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engawa cafe

The handmade signboard with an illustration of a goat leads you through a pathway to an old private house. engawa cafe is a renovated old private house in Takane-cho, Hokuto City. Inside the store, which is filled with warm sunlight from the large windows, old sewing machines, radios, and other antiques that have been collected by the owner and his wife, who love antiques, are displayed, creating a nostalgic atmosphere, as if you were visiting your grandmother's house in the countryside.

Tantalize your taste buds with exquisite parfaits using seasonal fruits.

Guests looking forward to visiting the café can enjoy "engawa ramen" (ramen noodles), pizza, and homemade desserts, which are the owner's specialties. The clear broth made from chicken broth from Nakamura Farm in Hokuto City has a deep flavor, yet is light and refreshing. The chicken pork topping is also healthy and popular among female customers. The most popular dessert is the year-round fruit parfait. It consists of granola and finely cut sponge topped with cream, ice cream, and seasonal fruits such as grapes, peaches, and strawberries. The homemade fruit sauce is a nice accent.

engawa cafe

• 155 Higashi-ide, Takane-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 10 minutes drive from JR Kai Oizumi Station
• 11:30-16:30 (L.O.) *Reservations required at night from 17:30~.
• Open irregular holidays, check official website for details.
• 0551-47-6065
• Free of charge

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Coucou CAFÉ

Coucou café is run by "Nakamura Farm," which produces a dozen kinds of chicken and eggs as well as carefully selected jidori chicken on the Yatsugatake plateau at an altitude of 1,050 m. The restaurant is located on the Yatsugatake Plateau and is a popular destination for those who want to enjoy the freshness of the Yatsugatake region. The "coucou" in the name of the restaurant is a French term of greeting used affectionately in close relationships. The name "Coucou" was chosen with the idea of "creating a café that offers a wonderful day starting with a pleasant greeting and a delicious cup of coffee. In the calm, Scandinavian-style restaurant, you can enjoy a café menu that uses not only chicken and eggs from Nakamura Farm, but also vegetables grown by producers in Yatsugatake.

A fusion of French chef's ideas and local ingredients

The menu is developed by the Executive Chef of Le Pionnier, a French Restaurant attached to the cafe. The chef, who also served as Executive Chef of a famous French Restaurant, creates dishes that combine unique ideas and the best of the ingredients. The popular "Cucu Bowl" comes with one bowl of pasta, hamburger steak, risotto, or other dish, soup, and salad.
Most of the extensive menu, including coffee blended by the local roasting studio Mamegen and seasonal desserts in glassware, is available for takeout.

Coucou CAFÉ

• 8240-8309 Nishiide, Oizumi-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 18 min. walk from JR Kai Oizumi Station
• 8:00-19:15 (L.O.) *20:30 (L.O.) on Saturdays, Sundays, and days before holidays
• Closed irregularly (check website)
• 0551-45-8623
• Free of charge

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Cafe & Gohan Sora

Located on a hill along the national highway leading to Kiyosato Plateau, "Cafe & Gohan Sora" is a café decorated with seasonal flowers. Under the magnificent Yatsugatake sky, you can enjoy a relaxing meal with a Japanese flavor, using plenty of fresh local vegetables. Deck seating is recommended on sunny days when the air is clear. The spacious deck is the perfect location from which to enjoy a panoramic view of the Yatsugatake Mountains, the Southern Alps, and even Mt. Pets can also dine together, making it especially popular on holidays.

Taste the half-baked melt-in-your-mouth sponge cake

The popular menu is a one-plate lunch that makes the most of the flavors of fresh ingredients. You can choose either meat or fish as your main dish, which is served with a nostalgic egg omelet or simmered dish. The set includes dessert and coffee, and is highly satisfying. During café time, try the limited three-piece half-boiled sponge cake set. The homemade ice cream and melt-in-your-mouth half-boiled sponge cake are superb. Dinner time with a view of the stars in the sky is also recommended.

Cafe & Gohan Sora

• 4986-885 Higashi-ide, Takane-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 18 min. walk from JR Kai Oizumi Station
• 11:00-15:00, 17:30-20:00 (Open by reservation only in the evening from December to March)
• Tuesday-Thursday from December to March, Wednesday and Thursday from April to November (occasional closing, please check website)
• 0551-45-9610
• Free of charge

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Yatsugatake Club

Yatsugatake Club, a cafe-restaurant and gallery built in a forest at an elevation of 1,360 meters, is so popular that on holidays there is a line of people waiting to park. The owner is Mr. Hiroshi Yagyu, an actor, TV personality, and chairman of the Wild Bird Society of Japan, who purchased the land more than 40 years ago and began creating the forest with his family. The Yatsugatake Club opened in 1989 to show visitors the beautiful forest he had created by hand. It consists of a Restaurant, Gallery, Stage, and Garden Shop, where visitors can enjoy food and desserts made with ingredients from Yatsugatake, experience art, and take a leisurely walk along the walking paths while admiring the scenery. Children, adults, and even people with pets can enjoy spending time here in their own way.

Enjoy the forest as it changes from season to season

The log house-style Restaurant offers a variety of food such as curry, pasta, stew, and other dishes, as well as cakes, waffles, and other sweets. The menu uses seasonal vegetables and fruits from Yatsugatake and Yamanashi, and all the dishes are hearty.
A must order when visiting this restaurant is the fruit tea made with seven kinds of fruit. The tea, served in a glass pot, changes its rich flavor with each refill, and is reputed to be delicious to the last drop.

Yatsugatake Club

• 8240-2594 Nishiide, Oizumi-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 3 minutes drive from JR Kai Oizumi Station
• Middle season 10:00-17:00 (L.O.)
  High season: 9:00-18:00 (L.O.)
  Off-season: 11:00 - 16:00 (L.O.)
• Wednesdays (except G.W. and New Year holidays)
• 0551-38-3395
• Free of charge

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Chinese Tea Cafe qilin

Chinese Tea Cafe qilin is a specialty Chinese tea store, which is rare in Yatsugatake, where there are many Italian restaurants, soba restaurants, and cafes. The owner is a qualified professional tea master with expertise in brewing delicious Chinese tea. He opened this store because he was fascinated by the wide variety of Chinese teas available and easy to drink. Chinese tea brewed properly in a pot has a mellow aroma and gentle taste. I feel as if I am becoming more beautiful from within. In the store, you can enjoy more than 15 kinds of teas, from famous teas such as "Frozen Tung Oolong Tea" and "Golden Gui" to "White Tea" and "Zhengshan Xiaozhu" (Chinese black tea), which have recently become popular in China.

Along with Chinese teas, the restaurant's specialty is Cantonese porridge and dim sum. Unlike Japanese congee, Cantonese congee is cooked in a broth made from scallops, chicken, and other ingredients, and the flavor is well seasoned, making it easy on the stomach yet satisfying. We recommend mixing in crunchy fried wonton skins or Chinese pickles for a different flavor. The dim sum is authentic and made by a former chef from Yokohama's Chinatown. You can order them even after lunch time. Homemade desserts such as mango pudding and fried sesame dumplings also go well with Chinese tea.

Chinese Tea Cafe qilin

• 8240-2078 Nishiide, Oizumi-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 5 minutes drive from JR Kai Oizumi Station
• Open 11:30-18:00
• Wednesdays, Thursdays (other irregular holidays)
  Closed during winter from January 28 (Mon.) to March 14 (Thu.), 2019
• 0551-38-2711
• Free of charge

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mocco cafe

Mocco cafe is run by a family of four. The Scandinavian-style interior and quality music from the record player are well known for their comfortable atmosphere. All coffee beans are roasted in-house, using specialty coffee beans of the top 5% of the world's distribution grade. Only the freshest beans are used within 7 days of roasting. What is unique is that you can choose from four different extraction methods: paper drip, siphon, French press, and flannel drip. Even with the same beans, the taste can vary remarkably depending on the extraction method, so it is a pleasure to find the coffee you like best.

Delicious coffee and desserts with fine music

Dishes and desserts are served with the intention of "providing food that even my own children, who have allergies, can eat with peace of mind. Even the sauces for the 100% beef stewed hamburger steak, pasta, and curry are handmade. The set salad, which is filled with fresh vegetables from Yatsugatake, is also well-received. When ordering a lunch set, you can order a drink for 100 to 200 yen. A wide variety of desserts are available, including healthy cakes made with less butter and more olive oil, and sweet treats such as chestnut zenzai and anmitsu (sweet bean paste).

mocco cafe

• In front of Shirahata Shrine, 8240-370 Nishiide, Oizumi-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 5 min. drive from JR Kai Oizumi Station
• 9:00-17:00
• Mondays and Tuesdays (irregular holidays. Please check the official website)
• 0551-45-7652
• Free of charge

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nakamise café-pot.

nakamise café-pot., run by good friends and sisters who were born and raised in Hokuto City, is a popular café based on the concept of 100% plant-based food and tea that is gentle on the body and mind. Ingredients are organic and locally sourced as much as possible, and the menu is free of meat, fish, and dairy products. Of course, the soup stock is also vegetable-based. Seasonings are also made by hand without using refined ingredients such as white sugar, and those that can be made by hand are made by traditional methods, one by one.

A 100% plant-based lunch that will delight your mind and body

The "side dish plate" fulfills the desire to "eat a little of many kinds of food. The dishes are prepared with vegetables, legumes, grains, and other plant-based ingredients that take a lot of time and effort to prepare, and are very colorful. If you are looking to fill up on a small appetite, we also recommend the filling vegetable soup, a tender soup made by simmering six different kinds of vegetables in layers, which gives the vegetables a sweet, tender taste. The store also sells 100% vegetable-based cookies, which are egg- and dairy-free, and are popular as souvenirs.

nakamise café-pot.

• 609 Gomachida, Takane-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 10 min. drive from JR Nagasaka Station
• 11:00-19:00 (August and September - 19:30)
• Mondays and Tuesdays (closed for other events and private parties)
• 0551-47-2044
• Free of charge

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Maruyama Coffee RISONARE Yatsugatake

Since its establishment in Karuizawa in 1991, Maruyama Coffee has been delighting coffee connoisseurs. Maruyama Coffee RISONARE Yatsugatake, located in front of the central plaza in Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Yatsugatake, overlooking the Yatsugatake Mountains, is the second branch of this popular coffee specialty store.
The store serves high-quality coffees from all over the world, purchased directly from the coffee-producing regions. The most popular coffee is the "Maruyama Coffee Blend," which has a deep and rich flavor. We use a metal-filter French press to extract all of the coffee's natural oils, so that our customers can enjoy the true flavor of the coffee.

Relaxing coffee time on the terrace on sunny days

On sunny days, we recommend sitting on the terrace where you can enjoy the pleasant breeze. In addition to drinks, there is a full lineup of food items, including daily sandwiches made with local ingredients, shortcakes using strawberries from local farms, and original cakes made with Maruyama Coffee's blend. Café time with a view of the stylish corridor that resembles a European townscape is so elegant that you will be tempted to stay longer. At this store, you can also purchase coffee beans only available here, such as "Yatsugatake Blend - Full Sky of Stars" and "RISONARE Original Mild Blend," which make great souvenirs.

Maruyama Coffee Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Yatsugatake

• 129-1 Kobuchizawa-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 5 min. drive from JR Kobuchizawa Stn.
• 8:00 - 19:00 (Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays may be open until 20:00)
• Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Yatsugatake
• 0551-36-6590
• Free of charge

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kern coffee hakusyu main store

Cologne Coffee Hakushu Main Store has been in business for over 50 years in Hakushu, located at the foot of the famous "Kaikomagatake" mountain in the Southern Alps. At the time of its opening, it was rare to find a specialty coffee shop that roasted its own coffee, and through repeated trial and error, the store advanced its own roasting process.
High-quality coffee beans carefully selected from around the world are carefully roasted in a roasting machine manufactured by Diedrich Coffee Roaster in the U.S., which is used by many famous home-roasting stores in Seattle. Of course, coffee is brewed with Hakushu's famous water. The mellow water enhances the rich flavor of the coffee.

Enjoy original blends inspired by the Hakushu region

The "Hakushu Blend" is a must-try when visiting the store. The coffee is an original blend created to "express the wonderful scenery of Hakushu, such as the murmuring of the clear Oshira River and the majestic peaks of Mount Kaikomagatake, through coffee. There are two types of coffee: "Horoniga," with a perfect balance of bitterness and sweetness, and "Mellow," with a berry-like acidity and soft taste, both of which go well with Japanese food and sweet confections. We recommend tasting them with cakes that change daily, such as rare cheese cake and chocolate cake.

Cologne Coffee Hakushu

• 2913-228 Torihara, Hakushu-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 15 minutes drive from JR Kobuchizawa Station
• 10:00-18:00
• Wednesday
• 0551-35-4110
• Free of charge

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TEA&RESTURANT SPOON Garden Sudama

This popular café offers a menu that uses local vegetables and fruits along with Sri Lankan tea. Under the themes of "Eat good," "Eat local," and "Eat veggie," the café uses locally grown vegetables and fruits with minimal use of pesticides and ingredients that contain almost no additives or chemical seasonings. Especially recommended is the steamed vegetables, meat, and seafood steamed in a steamer basket (seiro-mushi). By steaming the ingredients, you can taste the deliciousness of the ingredients themselves.

Healthy meals with Sri Lankan tea

Tea lovers will be pleased with the tea-free service. When you order a set menu, you can enjoy free refills of Mlesna Tea, Sri Lanka's top tea brand, with original flavors. Staff/staff members will pour you a cup of tea from a selection of about 30 varieties that change seasonally, such as cherry blossom in spring, peach in summer, and chestnut in fall, so you may encounter unusual flavors or flavors that you would not try on your own. You can also enjoy the different aroma of each cup.

TEA&RESTURANT SPOON Garden Sudama

• 2604-1 Sugama Wakamiko, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 10 minutes drive from JR Hinoharu Station
• 11:00-18:00
• Wednesday, Thursday
• 0551-25-2321
• Free of charge

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cafe Whale spider

Cafe Whale Spider is marked by a large old house with a roof that looks like something out of an old tale. The owner and his wife were thinking of a name that would be easy to remember and familiar, and a children's story about a whale that appeared in a first grade elementary school textbook came to mind. The store, which makes use of the earthen floor of an old private house as it is, has a wood-burning stove, and a friendly and cozy atmosphere flows through the store.

Ingredients nurtured by the nature of Akeno harmonize on the plate

The restaurant's signature dish is a one-plate lunch using pesticide-free vegetables from Akeno. More than 10 different kinds of side dishes are beautifully arranged on the plate, including okonomiyaki with yam, simmered taro and thick fried bean curd, and more. Even the seasonings such as soy sauce, miso, and sauce are handmade. You can also taste the wild herb tea, a blend of more than 10 kinds of wild plants grown in the garden, including dandelion.
On the third Wednesday of every month, Kujira Kumo holds a workshop called "Handmade Square. Visitors enjoy making things by hand, such as picking up walnuts to make walnut tofu, or smoking cherry branches to make bacon and sausage.

cafe whale spider

• 3144 Ukegami, Akeno-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• Approx. 10 min. by car from JR Anayama Stn.
• 11:00-18:00
• Tuesday - Thursday
• 0551-25-4053
• Free of charge