Tamakawaya

An open café along the approach to Musashi Mitake Shrine on Mount Mitake, preserving a Taisho-era building as it is. In a traditional farmhouse-style interior, I want to get unique light meals and original souvenirs that can only be found here. Starting with the old tanuki mountain coffee brewed with spring water from Mount Mitake, nostalgic water candy and tamakon, and if you're a bit hungry, the original tororo soba made with our proud sweet potatoes. Fresh organic seasonal vegetables made with care are also for sale.

One of the shukubo (temple lodgings) located in the Oshi settlement on the way to Musashi Mitake Shrine. It is also a lodging associated with novelist Jiro Asada, and the building, which is over 100 years old, has a heavy and charming structure. In addition to accommodation, lunch and day-use bathing are available here, popular not only among visitors to Musashi Mitake Shrine but also hikers. While the menu includes items like tempura soba and wild vegetable rice, the recommendation is the "Yamakoso's Original 3-Point Set," which includes a meal with handmade soba and homemade konnyaku sashimi, along with drinks and a bath in radium spring water. The wild boar hot pot is also well-received in winter. If using a car navigation system, search for "Mitake Mountain Railway Takimoto Station."

Perched on the shores of the Tama River, you can enjoy homemade tofu and yuba dishes while feeling the nature of the four seasons up close. Because it is directly operated by Sawa Noi Ozawa Sake Brewery, tofu and yuba made using the water from which sake is prepared are a gem. Course dishes start at 4500 yen. Next to it is the sister shop "Mame Raku", where you can easily taste tofu dishes. The garden will be opened as "Seiryu Garden Sazunoi-en", which can be bought by the special selection Sazunoi and others.