Aizuwakamatsu's specialty "Wappa-meshi" is recommended!　Wappa-meshi Kappo Takiya in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture

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Takino is a famous restaurant in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture.

Enjoy the specialty "Wabako-meshi" in a stately atmosphere.

Wappa-meshi is a traditional local dish of Aizu where Aizu rice and various ingredients are steamed in a bent cypress bowl.

This time, we would like to introduce a famous restaurant in Aizuwakamatsu City, "Original Wabako-meshi Kappo Takino". The restaurant was founded in 1968. After encountering "kenkenge-wappa," a specialty of Hinoemata Village in Fukushima Prefecture, which boasts 600 years of tradition, the previous generation wanted to offer customers "wabako-meshi," a dish that makes use of Aizu ingredients, and opened the restaurant in 1970 under the trade name "Takino. When he first started serving wabako-meshi, it was difficult to gain the understanding of local people, but the dish gradually spread among tourists visiting Aizu and 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 (1868-1911).
An example of seating
An example of seating

Here is Takiya's recommended menu!

Five kinds of "Wabako" (with 2 appetizers, miso soup and pickled vegetables)
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.

Enjoy Aizu's local cuisine

Kozuyu
Pickled herring with Japanese pepper
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.

Access to Takino

Aizu Tajima-cho (now Minamiaizu-cho), a store that was relocated and reconstructed

Message from the store

Please come to Aizuwakamatsu, a "historical town" where you can have a relaxing and leisurely trip!

Original Wabako-meshi Kappo Takino official website
For train + accommodation "Aizu Area" reservations, please visit [ JR East View Dynamic Rail Package ]

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The information in this article is current as of July 2023.
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