Nagano prefecture (Chuubu area)

[Closed] Famous horse meat udon restaurant "Hinode Shokudo" closes

Ueda City's "Hinode Shokudo" Founded in 1935 (Showa 10), Hinode Shokudo, a famous horse meat udon restaurant in Bessho Onsen, Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, will close on Sunday, August 31st. Thank you for your hard work over the past 90 years. X @uO2J7BE6O0zR3ng M...

2025.08.31

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[Closed] Nagano City's long-established soba restaurant "Wadaya" will close on August 1st

Nagano City "Wadaya" Founded in 1958 (Showa 33), the long-established soba noodle restaurant "Wadaya" in Nishiwada, Nagano City, closed on Friday, August 1st. Thank you for your hard work over the past 67 years. Handmade Soba Wadaya MAP Handmade Soba Wadaya 〒381...

2025.08.10

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[Closed] Nagano City's famous restaurant "Akiyama Shokudo" closes

Akiyama Shokudo, Nagano City: Akiyama Shokudo, a long-established restaurant in Nagano City that was featured on TV programs such as "Omoumai Mise" (Omoumai Shop), closed on Wednesday, March 5th. The owner had been hospitalized since early December and was deemed unlikely to return. Thank you for your hard work over the past 45 years...

2025.03.19

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Fire broke out at Furuya Sake Brewery in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture before dawn on the 23rd.

The fire broke out at the Furuya Sake Brewery, a sake brewery established in 1891 and known for its sake "Fukayamazakura" in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture. The fire was extinguished after about 16 hours, but a total of approximately 2,300 square meters, including one sake brewery and two residential buildings, were destroyed. No one was injured...

2024.12.25

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Close] Matsumoto's long-established diner "Hakusetsu" ends its 74-year history.

Matsumoto "Shirayuki Restaurant" The long-established restaurant "Shirayuki" in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, closed at the end of October due to the aging of its staff. Thank you very much for your hard work over the past 74 years. @akiakitter00 @yamauchi1155 M...

2024.11.04

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[Kura-kai] Chikuma Nishiki Sake Brewery 2024 Autumn Thanksgiving Festival to be held in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture

Chikuma Nishiki Sake Brewery 2024 Autumn Thanksgiving Festival Chikuma Nishiki Sake Brewery, a long-established sake brewery in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture, will hold its annual Autumn Thanksgiving Festival on Saturday, October 12th and Sunday, October 13th. In addition to limited-edition sake tastings and special sales, there will also be a limited-edition "Sake Gacha" machine, so you'll have to wait until the day to see what you win...

2024.10.11

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Staff Wanted: Winter Staff Wanted at Nozawa Onsen Distillery

We are looking for winter staff at Nozawa Onsen Distillery, a remarkable distillery producing craft gin and whiskey located in Nozawa Onsen, Nagano Prefecture. If you want to work at the distillery while doing winter sports, take the plunge and inquire! nozawaonsendi...

2024.10.01

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[Event Information] "Northern Alps Drinking Tour" to be held, where you can freely drink at three local sake breweries and the Northern Alps Brewery

Purchase a tasting cup (which serves as a certificate of participation) and enjoy a free-flowing tasting tour of three local sake breweries (Kitayasu Daikoku, Hakubanishiki, and Ichinoya) and the Northern Alps Brewery within walking distance of JR Shinano-Omachi Station in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture.

2024.08.27

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Closed] "Yamaraku", a long-established machinaka in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture, is closed.

Yamaraku, Ina City, Nagano, Japan Yamaraku, a long-established machinuka restaurant in Ina City, Nagano, which serves not only gyoza but also a wide variety of noodles, rice bowls, and a la carte dishes, closed its doors on Wednesday, July 31, 2012. Thank you for your long service. X @inakanogurume MAP Gyoza...

2024.08.23

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[Closed] Nagano City's long-established restaurant "Towa Shokudo" closes

Nagano City's "Towa Shokudo" Towa Shokudo, a long-established restaurant in Yoshida, Nagano City, popular for its sauced pork cutlet bowl, closed its doors on Sunday, June 30th, after 50 years of history. Thank you for your hard work over the years. @publica700_ak MAP 〒381-...

2024.07.06

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[Event Information] Six sake breweries in Ueda City team up for the Arakicho Nagano Ueda Sake Festival, a bar-hopping event

Arakicho Nagano Ueda Sake Festival On Sunday, July 28th, six volunteer stores in Yotsuya Arakicho and six sake breweries in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, will team up to hold the Arakicho Nagano Ueda Sake Festival, a bar-hopping event. Tickets are on sale now at participating stores. @arakich...

2024.06.10

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[Closed] Suehiro, a popular restaurant in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, will close in June

飯田「末広」 1978（昭和53）年1月17日創業。長野県飯田市にある大衆御食事処「末広」さんが6月2日(日)に46年の営業に幕を下ろします。長い間お疲れ様でした。飯田経済新聞 MAP 住所：〒399-2...

2024.05.22

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[Closed] Popular yakitori restaurant "Torishin" in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture closes

Torishin, a yakitori specialty restaurant near JR Shinano-Omachi Station, closed on Tuesday, April 30th. Thank you for your continued support. @nonko0133 MAP Address: 398-0002 Nagano Prefecture...

2024.05.07

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[Information] Enjoy delicious sake on the 1000 series Yukemuri "Nagaden Local Sake Train" to run for the first time in 5 years

Nagaden Local Sake Train Nagano Electric Railway will be operating the "Nagaden Local Sake Train" for the first time in five years. On board the 1000 Series Yukemuri train, a former Odakyu Romancecar "HiSE" (10000 series), passengers can compare sake from two breweries. This year, as snacks...

2024.04.17

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[Kura-kai] Shinshu's long-established sake brewery "Chikuma Nishiki Spring Thanksgiving Festival" to be held on April 20th and 21st

Chikuma Nishiki Spring Thanksgiving Festival Chikuma Nishiki Sake Brewery in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture, will hold a tasting event, "Chikuma Nishiki Spring Thanksgiving Festival," on April 15th and 16th, 2024, at the brewery in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture. The event typically attracts around 3,000 visitors from the local Saku region...

2024.04.12

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[Closed] "Shokudo SS" in Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture will close at the end of April and will be closed for an extended period of time.

Shokudo SS in Shiojiri City: Shokudo SS, a restaurant with a rich set menu located along National Route 19 in Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture, will be closed from April 29th due to aging staff. Shokudo SS Hirooka branch will remain open. @gol...

2024.03.27

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[Blog/Stewed Mist] Discover the joys of craft gin, which is not often found in popular bars.

Discover the appeal of craft gin Starting with bottled beer, hoppy, chu-hi, sake, sometimes highballs, shochu with hot water. Sometimes highballs and shochu with hot water. At izakaya (Japanese style pubs), we usually drink something like this. Everyday I'm picking up some stewed fish or sashimi and drinking shizukuri, but the other day I went to Nozawa Onsen in Nagano,...

2024.02.18

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[Closing] Nagano Prefecture's first fugu restaurant, "Ikkiu," closes after half a century of history

権堂「一喜宇」閉店 1974年(昭和49年)創業。今年で50年を迎える長野市にある老舗ふぐ料理店「一喜宇」さんが3月31日(日)に閉店します。長野県で最初のふぐ料理専門店としてオープンし半世紀。長い間お疲れ様でした。 ...

2024.02.08

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Close】"Keirin", a long-established machinaka in Gondo, Nagano City, closed at the end of last year.

Gondo "Keirin" closes Keirin, a long-established traditional restaurant in downtown Gondo, Nagano City, will close at the end of December, 2023. Thank you for your hard work for a long time. For more information, click here.

2024.01.21

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[Blog/Nikomi Mist] Have a drink with "Otaguri," a local stew from southern Nagano Prefecture!

In Iida and Ina cities in southern Nagano Prefecture, there is a local dish called "Otaguri," which is stewed horse innards. It is a clean stew containing absolutely no impurities other than horse intestines. As a horse racing fan, I was reluctant to eat horse innards, but...

2023.07.22

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