Welcome to Misai Garten Furukawa, Japanese Restaurant  ようこそ日本料理「美菜ガルテンふるかわ」へ

Japan has four beautiful seasons.

Spring brings fresh buds, sprouts, and bamboo shoots.

Summer vegetables and wild sweetfish from clear mountain rivers.

Wild mushrooms grow in autumn forests.

Winter brings delicious wild boar.

We cook each of them in the most delicious season.

Our Japanese dishes will give you a new culinary experience with beautiful presentation and seasonal aromas.

Please join us in enjoying authentic Japanese cuisine.

The lunch course

8250 JPY(included tax)

Please make your reservation at least 2 days in advance.

We purchase the best ingredients to serve you the most delicious food, and we want to eliminate waste in our food procurement process and provide it to you at the most reasonable price. 

Please inquire about before-day reservations - we will do our best to accommodate you.

Cuisines will change each season and the arrival situation of food materials.

* Photos are just for example of our dishes from past years.

What's "おもてなし(Omotenashi) = the hospitality of the Japanese cuisine"?

For example For example Japanese cuisine features a traditional culinary art called 'takiawase,' where seasonal vegetables are individually prepared and simmered in their own carefully crafted broths, then beautifully arranged together in a single dish. This exquisite presentation allows you to savor multiple distinct flavors and textures in one harmonious serving.

Each vegetable receives meticulous preparation using techniques specifically suited to its nature. We prepare individual seasoned broths for each vegetable, all based on dashi carefully extracted from bonito flakes.

Eggplant is precisely scored and fried, then immersed in hot seasoned broth delicately infused with chili pepper before rapid cooling.

Kabocha squash undergoes edge-trimming to prevent breaking and is steamed to maintain its perfect form. It's bathed in hot seasoned broth, and as this liquid gradually cools, the savory flavors penetrate the squash, creating a harmonious marriage of umami.

Winter melon is knife-peeled to paper-thin thickness, then scored in a fine, shallow crosshatch pattern to enhance flavor absorption. The skin side is rubbed with a mixture of salt and baking soda powder and left for five minutes. It's then blanched until tender, immediately plunged into ice water for rapid cooling to preserve its vibrant emerald green color, and once cooled, excess moisture is carefully removed. Finally, it's immersed in chilled ginger-scented seasoned broth.

Through this time-intensive artisanal process, each vegetable's distinctive character can be individually appreciated while contributing to a harmoniously composed, visually stunning dish.

This heartfelt approach to cooking embodies the spirit of Japanese おもてなし(omotenashi) - the art of wholehearted hospitality.

* While our staff have limited English, we will serve you with genuine Japanese hospitality.

Name

美菜ガルテンふるかわ (Misai Garten Furukawa) 

Cuisine Type 

Seasonal ingredients of Japanese

Opening hours

Lunch

 12:00 am–2:30 pm (last seating at 1:00 pm)

Please make your reservation at least 2 days in advance.

We purchase the best ingredients to serve you the most delicious food, and we want to eliminate waste in our food procurement process and provide it to you at the most reasonable price. 

Please inquire about before-day reservations - we will do our best to accommodate you.

Holidays

Irregular Holidays

Non-Smoking

Cash only

Access

岐阜県中津川市福岡1786-215, (1786-215,Fukuoka,Natatsugawa-shi,Gifu)

Public transit

JR Chuo Main Line Nakatsugawa Station

Kitaena bus Lane1 : Nakatsugawa Sta.- Kashimo-sougou-jimusho mae Line or 

Nakatsugawa Sta.- Tsukechi-kyo Kuraya-onsen Line

Get off at bus stop "Fukuoka-sougou-jimusho mae( take 23-minutes.)

then walk approximately 2km (25-30 minutes) from the bus stop to our restaurant.

Link to Timetable of the bus

Attention please.

This bus route is local, and there are few services.

Please get on the bus to "付知峡倉屋温泉(Tsukechi-kyou Kuraya-onsen)" 11:15 AM at lane1 from the "Nakatsugawa station bus stop.

 You get off at 11:38, "福岡総合事務所前(Fukuoka-sougou-jimusho mae)" bus stop .

Would you like to walk from the bus stop or would you like us to pick you up from the bus stop?

We will check our schedule and availability. Please note that we cannot always provide pickup service, but we will do our best to accommodate your request.

*　Please check the bus schedule as it may change.

*　If you miss this bus, please contact us and come by taxi.

*Please contact us by email.

While our staff have limited English, we will serve you with genuine Japanese hospitality.

Magome & Tsumago , Nakasendo post towns in Kiso Valley

Naegi Castle Ruins

Naegi Castle Ruins is popular ranking NO.1 of Japanese castle, castle built in the top of the mountain.

The Naegi Castle constructed 400 years ago, and once home to the prominent "Tohayama Family".

In 1871 the buildings were destroyed and today, all that remains are the stone foundations.

The Naegi Tohoyama Historical Museum is located nearby. And anyone with an interest in history will find it　is especially interesting.

The Tsukechi River

The Tsukechi River is the clear water with the river.