Enmaichi festival! June 14, 15, 16 This great local festival is held every year in June. You have three days to enjoy all the amazing street food (with maybe a drink or two) in the company of thousands of happy people celebrating Enma. You can start at the Enma shrine and let your taste buds…
🥐🍞🥖麦麦ベイク”Bakubaku Bake”: A very popular place, and for good reason! The freshly baked bread tends to get sold quite quickly so the earlier you go, the better. They use great ingredients; whole wheat, rye, natural yeast from their own starter, etc. They keep a sign outside saying if there is bread left. When we went…
ふかぐら亭(Fukagura-tei): Eat and/or make delicious handmade soba noodles with locally sourced ingredients! They offer a soba making class for only 1500 yen. A truly unique (and tasty) experience. When going for lunch, the “half set” is a good way to try the different noodles. The special thick noodles are a bit harder to eat but…
Ramen Sobayoshi / ラーメンそばよし! A local favourite! It might get crowded on peak hours but getting a table or a seat at the counter is definitely not impossible.The cha-shu pork ramen is huge and delicious. It will leave you completely satisfied. You can also try their excellent gyoza and yakisoba. The prices are very reasonable…
In Kasashima, a fishing village on the western edge of Kashiwazaki, the owner of a wonderful seafood restaurant called Umibe Kitchen Club Moku took me on a short walk from the restaurant. She says that seaweed was a staple in the village and it was traditionally women who were relied upon to gather it; diving…
From frequent customer to owner. “When I heard the owner was getting too old to go on, I thought it was a terrible shame that a place like this would disappear. So, here I am.” She said she always bought her coffee here because they roast it fresh. Even now they only have raw coffee…
