Along the Old Road of Asuke, a once busy Shio-no-Michi route - as vital backbone trading roads were called - sits this peculiar bookstore, built with special attention for preserving the charming aspect of the olden times. Merging bookshop with gallery and café, it sits in the corner formed by the main road and the adjacent Manrin Alley, joining other buildings in the townscape that feature the beautiful contrasting plaster and black...

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.

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.

The Asuke region in Toyota is known for Korankei Gorge, a spot famous for its autumn foliage. Izukame was established in 1887 in Tamachi—the heart of Asuke. It is especially popular for celebrations and family nights out. The restaurant is a three-story building with traditional, Japanese-style elements and offers dishes featuring wild game like boar from the Asuke area. Each private room is beautifully decorated, and the building al...

Enjoy an authentic French meal made by a top chef using an abundance of local and seasonal ingredients, surrounded by beautiful nature. We also serve à la carte dishes and set meals.

Located next to Sanshu Asuke Yashiki Museum, this restaurant serves savory mountain cooking like sansai vegetables, sweetfish, and gohei-mochi.

Our dishes are made with fresh, local sansai vegetables, bamboo shoots, wild sweetfish, mushrooms, mountain yam, boar, and other seasonal foods. Lean back, relax, and enjoy the taste of nature.

With a giant statue of goheimochi—a rice cake on a stick, covered in a sweet miso sauce—Shimoyama no Sato Goheimochi and Restaurant is hard to miss. Their goheimochi with a bold ginger flavor is simply scrumptious and something you'll find yourself coming back for. Available for takeout, you can also buy more for later. This establishment also offers local produce as well as foods and treats the Shimoyama area is known for, making i...

We have been serving grilled eel since 1969. Our sauce is made with the same recipe that it has been since we opened our doors. Locals love our restaurant. Besides eel, we also serve wild boar and deer caught by the chef, who is also a hunter, as well as wild sweetfish. Our meals are served with Mineasahi rice grown by local farmers. Sansai vegetables appear on our menu in the spring, as do mushrooms in the fall. We also host parties.

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. Ha...

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.