Ranking
An editorial ranking: grades from A+ to F, price range, and the Tabelog score where one exists.
Places ranked: 33
Yamanashi · Fine Dining
In a forest near Nirasaki, TSUSHIMI serves a single group of up to four guests per day. It's a destination for its unique, multi-hour tasting menu, famously featuring a plate of around 100 local vegetables.
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Yamanashi · Casual Dining
A top-rated tsukemen destination in Showa, Yamanashi, Chuka Soba Uezu draws long queues for its intensely rich pork-and-fish broth, exceptionally chewy house-made noodles, and celebrated multi-cut Tougen chashu pork.
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Yamanashi · Fine Dining
An Italian restaurant in the Risonare Yatsugatake hotel in Hokuto, Yamanashi, known for its creative, vegetable-focused tasting menus. Diners come for the theatrical presentation and extensive wine program in a resort setting.
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Yamanashi · Fine Dining
A unique Japanese restaurant in a Yatsugatake forest villa, run by a former three-star Michelin chef. Each service is for a single group, offering a private meal focused on exceptional seafood.
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Yamanashi · Casual Dining
A celebrated tonkatsu specialist in the Yumura district of Kofu, known for its meticulously aged, slow-cooked premium pork. Diners travel for its exceptionally tender cutlets with sweet, melting fat, served with just a little rock salt.
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Yamanashi · Casual Dining
Specialising in aged unagi, Kobuchisawa Izutsuya (小淵沢 井筒屋) serves charcoal-grilled eel in a restored 100-year-old house in Kobuchisawa. The signature dish, served theatrically in a bamboo tube, offers a unique take on a Japanese classic.
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Yamanashi · Fine Dining
Winery-run dining in Yamanashi's wine country, set in a chapel-like building with vineyard views. Famous for its table-side carved roast beef, paired with the estate's own Katsunuma Jozo wines.
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Yamanashi · Café
A seasonal café in Yamanashi run by a peach farm, famous for its 'Peach Jewel' parfait. It's a destination for visitors wanting to taste hyper-fresh peaches straight from the orchard, but be prepared for long waits in summer.
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Yamanashi · Bakery
A lakeside boulangerie in Fujikawaguchiko, famed for its breads made with house-made natural yeast. Visitors come for the exceptional French-style loaves and pastries, best enjoyed with a view of Mount Fuji from nearby Oishi Park.
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Yamanashi · Izakaya
An izakaya in Kofu specializing in beef tongue, served in many forms. The main draw is the signature *tan-shabu*—paper-thin slices of tongue cooked briefly at the table and served with a special egg-yolk ponzu.
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Yamanashi · Casual Dining
A family-run yakiniku restaurant in the village of Oshino, near Lake Yamanaka, celebrated for its exceptionally thick-cut beef tongue and generous portions. A destination for high-quality grilled meat.
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Yamanashi · Dessert Shop
Daigahara Kinseiken Honten (台ヶ原金精軒 本店) is a wagashi maker in an 1852 inn building in Daigahara, Hakushu, Yamanashi. It is the home of mizu shingen mochi, a 'water cake' that has to be eaten on the spot.
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Yamanashi · Casual Dining
ristorante koen (リストランテ コエン) is a sibling-run Italian restaurant in central Kofu, in the Takazen Building, 1st floor. People come for wood-fired pizzas topped with seasonal Yamanashi vegetables and a monthly dinner course.
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Yamanashi · Bar
Suntory Hakushu Joryujo (サントリー白州蒸溜所) is Suntory's forest whisky distillery in Hakushu, Yamanashi, set at about 700 m in the Southern Alps. Visitors come for the tour, the tasting and rare pours.
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