Lake Yamanaka, Yamanashi
Thick-cut beef tongue, clay-pot rice.
About 2 min by car from Yamanakako IC, free parking. Open 11am to 8pm, closed on irregular days.
Beef tongue sets under a thatched roof.
A thatched house on the Doshi road near Yamanakako IC, open since October 2025. Sendai-style thick-cut beef tongue is sliced by hand and grilled, and rice from Fujiyoshida goes into a clay pot once you order. The small sides use Yamanashi produce: organic vegetables from Hokuto, tofu from Oshino.
- Opened
- October 2025
- Seating
- Tatami, sunken kotatsu, tables
- Parking
- Free, about 10 cars
- Clay-pot rice
- Ready in about 20 min
Tongue set meals and clay-pot rice.
Every set comes with rice cooked in a clay pot after you order, ready in about 20 minutes. Rice you cannot finish goes home with you as onigiri (rice balls).
Sendai-style beef tongue set¥2,530
6 slices ¥2,530, 9 slices ¥3,102 or 12 slices ¥3,740. With grated yam, oxtail soup and two small sides.
Extra-thick Sendai-style beef tongue set (9 slices)¥4,950
Cut from the tongue root (tan-moto). Limited quantity.
Beef tongue stew set¥2,882
Beef tongue stewed until it falls apart.
Kuro susu-yaki tongue set (seared black)¥2,475
Beef tongue seared black on the outside.
Beef tongue hamburg steak set (grated daikon and ponzu)¥2,728
With demi-glace sauce instead, ¥2,948.
Beef tongue curry set¥2,178
Draft beer (Sapporo Black Label)¥715
Bottled beer, highballs, sours and soft drinks too.
Prices here include tax; the menu in the restaurant lists them before tax. The clay-pot rice is 1.5 go (a Japanese rice measure) for two and 1 go for one guest.
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Hours and directions
Hours
| Mon | 11:00-20:00 |
|---|---|
| Tue | 11:00-20:00 |
| Wed | 11:00-20:00 |
| Thu | 11:00-20:00 |
| Fri | 11:00-20:00 |
| Sat | 11:00-20:00 |
| Sun | 11:00-20:00 |
Open 11am to 8pm, closed on irregular days. Calling ahead is the surest way to check.
- Address
- 〒401-0501 865-14 Yamanaka, Yamanakako-mura, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi
- Getting here
- About 2 min by car from Yamanakako IC (the expressway exit), about 15 min on foot from the lakeshore. Free parking for about 10 cars.
- Payment
- Cards, e-money and QR payments (PayPay, Rakuten Pay)
- Seating
- Tatami, sunken kotatsu tables and regular tables
- Good to know
- Look for the thatched roof and the waterwheel. No takeout menu; leftover clay-pot rice goes home as onigiri.
Book
Reservations by phone. Ask for tatami or a table, and call for groups of 9 or more too. The clay-pot rice takes about 20 minutes from your order.