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Kanaya Hotel Historical Museum Categee Inn Restaurant & Bakery

Exquisite combination of bread and authentic cuisine from the Kanaya Hotel

This Restaurant offers bread from the Kanaya Hotel Bakery, whose first-rate taste has been passed down since the early Meiji period, and dishes prepared with fresh ingredients carefully selected by the chef. In addition to sandwiches, the 100-year curry, which is steeped in the history of the Kanaya Hotel in Nikko, is also popular. The photo shows the bread au gratin, a hearty dish overflowing with a sour demi-glace sauce. The savory taste of the campagne containing rye, sunflower seeds, oats, and other ingredients is exceptionally delicious.

A space that gives the feeling of a relaxing hotel

The restaurant has a retro look with latticed windows, a fireplace, and old trunks on the floor. The Restaurant takes its name from the "Kanaya Cottage Inn," the predecessor of the "Kanaya Hotel," which opened in 1873.
Bread, cookies, and retort curry for souvenirs can be purchased at the adjacent "Kanaya Hotel Bakery".

Kanaya Hotel Bakery Categee Inn Restaurant & Bakery

• 1-25 Honmachi, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture MAP
• From JR or Tobu Railway Nikko Station, take the bus bound for Chuzenji Onsen or Yumoto Onsen (10 minutes), and alight at "Kanaya Hotel Rekishi Kan".
• Meals 9:00-15:00, Coffee 15:00-16:30 (L.O. 16:00)
  Coffee 15:00-17:00 (L.O.16:30)
  Sweets and beverages only after 15:00
• Open daily (closed irregularly from December to February)
• 0288-50-1873
• Free of charge

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Pizza Rinne

Very popular pizza with chewy dough and plenty of ingredients

Located in front of Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park, this restaurant offers oven-baked pizza. The dough made from "Yumekaori," a strong flour produced in Tochigi Prefecture, is exquisitely sweet and salty, and when baked at once in the 450 degree oven, the crispy outside and chewy inside are irresistibly delicious. The photo shows the most popular menu item, which is made with a generous amount of olive-marinated maitake mushrooms from Nikko and home-smoked bacon from Nikko HIMITSU Pork. The smooth texture of mozzarella cheese and appetizing garlic flavor are also appealing.

The open and bright restaurant was built by the owner himself.

The friendly owner, a former carpenter, built an oven at home and taught himself how to make delicious pizza. 4 years later, in 2017, he opened Pizza Rinne. He constructed the entire restaurant himself. The materials for the large pizza oven were imported directly from Italy. The interior design was based on his wife's opinions, using white and soft colors to create a bright space that is easy for women to enter.
The restaurant specializes in pizzas, which are popular among the locals, so it is recommended to come early before the dough runs out. Some items on the menu can also be taken out.

Pizza Rinne

• 2243 Honmachi, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture MAP
• From JR/Tobu Railway Nikko Station, take the bus bound for Chuzenji Onsen or Yumoto Onsen (about 6 minutes), and get off at Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park.
• 11:30 - 14:30 (L.O. 14:00) *Close when all the dough is gone.
• Monday-Wednesday (other temporary closures may apply)
• 0288-25-5039
• Free of charge
• Reservations required for private rooms (free of charge)

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Trattoria Zilli

Italian restaurant near the station where you can enjoy rich carbonara

This trattoria is located right in front of Tobu Nikko Station, with a stylish entrance that catches the eye. The dishes prepared by the chef, who trained in Italy, are well known for their casual authentic taste while incorporating ingredients from Nikko and Tochigi Prefecture. The classic lunch dish is the classic carbonara. This rich dish is made only with prosciutto-like pancetta made from pork belly, eggs, and Parmigiano cheese. There are three types of lunch courses, and it is nice to be able to freely choose the volume. The bread that accompanies the course is homemade with a rich flavor, kneaded with okara (bean curd) from the process of making yunamis.

A restaurant where you can enjoy cooking in a casual atmosphere

The restaurant's spacious interior allows diners to relax while enjoying their meal. The wines that go well with the food are carefully selected from Italy and other European countries, Australia, and Japan.
Located close to the train station, the restaurant is always crowded with people who check their destinations while dining after arriving at Nikko, or enjoy a taste that will commemorate their trip before their return train.

Trattoria Zilli

• 10-11 Matsubara-cho, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture MAP
• 1 minute walk from Tobu Railway Nikko Station, 5 minute walk from JR Nikko Station
• 11:30-15:00 (L.O. 14:00), 17:30-21:00 (LO 20:00)
• Wednesdays, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays
  Other irregular holidays
• 0288-28-9028
• Free of charge

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Western Cuisine Meiji no Yakata

Located in the lush green Nikko Sannai area, the Western-style stone building has a late Meiji period style. Visitors can enjoy traditional Western-style cuisine in this high quality building that tells the history of the area.
Nikko, a summer resort for foreigners since the Meiji era (1868-1912), was one of the first places where Western food culture blossomed. At Meiji-no-Yakata, the chef's skillful techniques have created a delicate and elegant dish of the traditional Western cuisine that has been nurtured in Nikko.

The popular "Omelette Rice" is a luxurious dish of chicken rice topped with a soft, half-boiled egg and a whole tiger prawn. The demi-glace sauce, which is simmered at a constant temperature for 24 hours and then strained many times for a smooth finish, is a unique delicacy with a pleasant, slightly bitter, adult taste.

In addition, the 100% beef hamburger steak is also a firm favorite. The juices from the meat and the demi-glace sauce, the restaurant's specialty, intertwine to create a delicious taste that lingers in the mouth. The restaurant also has an open terrace where you can enjoy your meal in an open space surrounded by greenery.

Local Guide
Supporters

The chicken rice is filled with plump shrimp! The view of the garden from the window and the atmosphere inside the restaurant are great, allowing you to enjoy your meal in a relaxed atmosphere.

A villa built in the American architectural style

The historic Western-style house, a registered tangible cultural property, was originally the villa of F.W. Horn, an American who focused on the manufacture and sale of phonographs and records in Japan. It was built in the American architectural style of "balloon frame construction," characterized by spaciousness and the absence of large pillars. The walls are piled with Nikko stones using the "Ranre-ishi masonry" technique, which also incorporates the skills of Nikko's master craftsmen.

Since the building was constructed in the Meiji era, when glass manufacturing technology was still in its infancy, the glass is slightly distorted, giving the scenery a unique appearance of gently swaying.

Western Cuisine Meiji no Yakata

• 2339-1 Yamauchi, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture MAP
• From JR or Tobu Nikko Station, take the Tobu Bus bound for World Heritage Tour (approx. 5 min.) and get off at "Toshogu Higashi Sandoiriguchi Hotel Seiko-en-mae" bus stop.
• 11:00-19:30 (L.O.)
  Winter: 11:30-19:30 (L.O.)
• Closed on weekends and holidays
• 0288-53-3751
• Free of charge

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Kamaya Café du Reverbere

Located in front of Tobu Nikko Station, this café/restaurant was renovated from a former bank building. Western-style dishes such as THE NIKKO hamburgers and thick-cut roast pork made from Mae Nikko Wagyu and Nikko pork are popular, but the NIKKO rice bowl is especially popular. The secret of this dish's popularity is that you can enjoy the bounty of Nikko's nature, including homemade roast beef from "Mae Nikko Wagyu," Nikko's specialty fried rolled yuba, Koshihikari rice produced in Nikko by contract farmers, and locally produced eggs and vegetables. The roast beef, which is roasted on the surface and cooked at a low temperature by vacuum cooking, is made from the rare "shikinbo" beef, and the more you bite into it, the more the flavor of the meat spreads out. It is a perfect match for the yam, which is cooked in a hot spring water, and the slightly sweet yuba (yuba).

Local Guide
Supporters

The food is both satisfying and elegant. The balsamic vinegar sauce goes well with the roast beef.

The restaurant is lined with stylish street lamps inside the restaurant.

As the name of the restaurant means "street lamp" in French, stylish street lamps line the interior of the restaurant. The door of a large bank-era vault is located in the back of the restaurant, giving it a unique appearance. After dinner or at the café, about 10 kinds of sweets are always available. The owner is particular about her gluten-free sweets, all of which are homemade. Local rice flour, eggs, and milk are used, and the ingredients are carefully selected, including calpis butter, Amami millet sugar, and salt from Sicily.
The most popular sweets using Nikko strawberries are "Tochiaika" from contract farmers in Nikko and the very rare "Natsuotome" from highland farmers in Senjogahara, Nikko, making it a rare cafe/restaurant in Japan where you can enjoy fresh, locally grown strawberry sweets almost all year round.

Kamaya Cafe du Revavert

• 12-6 Matsubara-cho, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture MAP
• 1 minute walk from Tobu Nikko Station on the Tobu Railway Line, 5 minute walk from JR Nikko Station
• 11:00 AM–5:00 PM (Last Order 4:00 PM) *May close early if many items sell out
• Closed on weekends and holidays
• 0288-54-0685
• Free of charge
• Breakfast featuring homemade bread available (Please inquire as hours are irregular)