Best Restaurants in Nara
In Nara, TastyLog foodies have logged 8 restaurants around 5 landmarks and food streets — Nara Park, Todaiji Temple, Naramachi, Kasuga Taisha, Horyuji. Pick an area on the map or browse the latest logs below.
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Local food streets in Nara(4)
Markets, alleys and harbours where locals actually eat
Higashimuki Arcade
The covered shopping street between the station and the park.
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Mochiidono Center Street
A 250 m arcade continuing south from Higashimuki across Sanjo-dori, said to be the oldest shopping street in Nara with trade dating back to the Nara period. Old confectioners and diners sit among cafes, and it reaches the edge of Naramachi.
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Miwa
The somen producing district, with noodle makers and restaurants side by side.
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Yoshino
The approach up Mount Yoshino, famous for cherry blossoms, is the home ground of persimmon-leaf sushi and kuzu mochi. The sushi began as an Edo-period way of preserving salted mackerel in persimmon leaves along the Yoshino River, and the area is also the source of kuzu starch sweets.
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Nara5 Restaurants & Cafes near Kintetsu-Nara Station & Nara Park
Wandering Foodie23 • 16 days ago
NaraYomogi Mochi at Mochiidono Shopping Street: High-Speed Pounding
Food Lover21 • 2 months ago
NaraKakinoha-zushi (Persimmon Leaf Sushi) at a Naramachi Old Shop
Food Lover14 • 2 months ago
NaraWarabimochi and Matcha on the Kasuga Taisha Pilgrimage Route
Food Lover12 • 2 months ago
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