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kura

Restaurant

嵓KURA

Encounter the climate and culture of the region through a new culinary experience.

Zaiyu Hasegawa, head chef of the restaurant Den and one of the most recognized top chefs in Japan, supervised the menu at kura, distilling the unique ingredients and essence of regional customs into a culinary experience of the highest quality.
This space was once a storehouse (also called “kura” in Japanese) for Suginomori Shuzo, a thriving sake brewery. We have taken that historical space and revitalized it as Restaurant kura. The word “kura” also refers to boulders and rocks found along mountain ridges. The Narai River, which long supported the growth of Narai-juku, gets its source from water flowing down from the mountains.
As the restaurant draws inspiration from this natural blessing, we refashioned the Japanese word for “storehouse” to refer to rock formations found in the mountains.
*We serve in-room dining exclusively to guests staying at Shimamoya (rooms 113, 114, 115).

Lunch reservations

*The restaurant is also open to people
not staying at the hotel.

Discovering new frontiers
of local cuisine

Enjoy the pairing of
traditional cuisine and
local sake

Savoring a special meal
cooked in an earthenware pot

Savoring a seasonal salad
with more than a
dozen kinds of vegetables

Enjoying a sumptuous meal
served in a former sake brewery

Tasting the natural river fish,
grown in the Shinano River

Savoring a meal served
in a traditional Kiso lacquerware

Tasting pure sake
while watching
its brewing process

Discovering local
vegetables grown in
the earth of Narai

Enjoying side dishes prepared
thby mothers from the region

Discovering new frontiers
of local cuisine

Enjoy the pairing of
traditional cuisine and
local sake

Savoring a special meal
cooked in an earthenware pot

Savoring a seasonal salad
with more than a
dozen kinds of vegetables

Enjoying a sumptuous meal
served in a former sake brewery

Tasting the natural river fish,
grown in the Shinano River

Savoring a meal served
in a traditional Kiso lacquerware

Tasting pure sake
while watching
its brewing process

Discovering local
vegetables grown in
the earth of Narai

Enjoying side dishes prepared
thby mothers from the region

Zaiyu Hasegawa Culinary supervisor

Born in 1978 in Tokyo.
As a child, he took an interest in cooking after tasting the delicious bento boxes his mother brought home from her work as a traditional geisha entertainer at haute cuisine establishments.
After graduating from high school, he trained at the long-established Japanese cuisine restaurant Kagurazaka Uotoku.
He went independent in 2008 and opened the restaurant Den in Jimbocho, Tokyo. In 2016, Hasegawa chose to relocate his restaurant to the former location of the French restaurant Le Gaulois in Gaienmae, Tokyo, which he had frequented for over 10 years.
His restaurant has become one of Japan’s most renowned, with guests from around the world. It has received numerous awards, and among them accolades in the Michelin Guide Tokyo and The World’s Best Restaurants.
In 2021, he became the culinary supervisor of kura.

Experience nature at an inn town where authentic Japan remains.
Cuisine supervised by Zaiyu Hasegawa of Den.

The food at kura has been overseen by renowned Japanese chef Zaiyu Hasegawa of the restaurant Den.
While there may be many fine restaurants and delicious food around the world, Narai-juku’s unique cuisine is something that can only be enjoyed in Narai-juku.
Restaurant kura puts particular emphasis on local ingredients and their producers, eschewing unnecessary embellishments and providing authentic cuisine available nowhere else.
Here, we redefine regional flavors by inheriting the seasons and culture; we offer a new culinary experience rotted in the local community.
Come savor a variety of flavors, such as seasonal entrees and fresh side dishes.

*Note that the menu may change seasonally
and based on the availability of ingredients.
*All prices listed below include tax.
*The in-room dining offered to Shimamoya guests features a special menu of innovative local cuisine served at kura restaurant and arranged to be enjoyed in the rooms.

Dinner
  • New local cuisine using seasonal
    and regional ingredients
    (Course meal - about 8 dishes)
Breakfast
  • Side dishes made by local homemakers
    (about 5 dishes)
  • Rice
  • Miso soup
  • Pickled Vegetables

  • Dinner
    18:00 - 22:00
    *Please choose your start time from the following: 18:00 / 18:30 / 19:00 / 19:30.
  • Breakfast
    7:30 - 9:30
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