Kii Peninsula
This chill spot – more Goa than rural Japan – with great wooden beams serves vegetarian dishes like tofu cheesecake that seem indulgent compared to temple…
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Kii Peninsula
The speciality here is ochazuke, a bowl of rice and toppings over which hot tea is poured. Everyone's here for the popular katsuo ochazuke (¥1450), topped…
Kii Peninsula
Kadohama specialises in goma-dōfu (sesame tofu) prepared several ways. The lunch sets come beautifully presented in bamboo baskets with eight small dishes…
Kii Peninsula
In the warren of tiny restaurants called Ajikoji ('Flavour Alley') near Kii-Tanabe Station and the tourist-information center, this boisterous, family-run…
Kii Peninsula
This very popular local shop does excellent teishoku (set meals) with sashimi (raw fish), yaki-zakana (grilled fish) and more.
Kii Peninsula
This new restaurant – the only place in Hongū serving regularly after dark and naturally a gathering spot – dishes up small plates made with local…
Kii Peninsula
An unexpected treasure at Hongū's southern end is this vegan cafe in a former post office (with the wooden floors and clapboard walls to prove it). It…
Kii Peninsula
With its cluster of private rooms and regulars' personal whisky bottles kept on the shelves, Tensui has a local vibe, but it has happily embraced the…
Kii Peninsula
A cosy and convenient pit stop for curries, sandwiches and apple pie near the entrance to Oku-no-in. Its namesake coffee comes from a small-batch roaster…
Kii Peninsula
Of course not everyone in Kōya-san follows a monk's diet: locals love this tonkatsu (deep-fried pork cutlet) shop, a five-minute walk beyond the Oku-no-in…
Kii Peninsula
By the gorge in central Ryūjin, this unexpectedly eclectic indoor-outdoor cafe serves pizza, curry and coffee.
Kii Peninsula
This complex south of the beach has a fish market on the 1st floor where you can get kaisen-don (raw seafood over rice; ¥980 to ¥3300); there are a few…
Kii Peninsula
This convenient shokudō (all-round, inexpensive restaurant) serves standards like katsu-don (fried pork cutlet on rice), represented by plastic food…
Kii Peninsula
Diagonally across the street from the Shukubō Association office, this restaurant specialises in noodles and teishoku (set meals).
