Nara, a very popular tourist destination is rich in the history and culture of the good old days of Japan. However, Nara Prefecture is not only a tourist attraction luring visitors for its freely roaming deer aka Shika ! There is much more to Nara....
Innumerable Old House Cafes will charm you to the retro atmosphere of Nara. Get introduced to the lesser-known Cafes that are personally recommended by an author resinding in Nara.
A Japanese style sweet that has daifuku inside the piecrust, believe it or not, Daifuku Pie cannot be found easily anywhere else.
The crisp outside has a daifuku rice cake, that is warm enough o melt in your mouth. A heavenly experience, indeed. Complementing each other, these two delicious flavor are indescribable. Try it for once, at least, I bet you will be asking for more.
Extremely relaxing locations, surrounded by mountains as far as the eye can see are incentives of visiting this restaurant. The air itself smells delicious here. The restaurant has a reputation of using fresh vegetables in their mouth-watering dishes.
The flavored tea leaves are great with milk. The tea leaves are on sale at the store, for you to take-away home to bring back memories of time spent amidst nature.
Address: 168 Onitori Cho, Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture Store Hours: Lunch 11am-2pm Dinner 5pm-10 pm (Last order at 9pm) Closed: Mondays Tel: 0743-77-7936 Website: http://www.luckygarden.jp/ (in Japanese)
Niko Style Nara City Cafe
Rebuilt from an old house that offers dishes using local ingredients of Nara, this cafe has a wonderful atmosphere. Spend a relaxed time right here, in Nara.
With Japanese style seating arrangement the café offers both meal-sets and single dishes on the menu. The meal-sets also called Nara Food uses original ingredients from Nara abundantly.
The set comes with three kinds of appetizers. As for your main dish you can choose from local Yamato pork or chicken or fish with rice, chazuke or soup, etc. as accompaniments.
In addition, you can have ancient wild rice, which is an ingredient unique to Nara.
Want to take a break and give your tired legs some rest? Visit these lesser-known cafes before they get too crowded.
Address: 8 Hashimoto Cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture Store Hours: 11am-8pm Tel: 0742-27-6206 Website: http://www.drinkdrank.com/ (in Japanese)
What would you like to drink? You have ben introduced to most of the cafes recommended by locals, which do not often appear in other media. Do stop by!
