Hinoki-Chaya Restaurant
Located next to Sanshu Asuke Yashiki Museum, this restaurant serves savory mountain cooking like sansai vegetables, sweetfish, and gohei-mochi.
Basic Information
| Address | 〒444-2424 36 Iimori, Asuke-cho, Toyota City |
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| Cost | Hinoki Set 1,250 yen Gohei-Mochi 350 yen Ayu sweetfish grilled with salt 630 yen *Please see the official web site for other menu items. |
| Business hours | Weekday: 10:00-16:00 (Last order 15:30) Weekend: 9:00-17:00 (Last order 16:30) |
| Phone number | 0565-62-1188 |
| Parking | Available, paid Korankei Parking Lots (cap. 670 cars) 500 yen/car (1000 yen/car in November) *Convenient access from Kawami Parking Lot |
| Closed | Thursday (Friday if Thursday is a holiday) New Year's holidays (December 25 - January 2) *Open every day during Golden Week (April 27 - May 5) and in November |
| Directions by public transportation | [Directions from Nagoya] ・From Nagoya Station on the Higashiyama subway line, go to Fushimi Station and transfer to the Tsurumai subway line (which connects to the Meitetsu Toyota Line from Akaike). Get off at Meitetsu Toyotashi Station. ・From Meitetsu Nagoya Station, take the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line to Chiryu Station. Transfer trains and get off at Meitetsu Toyotashi Station. ・From JR Nagoya Station, take the JR Chuo Main Line to Kozoji Station. Transfer to the Aichi Loop Line and get off at Shin-Toyota Station. *Click here to check transportation directions and fares in Toyota. http://michinavitoyota.jp/portal/map_en.html |
| Directions by car | From Nagoya Interchange, change to Yakusa Interchange on the Sanage Green Road and get off at the Chikaraisha Interchange. Follow along National Route 153. Park at one of the Korankei Parking Lots and walk 15 min. towards Asuke Yashiki. |
| Related links | Food Page on Sanshu Asuke Yashiki Museum Official Web Site (Japanese) |
Area Information
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Sanshu Asuke Yashiki Museum
Asuke-Area
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Katakago Café
Asuke-Area
The fragrant coffee made from beans roasted in-house with charcoal made in Sanshu Asuke Yashiki Museum is particularly popular. Sit out on the terrace and spend a relaxing time gazing at the river.
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Korankei Ichinotani
Asuke-Area
Founded in 1965 years ago, this restaurant deep inside Korankei Gorge serves traditional Japanese cooking. Its specialty is hot pot made with wild game—boar, bear, pheasant, and more—and their secret red miso broth. This wild game hot pot is served from autumn to spring.
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Okashitsukasa Fuugai
Asuke-Area
Customers love our “Tankororin”! These sweets are shaped like the tankororin lanterns that light the old streets of Asuke in the summer. Inspired by the soft yellow light of the lanterns on a summer night, the sweet snack is made of coffee-flavored warabi-mochi filled with custard. They look just like the real lanterns! It's the perfect souvenir to remind you of the fun time you had strolling through Asuke. The shop also contains a gallery and a space where you can rest and enjoy tea and snacks.
Recommended Spots
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Restaurant Genki-Tei
Asahi-Area
Restaurant Genki-Tei serves dishes prepared with yumetororo—a type of mountain yam that’s a local specialty of Asahi. Enjoy the unique flavor and sticky texture of mountain yam. The restaurant also uses locally grown Mineasahi rice, whose small grain size and sweet taste set it apart from other varieties of rice. Aside from mountain yam, Genki-Tei also serves Mikawa beef cooked on a smokeless grill. Give it a try! As for souvenirs, gohei-mochi made with homemade miso is a popular choice.
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Guest House Koshikake Sanso
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This 120-year-old building was relocated to the edge of the river, and now serves as a restaurant. Diners can enjoy gohei-mochi and seasonal dishes—sansai vegetables in the spring, sweetfish in the summer, mountain yam in the autumn, and boar hot pot in the winter. If you’re not a big fan of river fish and wild game, the restaurant also serves fresh fish straight from the market and the Oku-Mikawa region’s very own Horai beef. Have a casual teishoku set meal, or savor a full-course kaiseki meal in a tatami room. Koshikake Sanso isn’t just a restaurant—it also offers trout fishing, barbecue, and overnight lodging. Bundle plans are available at a variety of price points.
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Kajika-en
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Enjoy comfort food made with love and care surrounded by the beautiful mountain scenery of Lake Mikawa. Try the delicious “Tororo Mugimeshi Teishoku” set meal made with mountain yam, a local specialty of the Shimoyama area. The “Habu Dam Curry” topped with mountain yam fries is also excellent.
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Irori no Yado Kikkoen
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This restaurant is run directly by a farm that raises Kogen Cochin chickens, a purebred line of Nagoya Cochin chickens, and serves charcoal-grilled premium Cochin chicken.