called Kaki kori is becoming a talking piece as it was awarded the Japan Gift Grand Prize.
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- Hoseki-bako
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4.554 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Narashi Mochidonochou 12 Dream CUBE
- A shaved ice and tea specialty shop located a seven minute walk from Kintetsu-Nara Station. This popular shop is visited by a great many people even in winter. The shop uses pure Nara ice slowly frozen over a period of three days for its shaved ice treats. The milk, honey, matcha green tea powder, and other ingredients used by the shop are also primarily from Nara. The shop’s signature espuma shaved ice is made with thinly shaved ice topped with mousse-like espuma syrup. Fluffy and light, many customers come from far and wide to experience this sweet and its unique texture. Only 200 are served each day.
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Unfortunately, I did not like the kakigori here as it was too sour for me. I chose the one which changes color after you pour the syrup in. It was so sour I couldt finish it. However, the cafe was a...
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- Dangosho Yagi Shop
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4.049 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Kashiharashi Naizenchou Kintetsu Yagi Station front
- This confectionary makes and sells sweet dumplings, a specialty of the Yamato province. Just like the flagship location, this Yagi location adjacent to Kintetsu Yamato-Yagi Station closes as soon as it sells out. Served on bamboo skewers, their kinako dango (sweet dumplings sprinkled with roasted soy flour) are made from just three ingredients; rice flour made from high-quality new rice ground the old fashioned way in a mortar, high quality kinako (roasted soy flour), and a special syrup said to have been created by Shogoro the First after many pained efforts.
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本店に１度だけ行ったことありますね。近場で買えるのは、近鉄阿倍野店ですね。月１回(第三木曜日)13:00~諸国銘菓にて販売されています。販売は10本入りのみで、1人3箱まで買えます。ちょうどこの日は、友達に会う約束してたので、友達のお土産用と自分とこ用を買いました。やっぱここのおだんごはわらず柔らかくて美味しい。時間が経てば硬くなるのは当たり前なんだけど、ここのは1日経っても硬さが気にならないぐら...
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- Tonmasa
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3.519 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Minamikoriyamachou 363-23 Meihana Heights 1F
- This restaurant is famous for serving Japan's biggest tonkatsu (fried pork cutlets), but they're about more than just size. Each of their side dishes is prepared with care by an experienced chef using only the freshest ingredients. Besides their tonkatsu, their wild-caught head-on shrimp, wakadori katsu (fried spring chicken cutlets), and fried oysters (depending on the season) are all served in generous portions.
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ギャル曽根がかつて食べきれなかったほどのボリュームのカツ。 食べている人を横目に、いつもエビフライ定食を食べてしまいます。 キャベツの量もすごい。 味は普通かな。
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- Senjutei Somen Chaya
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4.533 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Sakuraishi Shiba 293
- This somen noodle restaurant located in Shiba, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture is operated by longstanding Miwa somen shop “Ikeri.” The shop has a pure Japanese aura with an elegant ambience and contains large windows with tables seating. The flagship dish, “hiyashi somen,” features a smooth and refreshing flavor that goes down well. There’s also local Nara cuisine with a focus on “nyumen” (somen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth), as well as other seasonal dishes. One popular option is the “senjutei afternoon meal,” which includes nyumen, Nara delicacies, and persimmon leaf sushi.
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ここの素麺は、とても美味です。 ここの素麺、ここは毎回行くと、満員だったりするんですよね。 でも、並ぶ価値がある。 その点は、絶対にお勧めします。
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- Café Kotodama
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4.032 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Takaichigunasukamura Oka 1223
- This cafe located in Oka of Asuka Village, Takaichi County is run from a renovated sake brewery with close to 200 years of history. They offer their Kotodama Lunch based around fresh Asuka Village vegetables which changes every other week, and sweets including cakes and shaved ice made with Asuka Village fruits. Be aware that the only meal available is the Kotodama Lunch which is limited in supply.
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ランチで寄りました。ことだまランチ一種類のみで1650円、出てきたのは多国籍料理のようなもので、どれを食べても満足感がないというか何というか コレでこの値段？というのが正直な感想。ホールスタッフもたくさんいる割には皿が空いていても気がつかない。観光ブームや、かき氷などの映えのせいかお客様は多かったけど、2回目に行く気にはならなかった残念なお店(..)
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- Menya Noroma
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4.522 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Narashi Minamikyoubatechou 3-1531
- This ramen shop popular for its incredibly savory chicken bone broth is also a hit with young mothers and fathers due to its family-friendly atmosphere. In addition to their torisoba (chicken broth ramen noodles), which has broth so tasty you'll want to drink it to the last drop, we also recommend their chashu-don (braised pork belly rice bowl), which is topped with a generous portion of braised pork slices.
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濃厚なクリーム色の鶏スープに、真っ直ぐで固め、縮れない角ばった自家製麺が特徴です。濃い鶏スープは大変美味しく一滴残さずいただけます。チャーシューも柔らかくホロホロ。こだわりラーメンは奈良で一、二争う人気。おすすめです。土曜13時半頃に来店で、6-7人待ち。ラーメンなので回転早く、10分位待って入れました。お店はキレイで、テーブル3つ、カウンター5席程。最もオーソドックスな鶏そば850円、大盛りプラ...
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- Kurumi no Ki 1 Jo
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4.041 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Nara-shi Horencho 567-1
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ランチは予約制&完売でいただけなかったのですが平日のすいている時間帯だったのですぐに席へ案内してもらえました。シンプルなチェリーのケーキは驚くほど生クリームがおいしく、チェリーの下処理も完璧！こんなおいしいケーキはひさしぶりでした
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- Fukokuen
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4.07 Reviews - Gourmet / Alcohol
- Nara Pref. Ikomagunikarugachou Houryuji 2-2-35
- This is a cafe near Horyu-ji Temple, in Horyuji 2-chome, Ikaruga Town. It was built in 1887 and was used by officer of the court Harufusa Kitabatake when he lived in a nearby residence in his later years. They serve lunch with Nara foodstuffs, sweets including shaved ice, coffee made with organic beans, all served in traditionally-made Akahada-yaki ware.
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法隆寺の裏通りで少し分かりにくいですが 静かで落ち着いて食事やお茶ができます。 お店は小さいですが古い屋敷を改装して雰囲気があり お庭もきれいで和めます。 食事もどれもとても美味しかったです。 また行ってみたいと思わせるカフェでした。
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- Naramachi Village
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- Nara Pref. Narashi Minamichichou 14-1
- A cafe located in Minamiichi-cho, Nara City. Refurbishing an over 80-year-old machiya (traditional merchant's house), the restaurant offers a menu that includes seasonal vegetable curry, pancakes made with seasonal fruits, and mixed sandwiches made with unsalted roast ham and additive-free bread. There is a space of tatami mats with chabudai (a low table), which makes a relaxing and comfortable space.
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- Kuruminoki (Ichijo Branch)
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- Nara Pref. Narashi Hourenchou 567-1
- A café situated in a home surrounded by greenery in Horen Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture. Frequently featured in magazines and other media, Kuruminoki is known for the lines that can form outside its door. The café’s signature seasonal lunch comes with weekly changing dishes such as obanzai cuisine and mazegohan rice made with an abundance of seasonal and local Nara vegetables. The café’s homemade, healthy sweets are also popular. The café’s tranquil grounds also accommodate a knickknack shop, apparel shop, and cake studio.
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With a reputation almost as stellar as that of Kyoto, Nara is a must-visit for those searching for the remains of "traditional Japan." The largely green Nara city holds the majority of the prefecture’s treasures, such as the iconic Todai-ji Temple, in which a 15-meter tall Great Buddha sits, and Nara Park, where deer flock to befriend passersby. While mountains are by no means hard to come by in this area, for hiking with a reward, head to the Kii Mountains’ Yoshino district in spring, when the hillsides put on an impressive display of white and pink cherry blossoms.
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