Vegetarian Options
A list of vegetarian options in Toyota
If you are vegetarian (or vegan), I highly recommend you to take our cooking class at night (2,000 yen per person) with an option to bake gluten-free rice bread (500 yen per person) to eat in the morning. There are very limited vegetarian options in Toyota. In case you want to have a vegetarian takeaway at Toyota Station before riding a bus to our house, please read "Takeaway Options"
A list of vegetarian lunch options:
1) 小原庵 (Obara An): Open only by reservation. State your dietary restrictions during reservation. Lunch is Omakase style (letting the chef choose your order) which uses seasonal ingredients that are mainly home grown. Price is 2,200 yen. Worth the money for good food, historical ambiance, and warm hospitality by a lady chef who is knowledgeable about medicinal benefits of each ingredient.
2) 参州楼 (Sanshu Rou): Vegetable buffet restaurant (with many non-veggie choices too) in Old Town of Asuke. Open from 11am to 2pm for lunch. 1,380 yen per person (cheap). Closed on Thursdays. Takeaway is available and priced based on the weight.
3) Yama Hahako (山ははこ): Gohei Mochi (local food) stand (Open from 11am to 5pm only on Saturdays and Sundays during non-winter seasons). Gohei Mochi (五平餅) is a pounded white rice skewered in a wooden flat stick, flavored with miso paste and aromatically cooked over a flame.
Japanese medicinal restaurant in a traditional Japanese house with unique seating arrangement (like yoga studio). You'll be asked to sit seiza-style (folding your legs under your hips and sitting straight on the floor). But if you request seats, they will give you some seats to eat more comfortably. State your dietary restrictions when making a reservation. Open only by reservation. Lunch is 2,200 yen (Omakase style). Ingredients are home-grown or locally sourced. It's also worth visiting a pottery shop whose works are made by the chef's husband.
小原庵
梛下-164 EitarōchōJapanese medicinal restaurant in a traditional Japanese house with unique seating arrangement (like yoga studio). You'll be asked to sit seiza-style (folding your legs under your hips and sitting straight on the floor). But if you request seats, they will give you some seats to eat more comfortably. State your dietary restrictions when making a reservation. Open only by reservation. Lunch is 2,200 yen (Omakase style). Ingredients are home-grown or locally sourced. It's also worth visiting a pottery shop whose works are made by the chef's husband.
Cheap vegetable buffet restaurant (with many non-veggie options too). 1,380 yen during lunch time (11am to 2pm). Dinner is mostly a la carte western menu (like steak, pizza, pasta, and Asian noodles). Open from 11am to 2pm during lunch and from 6pm to 8:30pm during dinner. Closed on Thursdays.
参州楼
Kuranomae-16 AsukechōCheap vegetable buffet restaurant (with many non-veggie options too). 1,380 yen during lunch time (11am to 2pm). Dinner is mostly a la carte western menu (like steak, pizza, pasta, and Asian noodles). Open from 11am to 2pm during lunch and from 6pm to 8:30pm during dinner. Closed on Thursdays.
This food stall has picture menus. It's easy to order. They have vegetarian options too. Gohei Mochi (五平餅) is a pounded white rice skewered in a wooden flat stick, flavored with miso paste and aromatically cooked over a flame. Choose one of the four flavors: bean-made miso (mame miso: 豆みそ), barley-made miso (mugi miso: 麦みそ), soy sauce (shoyu: しょうゆ), or spicy (pirikara: ピリ辛). They also serve many other small bites and drinks and sell small handmade gifts.
山ははこ
Mizukumi-216 ShimokawaguchichōThis food stall has picture menus. It's easy to order. They have vegetarian options too. Gohei Mochi (五平餅) is a pounded white rice skewered in a wooden flat stick, flavored with miso paste and aromatically cooked over a flame. Choose one of the four flavors: bean-made miso (mame miso: 豆みそ), barley-made miso (mugi miso: 麦みそ), soy sauce (shoyu: しょうゆ), or spicy (pirikara: ピリ辛). They also serve many other small bites and drinks and sell small handmade gifts.