Savor Japanese wine from around the country and Japanese-style cuisine bursting with playfulness
Enjoy heady Japanese wines and culinary creations in a modern Japanese space.
This is a casual Japanese restaurant in a detached building full of Japanese elegance. Here, you can enjoy cuisine made using plenty of seafood from the Seto Inland Sea and seasonal vegetables from Okayama. The chef, trained in both Japanese and Italian cooking, charms visitors with his playful culinary creations in the Japanese style, serving sashimi and nitsuke (vegetables or fish simmered in soy broth), but also dishes with olive oil or cheese, adding the essence of Western cooking. Carefully selected sake and shochu from around the country are ready to be served as your drink, and there is plenty of Japanese wine. These are chosen because they are popular to drink with Japanese food. There is an English-language menu available, and there are also English-speaking staff for your peace of mind.(This information is as of July 2018)
Japanese Beef Sirloin Cutlet with Apple Sauce: 1,944 yen, glass of wine from 648 yen
Sashimi Combination Platter for one from 1,512 yen (platter for three pictured)
Boiled Conger Eel and Yellow Chive Oshizushi: 1,058 yen
Japanese wines are lined up in rows on the wall
The modern interior with Japanese décor
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ONOMICHI
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SETOUCHI
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OKAYAMA
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HIROSHIMA
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SHIMANE
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KAGAWA
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KOCHI
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EHIME
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TOKUSHIMA
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