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Nanamagari Japanese Restaurant

Nanamagari serves a range of classic Japanese dishes, including seafood. However, the real specialty here is shamo, a wildfowl local to the northern Ibaraki area.
The "shamo suki" hotpot is a great way to try this wildfowl. This hearty dish features shamo meat simmered alongside green onions and konnyaku (devil's tongue).

Yamaki

Yamaki is a kappo-style restaurant that was established over 70 years ago. At the restaurant, you can enjoy exquisite dishes made with Okukuji Shamo, a premium local chicken brand.

Okukuji Shamo is a prominent specialty product from Daigo. Shamo chickens, raised free range in the quiet environment of Okukuji, have very little fat content with great texture and aroma. It is served at various Japanese-style restaurants.

Yamaki offers nabe hot pot, rice bowls, multi-course meals, and limited-time menu items that generously incorporates Shamo chicken as an ingredient. It's the perfect restaurant for enjoying local flavors.

Momijien Restaurant at Tsukimachi Falls

This soba restaurant overlooks Tsukimachi Falls, a beautiful destination in northern Ibaraki. The soba noodles at Momijien are made from locally grown buckwheat flour. But what makes their noodles genuinely unique is the restaurant's one-of-a-kind automated sorter. This machine sorts the buckwheat seed hulls individually by color, allowing different colors of soba to be hand-kneaded. This includes the special green soba!
In addition to soba, Momijien offers home-roasted coffee and a range of snacks, including dango dumplings topped with walnut paste. There are several vegetarian options, and soba can be made vegan on request.
During the warmer months, visitors can enjoy their soba noodles on the restaurant's outside terrace. The fast-flowing waterfall produces a refreshing breeze in the summer. Arguably, the best time to visit is autumn when the maple trees around the waterfall turn a beautiful fiery red.