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Having had too much Japanese food and want something more familiar for a change? Then TIKU (チクー) is the place to go. With delicious pizza's for a reasonable price in a nice cozy restaurant, you can't ...

Seishindo (誠心堂) has a 30 year history of making delicious oyaki and is quite the hidden gem with its location being in a narrow alleyway. Oyaki is a specialty of Nagano prefecture. Oyaki are little bu...

The tea house Suzukien Chaten (寿ゞき園茶店)  is a place where you could relax for a while. They have a great variety of tea and offer a Japanese tea experience for only 432 yen. With this you can drink as ...

Yamacho (ヤマチョウ) has ramen, pizza, various izakaya-type foods and a wine bar. Yamacho takes pride in its use of only natural ingredients. This small friendly restaurant will surely help you fill your s...

The ramen at Menya Buson (麺屋蕪村) has a fish stock base with a delicious full flavor. From the outside it might be a bit daunting for foreigners to enter, and with only a few seats available you might h...

Gagaton (ガガトン) is a yakitori place close to the station that also offers several other delicious dishes besides yakitori. Gagaton is inside a building you normally wouldn't give a second glance, but o...

The restaurant Cho Bali Bali (チョーバリバリ) is mainly an Indonesian restaurant in Japan with authentic flavors. It offers a variety of other South-East Asian dishes that are sure to delight your taste buds...

Arteria Bakery is found on the Chuo street heading to Zenko-ji Temple on the right side and is a bakery/cafe with delicious fresh sweet breads such as melon bread. A great place to have a little snack...

Shinshu Nagaya Sakaba (信州長屋酒場), an izakaya with an amazing atmosphere, is located close to the station. The look of the place from the outside already screams good drinks and good food, and that feeli...