Great Nature Adventure around Nikko National Park
Located at the entrance to the main area of the world heritage, amongst the trees, you will find this cozy and enchanting little cafe.
Perfectly located for lunch or a coffee break while visiting the shrines and temples of Nikko, Hongu Cafe will surprise you. The menu is short but delicious, and the staff is friendly and attentive.
Address: 2384 Sannai, Nikko
Phone: +81 288-54-1669
Website: https://www.hongucafe.com/
Hot days are coming, have you tried Nikko’s kakigori?
This shaved ice made using water from Nikko’s natural spring water will melt in your mouth, and together with the various flavors of syrup offered it makes a perfectly light dessert.
It can only be found in a few shops, for example at the famous Nikko Coffee.
Address:
3-13 Honcho, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, 321-1434, Japan
Business Hours:
10:00am-6:00pm / Closed on Mondays, 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month (In case of national holiday, the day off is moved to the next day)
Phone: +81 288-53-2335
Website: http://nikko-coffee.com/
We have already shared with you delicious dishes made of yuba.
Yuba, or tofu skin, is made from a film formed on the surface of boiled soy milk. And yuba sashimi is a perfect way of eating raw yuba.
Many different restaurants offer them in Nikko area, as a separate dish or as part of a menu (usually a vegetarian set).
Try out this refreshing dish!
Nikko maitake mushrooms are grown at the feet of Nikko Mountains. Thanks to Nikko’s natural environment and techniques used, these mushrooms are excellent in texture and flavor, and one of the best maitake mushroom bred in Japan.
There are several stores and restaurants where you can find them in Nikko, but you can eat delicious fried maitake mushrooms at Steakhouse Mihashi, next to Kanaya Hotel and Shinkyo Bridge.
Mihashi is one of the few steakhouses in Tochigi Prefecture that serves the “Tochigi Wagyu”, so you can try the maitake mushroom and also their unique steaks.
Address: 1115 Kamihatsuishimachi, Nikko
The Kosugi Hiroaki Memorial Museum of Art is located really close to Shinkyo Bridge, and from May 18 to July 7 you can enjoy The Japanese National Parks Painting Collection.
This is one of Japan’s leading landscape art collections, produced by artists representing modern Japanese Western paintings. It includes members of the National Medal of Culture, of the Cultural Arts Foundation, and of the Japan Art Academy. The individuality of each painter are well represented, and it is possible to trace the flow of modern Japanese Western painting history.
In this exhibition you will feel the richness and diversity of nature in Japan through the landscape paintings drawn by the masters.
Additionally, you can also visit their tearoom ‘Café en Rêve’ and have a break for tea, coffee or delicious desserts.
Address: 2388-3 Sannai, Nikko
Website: http://www.khmoan.jp/english.html
Today, the Reitaisai was held at Toshogu Shrine. At 11:15am the Portable Shrine Procession (Mikoshi togyo sai) started. It is referred to as the procession of 1,000 Samurai and it included over 1,200 attendants divided into 53 categories, including warriors in armor who escorted the portable shrines to the Sojourn Hall.
Also, special food offerings were made, and other activities such as Sacred Artistic Rites performed by Eight Shrine Maidens and incantations read by the Chief Priest were performed.
The ceremony ended when the procession returned to Toshogu Shrine.
Did you miss it? You can see it again on October 17th, but in the meantime here are some picture we took today.
A tan sólo 10 minutos caminando desde la estación de Tobu Nikko se encuentra Akinoya, un restaurant de Yakisoba (fideos fritos).
El personal es muy amable y la comida es deliciosa. Cuentan con algunos platos para vegetarianos, menú especial al mediodía y también venden para llevar. Todo eso lo hace un lugar muy recomendable!
Dirección: 588 Gokoumachi, Nikko
Website: https://akinoya.gorp.jp/
You may know the famous ‘See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil’ Three Wise Monkeys sculptures at Toshogu Shrine in Nikko. At Mishiyama, just a few minutes away from Tobu Nikko Station, you can find these cute monkeys made of delicious baked dough, filled with sweet bean paste.
They also sell other shapes of Nikko popular things and places, such as Toshogu or the Sleeping Cat. It’s the perfect souvenir! (Just remember to eat them within 3 days after buying them)
Address: 440 Ishiyamachi, Nikko
Website: http://www.nikko-n.com/
Sakaeya is right across Tobu Nikko Station, and it sells their original Ageyubamanju that can only be found at their shop.
This delicious product is a bun filled with anko (red bean) paste, wrapped in yuba (tofu skin), fried, and finally salt-topped. This sweet and savory combination may seem unusual, but it’s uniquely tasty. And only 200 yen a piece!
Address: 10-1 Matsubaracho, Nikko
Website: http://www.sakaeya.net/sakaeya-english/
La popular tienda de dango se encuentra en Nikko desde hace alrededor de 300 años, y sirven unos de los dango más deliciosos de la zona.
Este postre japonés está hecho con bolitas de harina de arroz, colocadas en brochetas y luego asadas. En Miyamae se pueden probar en varios sabores, como por ejemplo salsa de soja o miso, y luego son recubiertos con una salsa secreta y azúcar morena.
No se los pierdan!
Dirección: 956 Shimohatsuishimachi, Nikko
