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  • Mentoan
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Hashimotochou 30-1
    This is an udon noodle restaurant in Mochiidono shopping street in Hashimoto Town, Nara City. Customers can enjoy the well thought out menus and the specialty dish called kinchaku kitsune, a dish with a large boiled fried-tofu pouch filled with udon noodles in broth. The set menu of kinchaku kitsune with tempura in a box called tenju is also a popular dish at this restaurant.
  • Tonmasa
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    3.5
    19 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.

    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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  • Yume-Kaze Plaza
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    4.0
    29 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Kasuganochou 16
    12 souvenir shops and restaurants operate inside this complex located in the center of Nara Park. In addition to more conventional souvenirs, visitors can also find Daibutsu Pudding, which exploded in popularity after it was featured on television, as well as traditional “Yamato” vegetables and fruits stocked from nearby farmers. Yume-Kaze Plaza is also home to several restaurants, including a casual Italian restaurant perfect for lunch as well as a venerable establishment favored for its kudzu sweets and meals made with local Nara ingredients. The natural scenery, including a commanding view of Mt. Wakakusa, Mt. Mikasa, and Mt. Tamuke, is spectacular, and the facility is visited by many tourists and students on school outings.

    東大寺観光のために駐車場を探していた所、こちらの夢風ひろばで駐車スペースを見つけました。東大寺の南大門まで徒歩約8分で、恐らく東大寺に最も近い駐車場の1つだと思います。 ここで2,000円飲食 or 買物をすれば駐車料金が2時間分...

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  • Nishizawaya
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Yoshinogunyoshinochou Yoshinoyama 951
    This restaurant dedicated to regional cuisine is located in the Nakasenbon area on Mt. Yoshino. Diners can enjoy kudzu udon noodles, a Yoshino specialty, as well as vinegared mackerel sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves while gazing out at the beautiful scenery of Yoshino. The popular Yoshino nabe hotpot (reservation required) is filled with Yoshino-farmed tofu made with water from a famous spring, beef, vegetables, wild plants, and kudzu. The persimmon leaf sushi is also available for takeout.

    卵とじ葛うどんと柿の葉寿司2つ、葛餅のセットをいただきました。 ※うどん、そば、葛うどんから選べます。 葛うどんは喉ごしがよく、とろっとしていて温まりました。 出汁も濃くもなく薄くもなく、ちょうど良い。 熱々のうどんと、冷たい柿の葉寿司で、美味しくいただけました。 甘すぎない葛餅も良かったです。

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  • Houkon-an
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Yoshinogunyoshinochou Yoshinoyama 550
    A popular tea house with terrace seating offering a superb view located in the Nakasenbon area on Mt. Yoshino. The first location on Mt. Yoshino to sell kudzu mochi rice cakes and kuzu-kiri kudzu jelly noodles, the shop’s signature and delectable “kuzubana” is made by stuffing soft and chewy kudzu jelly with locally grown sweet adzuki been paste. The shop offers an abundance of items perfect for enjoying during a short break in a stroll, such as the matcha green tea set.

    あんこをぷるぷるのくずで包んだ和菓子に抹茶が付いたセットを頼みました。お天気が良ければ、テラス席が気持ちいいです。店主に柿の葉寿司の美味しいお店を教えていただき助かりました。

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  • Yakiniku Narahachi Amagatsuji Branch
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Sanjouoji 5-7-16
    This charcoal barbecue restaurant is located a five-minute walk from Amagatsuji Station on the Kintetsu Railway. There are horigotatsu seats (dug out seats) where you can relax in a leisurely way, and table seats that are easy to sit in, making it easily accessible by people of all ages. The meat is carefully selected fresh Japanese beef and you can taste its deliciousness in the traditional sauce that has been passed down for 30 years. Their side menu also has special dishes such as homemade kimchi and chijimi Korean pancakes made using an original method. You can order your favorite meat separately, as well as an assorted meat platter set, and you can enjoy carefully selected meat according to your own preferences.

    ＧＷ中に伺いました。６時頃にはほぼ満席。お味は、普通に美味しかったのですが、排気の機械の働きが悪く、いっときは店全体が煙たくなってしまったのは残念でした。

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  • Kakinoha-zushi Yamato (Gose Restaurant Yamatozushi Mushuan)
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Gose-shi Higashimatsumoto 284-1
    A restaurant along National Route 24 in Higashi-matsumoto, Gose City. They serve a variety of dishes including Nara's specialty Kakinoha-zush (sushi wrapped with a piece of persimmon leaf), traditional sushi and tempura in sets or in a bento box as well as udon noodles. The restaurant can also accommodate travel groups.

    団体の予約が入っている場合は店での飲食は不可なので 事前に問い合わせをお勧めします。 持ち帰り、メインは柿の葉寿司になりますが棒ずし等も お勧めで、特に「棒寿司 焼き鯖」は西京味噌に漬けた鯖を 焼いて使っているので甘みもあって酒の肴としても おすすめです

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  • Café & Shop Kaon
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Kasuganochou 160 Kasuga Taisha Shrine National Treasure 1st floor
    A café and museum shop in the Kasugatasisha Museum in Kasugano Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture. Here you can buy original snacks, merchandise, and illustrated books relating to the history and traditions of Kasugataisha shrine. The café space has clean, minimalist look modeled after the Kasugayama Primeval Forest. The café space’s tables, made with wood from thousand year old Japanese cedars growing on Mt. Kasuga, hint at the skills of the traditional shrine carpenters who crafted them. Based on the concept of “eternal nourishment,” the café serves items made with naturally-derived, Nara-grown ingredients with a focus on Japanese café staples such as anmitsu bean jam in syrup, matcha green tea, and pancakes. Takeout available.

    春日大社にいくため駅からバスにのったが、そこを降りるとわりあいすぐにあった。鹿の音という名前のように鹿のソフトクリームなども販売しています。わりあい地味な感じなので、こんなところにショップがあったのだと初めてしりましたが、ちょっと休憩にはよいかも

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  • Yakko
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    4.0
    30 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Yoshinogunyoshinochou Yoshinoyama 543
    A renowned persimmon leaf sushi restaurant located in front of the Kimpusen-ji Temple’s Zao-do hall in Yoshino Town, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecuture. This long-standing restaurant continues to follow the same traditional recipes used since it was established in the Taisho period. Persimmon leaf sushi is mackerel sprinkled with salt on a bed of vinegared rice wrapped in a persimmon leaf, which has antibacterial properties. This traditional local dish was originally conceived of as a way to bring fish deep into a mountainous region far from the sea. Each piece is carefully pressed by hand to create a delectable treat with the proper flavor balance; in addition to being available for purchase as souvenirs, the shop has an eat-in space where you can enjoy some persimmon leaf sushi right there. The shop’s seasonal noodle dishes and set options are also popular.

    念願の吉野の桜を見に行ってきました。満開には少し早い日でしたが、３万本あるというシロヤマザクラは、それはそれは素晴らしい眺めでした。 昼食は、金峯山寺の蔵王堂入り口近くにあった、「柿の葉寿司やっこ」さんでいただきました。柿の葉寿司は吉野が発祥だというので、桜とともに楽しみにしていたんです。 いただいたのは、当店のおすすめと書かれていた「うどんセット」。きつねうどんと柿の葉寿司が４個のセットメ...

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  • Kanakana
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Kunodouchou 13
    A café situated inside an old Japanese-style home in the Naramachi (Town of Nara) area centering on the former grounds of the Gango-ji Temple. The remodeled home still retains its old latticed and frosted glass windows, giving the café an old-fashioned yet somehow familiar atmosphere. The café’s signature menu item is the Kanakana-gohan, which comes with a variety of healthy Japanese side dishes, rice, and miso soup. The café’s full menu also includes cakes, pudding, and carefully selected beverages. Closest station: Kintetsu-Nara Station.
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  • Kuuki Cake
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    4.0
    26 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Takabatakechou 738-2
    A sweets café located in Nara City, Nara Prefecture which sells Western-style confections, fluffy and filled with the natural air found at the foot of Mt. Kasuga. The café’s showcases are filled with cakes made with an abundance of local Nara ingredients and seasonal fruits. The shop’s signature Kuuki cake is a fluffy and light sponge cake sandwiching a mousse filling and has a delicate flavor. Seven varieties are on offer, including plain milk mousse, matcha green tea, and orange. You can enjoy your cake in the shop’s eat-in space or terrace seating area.

    雰囲気は確かにオシャレっぽいです。味はまぁまぁ美味しいですが、都会に行けば美味しいケーキ屋さんはたくさんあるので、旅の思い出として一度行けば十分に感じました。イートインで食べ終わって会計を済ませたくても、持ち帰りのお客さんもたくさんいるため、なかなかお店を出ることができません。店内は狭く、レジ前がひどく混雑します。

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  • Kuruminoki (Ichijo Branch)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    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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  • K Coffee
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Yanagi 4-46
    A coffee shop located in Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture, a city famous for goldfish, K Coffee operates out of a former gasoline stand. A phone booth with goldfish swimming in it stands outside the entrance and is a popular spot to take photos. The former gas station office is now a kitchen and sales counter where you can buy drinks such as carefully-prepared, home-roasted drip coffee in addition to coffee beans. There are benches and chairs in front of the café where customers can enjoy their drinks.

    We eventually found this very quirky-looking and somewhat scruffy hangout in a rundown petrol station but we were really disappointed to find it was closed...Ive given it an undeserved score...but I...

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  • Archaique
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Fukuchinchou 44-1
    "This store is located in Fukuchiin Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, specializing in baked sweets. The appearance of the store is designed with the image of a small pastry shop in Paris, which tickles a girl's fancy. The most popular item is the famous ""Nara no ShikaMuffin"", a Japanese-style muffin topped with a deer-shaped icing cookie. They also carry many other baked goods such as cakes that make great souvenirs and gifts. The store also sells lovely handmade goods by craftspeople."

    駐車場がないので、ホテルから歩いて行きました。お目当てのコンベルサシオン？がなかったので、焼きチーズケーキとクルミキャラメルスコーンを買いました。お菓子を包んでもらっている間、そんなに待ったわけではないですがご試食にどうぞとチョコレートケーキをいただきました。しっとり濃厚で美味しかったです。チーズケーキ、クルミキャラメルコーン両方ともとても美味しかったので、もっと他の種類のお菓子も試してみたいので...

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  • Hoseki-bako
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    4.5
    54 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.

    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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  • Awa (Nara-machi)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Shounamichou 1
    A restaurant and hideaway located in the Naramachi (Town of Nara) area, renowned for its charming old-fashioned townscape, a 15 minute walk from Kintetsu Nara Station. Situated inside a townhome over 140 years old, the restaurant is divided into multiple rooms, including one with a view of the inner garden, a traditional kura warehouse section, and a tatami room on the second floor. Awa serves dishes which gives diners the chance to enjoy the food culture of Nara, including home-grown Yamato vegetables, Yamato beef, and local Yamato sake. Its lunches consisting of numerous small dishes piled high on a basket are so beautiful they look like works of art. Visitors also love the fact that Awa’s dishes are not restricted to the traditional boundaries of Japanese cuisine, such as the restaurant’s rib roast steak served grilled on a porcelain plate. Advance reservation required.
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  • Naiyabingi
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    4.5
    15 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Ikomashi Monzenchou 12-9
    A café which only offers private room seating located in Monzen Town, Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture house inside a remodeled historic priest’s quarters along the approach to the Hozan-ji Temple. Using no meat, fish, dairy, eggs, or other animal products, Naiyabingi serves dishes where home-grown vegetables taking center stage. The café’s lunch, which come with numerous small dishes, are particularly popular; there’s also a full café menu including vegetable cakes and natural fruit juices. The equatorial-style terrace seating offers a superb, sweeping view of the town. An advance reservation is required for food orders.

    生駒山宝山寺の参道にある、旅館をリノベーションしたカフェです。 個室でゆっくり、奈良盆地の景色を眺めながら食事ができます。

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  • Honke Kikuya Honten
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Yanagi 1-11
    Said to be Nara’s oldest Japanese confectionary shop, Kikuya was established in 1585. The shop got its start when the official Japanese confectionary of Toyotomi Hidenaga moved to the castle town of Yamatokoriyama. The shop’s signature item is the Oshiro no kuchi-mochi, which was even served at parties hosted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi -sweet an paste made with Tanba dainagon adzuki beans wrapped in mochi pounded rice and dusted with kinako roasted soy flour. The shop also sells a variety of other sweets, such as the popular “Kiku-no-Kotobuki”, which goes great with a cup of coffee. Closest station: Kintetsu-Koriyama Station.
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  • Takabatake Salon
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Takabatakechou 1247
    This tea garden in Takabatake Town, Nara City, is located in western-style painter Nakamura Kazuo’s old garden which has been opened to the public, across the street from the former residence of Shiga Naoya. You can feel the history of the Provence, South-France style building that was built during the Taisho period as you sit on the terrace and look at the over 100-year-old Himalayan Cedar tree. The earthen wall surrounding the property has been designated a Tangible Cultural Property. The shop is popular for its coffee made from locally roasted beans and hand-made cakes made with seasonal fruits.

    志賀直哉住居の真横にあるサロン。 紅茶とチーズケーキがとっても美味しい。 庭が綺麗なので、アウトドアでケーキを楽しんでも良し、暑い日は屋内でゆっくりしても良し。

  • Haru
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    4.5
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Kunodouchou 14
    A “yoshoku” Japanese-style Western food restaurant situated inside an old townhome in Kunodo Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture. Haru has an old-fashioned look appropriate to the ancient capital of Nara, including a Japanese garden and sunken hearth. This famous restaurant serves old-fashioned yoshoku made with local specialty products such as select Yamato beef and Yamato pork. Some of the most popular items on the menu are the juicy hamburg steak and huge wild fried prawns with head. Women love Haru’s Hayashi rice topped with a crisply breaded pork cutlet. The inside of the restaurant has the quiet atmosphere of an old-fashioned Japanese home, making it easy to enjoy a quiet meal at your leisure.

    雰囲気のある町屋のレストラン。出来れば掘りごたつの部屋に座りたかった。 人気メニューのハンバーグとエビフライセットをいただいた。 大きなエビフライのタルタルに奈良漬が入っているのが面白い。ハンバーグは、おそらく牛肉の割合が高いようだ。見た目も食感もポロポロしている。個人的には豚との合挽きでしっかりとこねた生地のしっとりしたハンバーグが好みなので、再訪は無い。ならまちの雰囲気に浸れるし、予算的にもよ...

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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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