In shortKaiseki in a ryotei that is itself an Important Cultural Property. You can book it online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request the table for you.
Price
From ¥30,000 per person (weekday lunch from ¥25,000), tax and service included; ¥35,000 is the most-ordered tier
Hours
Lunch 12:00–15:00 (entry by 13:00); dinner 18:00–21:00 (entry by 19:00)
Closed
Wednesdays (parties of 20+ by arrangement), Obon, New Year; monthly closure days posted on the official site
Seats
Twelve private rooms, from two guests to a 100-mat hall; all rooms face the garden
Hasshokan is the reason to leave central Nagoya for lunch. Thirty
minutes by subway from the station, in the old villa district of
Yagoto, a ryotei founded in 1925 sits on a 4,000-tsubo garden, and in
2020 the Japanese government designated nine of its buildings —
gates included — an Important Cultural Property, a rank almost never
given to a working restaurant. The “Miyuki‑no‑ma” was designed by
Sutemi Horiguchi, the master of modern sukiya architecture, as the
lodging for Emperor Showa and the Empress during the 1950 national
sports festival; every one of the twelve rooms looks onto the trees.
When Michelin published its single Aichi–Gifu–Mie edition in 2019,
Hasshokan took two stars and the guide’s highest comfort rating. The
house is also bound up with Kitaoji Rosanjin, the potter and
gourmet, who was a friend of the founder and a regular guest — his
vessels are still brought out for the higher courses.
What you eat
Kaiseki composed for each booking rather than from a printed menu.
The kitchen buys at market on the day and will not send a menu in
advance; what it promises is the Ise and Mikawa Bay seafood, the
mountain produce of Kiso, Yoro and Suzuka, and river fish from the
Kiso rivers, served on local ware. Tiers run from ¥30,000 (weekday
lunch from ¥25,000) in ¥5,000 steps to ¥50,000 and beyond, all with
tax and service included; the house says portions barely change
between tiers, only the grade and cut of the ingredients. Courses of
¥50,000 or more may be served with two Rosanjin pieces on request,
and the detached “Inakaya” farmhouse is opened only for that tier.
Allergies are accommodated; likes and dislikes are not.
The booking reality
No release day and no scramble. Reserve by phone in Japanese
(052‑831‑1585), through the official web form, or online via Ikyu or
Tabelog — but give the house at least three days, because the menu
is composed and the shopping done only after you book, and expect a
confirmation call three or four days before. Rooms are assigned by
the house; naming one costs a ¥20,000 designation fee, and the
Miyuki‑no‑ma takes parties of ten or more. Closed Wednesdays, Obon
and New Year, with extra closure days posted monthly on the site.
Cancellation is by telephone only (9:00–17:00): 30 percent from two
business days before, 100 percent on the day. Children are seated at
70 percent of the adult price; every room has tables and chairs on
the tatami if you prefer. Where the form and the confirmation call
would stall a visitor without Japanese, our desk makes the call.
You can book it online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request it for you. Request this table →
Go if you
Travelers who want the grand‑ryotei experience — garden, lacquer,
Rosanjin — actually secured, at lunch, for two; and architecture
lovers for whom a meal is the only way through the gate, since the
house admits no one who is not dining.
The house's cancellation charge
From 17:00 JST, 4 days before30%
Same day, with notice100%
Same day, no notice (no-show)100%
Charged by the house, not by us. A plan's own policy takes precedence.
Free release-date alerts: the day before, on the morning of release day (08:00 JST) and about 30 minutes before when the time is known — or a weekly summary if the house opens a little every day.
Hasshokan: common questions
Can you book Hasshokan from abroad?
Yes. Phone in Japanese, the official web form, or online via Ikyu / Tabelog; no release day, at least three days ahead. You can book online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request the table for you; our ¥6,000-per-seat fee is charged only if we confirm your table.
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