Sunday, 10 December 2017

Tokyo: Ukai Toriyama @ Takao

This is an awesome restaurant located at the far end of Tokyo - Takao, with an extensive 20,000 m² garden featuring lush greenery, streams and huts with traditional Japanese Sukiya-zukuri architecture.  It offers seasonal cuisine in private standalone huts. You can enjoy the garden's cherry blossoms in spring and fireflies in summer.

The restaurant offers free shuttle bus service every 20 minutes to-and-fro the Takaosanguchi train station between 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Each trip takes about 10 minutes.  See Post on "Tokyo: Hiking @ Mount Takao" on how to get to Takaosanguchi from Tokyo.



Bottom left "stove" is the traditional Japanese "kama" for cooking rice


Charcoal-grilled Chicken Cuisine

Private hut for four diners with a view of the garden


Traditional Irori Fireplace