Japanese Honke Yamabiko Restaurant - Nikko Todd Wojnowski Honke Yamabiko is a wonderful noodle shop conveniently located next to the World Heritage shrines and temples in Nikko. Stop in..
Cafe Cafe Matsugamine Brittany Rock Located steps away from the Utsunomiya Castle Ruins Park this café is a great stop no matter what time of day. With the wide r..
Japanese Sushi-ro, Tsuruta, Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa Our four year old son’s favorite restaurant is a chain convenyor belt (kaiten) sushi restaurant called Sushi-ro. What it lacks..
8 Food Tochigi’s Kurobane Sweetfish Tomoko Kamishima TOCHIGI: Kurobane, in the northeast of Tochigi, has been famous for sweetfish for 300 years. Old-time riverside restaurants are..
American Dough-Doughnuts, Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa Forget cheap donuts pumped with additives and preservatives. Slowly savor every organic, delicately flavored morsel of these gourmet..
Food Zou No Ie, Ohya, Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa The ceiling is lined with reed mats, the stone walls covered with art, carvings and figurines of elephants abound and near the cash..
American Far East Kitchen, Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa At Utsunomiya's Far East Cafe, the staff smiles, and the desserts and shaved ice (kaki gori) made our visit delightful.
Food A La Bonne Maman, Kanuma, Tochigi Stacy Kurokawa I live in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. At Christmas time, I yearn for the feeling of home. A warm kitchen. Conversation around..