Naraijuku, Nagano, Matsuya Chabo

A modern Japanese cafe that makes use of an old private house that is about 200 years old. Recommended is a window seat on the second floor where you can overlook the Narai town. The menu includes freshly ground coffee from 470 yen and handmade cakes from 430 yen. There is also a master handmade lacquerware, so you can relax in a warm atmosphere.

As a taste of Kisoji, it conveys simple dishes such as soba and seasonal wild vegetable dishes. There is a reputation for stone-ground authentic hand-made soba noodles. In addition to snacks such as two layers of zaru soba 1100 yen and a rustic round shape of Gohei mochi 350 yen, the Echigoya set meal 1650 yen where you can enjoy both at the same time is recommended.

During the Edo period, he was a waki-honkate, and operated as an inn until the early Showa period. Fujimura Shimazaki and Rohan Koda also stayed. In the middle corridor that separated the residence from the guests, the image of the time of Taban is remembered. It is now a dining place, and you can eat while watching the exhibits of antiques and pottery at the time of the post. In particular, Gohei mochi 650 yen with three-color sauce of black sesame, sansho miso and wagurumi is reputed. Gohei mochi and zaru soba noodles, boiled foods and fruits are set at 1800 yen and soba 1100 yen.