Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima - A famous restaurant for "Wappa-meshi" (rice cooked with rice wrapped in a wappa)! Wappa-meshi (rice cooked with rice wrapped in a wappa) at Kappo Takihyo in Aizu Wakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture!

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Wabako Meshi
Introducing the famous restaurant in Aizuwakamatsu City, "Takino, the original wabako-meshi kappou (rice cooked in a wabako)!

Enjoy the specialty "Wabako-meshi" (rice cooked in a rice box) in a stately atmosphere.

Wabako-meshi is a traditional Aizu local dish made by steaming Aizu rice and various ingredients in a bent cypress bowl. Founded in 1968, Takino is a famous restaurant in Aizu Wakamatsu City. The restaurant was established in 1970 under the name "Takino" after the previous generation came across "kenkenge-wappa," a specialty of Hinoemata Village in Fukushima Prefecture with a 600-year tradition, and wanted to offer customers "wabako-meshi," a dish using Aizu ingredients. When he first started serving wabako-meshi, it was difficult to gain the understanding of local people, but it gradually spread among tourists visiting Aizu, and the dish took root in Aizu Wakamatsu.

The restaurant, a spacious two-story structure, is a reconstruction of the Itozawa Jinya (camp) built approximately 250 years ago in Aizu Tajima-cho (now Minami Aizu-cho). The restaurant is a spacious two-story structure with a stately atmosphere with large irori-ori-style staircases and thick beams, which were used during the Boshin War (1868-1868) and still bear the scars of the Boshin War (1868-1869).
An example of seating
An example of seating

Here is Takiya's recommended menu!

The signature dish, "Gokutsu Wabako" (five kinds of rice in a box), contains salmon, mushrooms, crab, royal fern, and fried egg, allowing you to enjoy a variety of flavors in a single bowl of rice. The aroma of wood wafts from the steam that comes out of the lid when the lid is opened. The "Well-bari Wabako" containing all seven kinds of ingredients is also popular.
Wabako (with 2 appetizers, miso soup and oshinko)

Enjoy Aizu's local cuisine

In addition to Wabako-meshi, other local dishes of Aizu are also available at Takiya. Kozuyu, a typical local dish, is a shallow Aizu lacquerware dish with a variety of ingredients such as kikurage (kikurage), warabi (bracken), and taro cooked in scallop soup stock in a shallow dish made with salt. Also, [pickled herring with Japanese pepper] is a perfect accompaniment for sake! It is a perfect accompaniment to the delicious local sake from Aizu, a rice-producing region.
Kozuyu
Pickled herring with Japanese pepper

Access to the original Wabako-meshi (rice cooked with rice wrapped in a rice box) Restaurant Takino

The restaurant was relocated and restored from Aizu Tajima-cho (now Minami Aizu-cho).

Message from the store

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Original Wabako-meshi Kappo Takino Official Website

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