Activities - Nagano Cuisine

Insect Cuisine
Gotokutei : ごとく亭 長野駅前店

Are You Brave Enough to Try a Meal of Insects?

Northern Nagano


Description

Not having an ocean nearby, people in Nagano tend to get creative with sources of protein. One source that has typically been common deep in the countryside is insects. From grasshoppers stewed in syrup to bee larvae, you can challenge your culinary limits here in Nagano. Gotoku-tei boasts several menu items featuring insect cuisine.


Recommendation

Once only limited to areas isolated from normal trade routes, insect cuisine is gaining broad attention lately as healthy food perhaps contributing to long life. "Inago" grasshoppers stewed in light soy sauce, sugar and sake, "zazamushi" (the young of aquatic insects) marinated tsukudani-style or battered and fried -- mostly common in southern Nagano's Ina district, and "hachi no ko" bee larvae are just some of the examples. Gotoku-tei in central Nagano City offers insect dishes for those daring enough to try.


Details

  • 40 people
Hours
17:00-23:00(L.O.22:15)
Date(s)
Irregular
Cost / Price of Admission
Varies. Dinner set menus from 2000.
Time Required
1 hour
Credit Cards
VISA, MasterCard, Amex
Reservations
Not required(Reservations Recommended for groups)
Foreign Languages
English

Notes

Basic English available. Don't let the secretive, basement location or the ninja related decor surprise you. The owner, Miyashita-san, is a practitioner of Togakure-do ninjutsu.


Contact

tel : +81(0)26-223-2282fax : +81(0)26-235-1556


Access / Location

By Train
From Nagano Station(JR Hokuriku(Nagano) Shinkansen), From Zenkoji Exit, go northeast on Nagano Odori 2 blocks to Minani Chitose Koen signal and turn right to the "T". Restaurant is in basement of building on near left.
By Car
From Nagano IC, Take Route 35 / Route 117 into central Nagano City.
Address
1-12-1 Minami Chitose, Nagano 380-0823

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