In the vicinity of Horyuji Temple, the World Heritage Site, there are many shops where you can enjoy a delicious lunch unique to Nara, such as a shop for the Ikaruga specialty of "Tatsuta-fried" and a long-established "Kakinoha-zushi". This time, we introduce 5 recommended lunches.
A café that renovated a part of a mansion where Kitabatake Harufusa, who served as a judicial officer during the Meiji period, lived in his later years in the Kinnō family at the end of the Tokugawa period. In a space where you can feel the history, you can enjoy lunch (11-14 o'clock) and sweets that stick to the ingredients of Nara.
We want to taste it by all means, "Ikaruga meibutsu Tatsuta-age lunch" 1750 yen is mainly made of domestic chicken fried Tatsuta-age, which is pickled in salt, and is filled with rice noodles with Yoshino shiitake mushrooms, and seasonal small pots. The rice progresses to deep-fried Ryuta, which is crisp outside and soft and juicy in the middle. In addition, Nyumen uses whole grain-filled somen, which is a collaboration between the manufacturer of Fukokuen and Miwa Somen. You can enjoy the original rich flavor of wheat.
Address: 2-2-35 Horyuji, Ikaruga-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara
Phone: 0745-44-8787
Opening hours: 10-16:00 (15:45 LO)
Closed: Wednesday (open for public holidays)
Access: 8 minutes walk from the bus stop Horyuji-sando
A 3-minute walk from Hōryū-ji Temple, a well-located trattoria. In a space renovated from an old private house that is more than 100 years old, you can taste authentic Italian, mainly made from vegetables from Nara Prefecture, at a reasonable price. At lunch (10-15: 30 LO), you can enjoy five kinds of pasta for 1300 yen each, and you can enjoy a menu with pasta, two kinds of focaccia, and a salad bar for 1500 yen.
Among the five types of pasta to choose are: Amatricana, lemon pasta with oil sardine, as well as bolognese, squid ink pasta, ravioli of chicken and mashrooms. It's hearty, so it's enough to eat.
Address: 2-9-10 Horyuji, Ikaruga-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara
Phone: 0745-43-6911
Opening hours: 10-16:00 (15:30 LO)
Closed: Tuesday
Access: 8 minutes walk from the bus stop Horyuji-sando
The café stands in a quiet residential area, just east of the Hōryū-ji Sando. It is planted with various trees, and you can spend a leisurely time admiring a small forest-like garden.
The popular "Balance Gohan Teishoku" 1100 yen is a menu with plenty of local fresh vegetables, literally a nutritional balance. The menu is a weekly change, with carefully prepared dishes made with many ingredients served on a plate that is colored and served well, with rice from Nara Hino Hikari rice and miso soup. You can also choose 1400 yen with drink and 1850 yen with cake and drink.
After relaxing with delicious rice that is friendly to the body, it is also recommended to take a walk in the garden.
Address: 1-9-33 Horyuji, Ikaruga-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara
Phone: 0745-40-1382
Opening hours: 11-17 (16:30 LO)
Closed: Mondays (open holidays, closed next Tuesday)
Access: 1 minute walk from the bus stop Horyuji-mae
A vegetarian brown rice restaurant that is particular about seasonings such as naturally fermented miso and soy sauce. Lunch "Kobachi set" 2100 yen (menu changes monthly) is served by brown rice, one main dish of veggie meat, seven small pots, brown rice cakes, miso soup, Kounomono, mini desserts. The brown rice, which the master cooks with a furnace every morning, is plump, and the more you bite, the more the taste of brown rice overflows.
Soy-born vege meat is very healthy, with plenty of seasonal vegetables in a small bowl. It's also nice to be able to taste a variety of dishes little by little, and brown rice cakes baked over charcoal are also exquisite. A delicious and good brown rice lunch, which makes you feel full of body and mind.
Address: 1-3-24 Hōriyuji Higashi, Ikaruga-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara
Phone: 0745-74-1986
Opening hours: 11-15 (ends when sold out; reservation required at 5 days in advance in the night)
Closed: Wednesday (the next day if it is a public holiday)
Access: 10-minute walk from bus stop Chuguji-mae
Hirasō was founded in the first year of Bunkyu (1861). It is a long-established shop of Japanese local dish, Kakinoha-zushi, in the Nara Yoshino region. The main store is located in Yoshino. This is a dining space at the back of the stand in front of Horyuji Temple, and you can slowly taste Kakinoha-zushi. The recommended "Nara Lunch" 2100 yen is a set of four Kakinoha-zushi, Miwa Somen and Warabi mochi. It is served in dishes unique to Nara.
You can also taste shaved ice here, and the name "Kaki-Gori" (offered only in the summer), which has a rich sweet syrup of Fuyu-gaki, which is a specialty of Nara, is also very popular. Kakinoha-zushi and Kaki-gori to be tasted at the front of Horyuji Temple, which also has the famous phrase "Kaki kueba...". Maybe good for the commemorations of the Ikaruga trip.
Address: 1-8-40 Horyuji, Ikaruga-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara
Phone: 0745-75-1110
Opening hours: 11-15 o'clock (LO); sales are 10-16 o'clock (Saturday, Sunday, public holidays-17 o'clock)
Closed: No Closed
Access: 1 minute walk from the bus stop Horyuji-sando
A heavy Western architecture stands in the lush Nara Park where deer play. It is the "Nara National Museum", which boasts the highest quality and quantity in the country in the collection and exhibition of Buddhist art. It is said that many excellent Buddha statues can be seen in one hall.
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