In shortDashi-led kaiseki in a century-old former inn on the Minoh river. You can book it online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request the table for you.
Price
Lunch ¥16,500 / ¥22,000 / ¥33,000; dinner ¥22,000 / ¥33,000 / ¥44,000, tax included, plus 10% service
Hours
Lunch from 12:00 (last order 14:00); dinner from 18:00 (last order 20:00)
Closed
Tuesdays (open when a holiday falls on one), plus one two-day closure a month
Seats
45, all in private rooms — eight of them, tatami and table, some in a detached wing over the river
Payment
Cards accepted (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners); 10% service charge
Getting there
Hankyu Minoh, about 8 minutes on foot up the falls path; no car access to the door
Dress code
No dress code
Minoh is where Osaka goes to see leaves: a wooded gorge at the end
of the Hankyu line whose path climbs past a temple to a waterfall,
red in November and green the rest of the year. Ichijunisai Ueno’s
Minoh house sits on that path, in a hundred‑year‑old ryotei inn
converted into private rooms and a detached wing hanging over the
Minoh river. The family’s original restaurant made its name on
dashi drawn without a grain of chemical seasoning, and the Minoh
branch took two Michelin stars of its own in the 2020 and 2021
Kyoto‑Osaka guides.
What you eat
Kaiseki in the Osaka manner, built on the broth: a first bite, the
soup, sashimi, a hassun of many small dishes on one broad plate,
a fried course, a simmered course, a vinegared dish, seasonal rice
and dessert, with a grilled course and a seasonal plate added as
the courses climb. Lunch runs ¥16,500, ¥22,000 and ¥33,000, dinner
¥22,000, ¥33,000 and ¥44,000, tax included with 10% service on top.
The house’s tempura is fried in rice oil, and if you book the
ground‑floor room a cook fries it piece by piece in front of you —
the zashiki tempura the local tourist office recommends. A caller
in 2026 was told the least expensive course was already generous,
which matches our reading of it.
The booking reality
No release day. The house takes calls in Japanese on 072‑745‑0699
and is listed on Ikyu and on its own TableCheck page —
with one catch: an online request is not a booking until the house
confirms it by phone or email, and its cancellation terms on
TableCheck are 50% from 48 hours and 100% from 24 hours. Ikyu
charges 100% only on the day. Children are welcome, counted as
adults if they eat the adult course; a party more than 30 minutes
late without word may lose the room; the house parks cars if you
give the model and plate in advance, since the last stretch of the
falls path is closed to traffic. The rooms are contested only in
the foliage weeks of November. Our desk books in Japanese, chooses
the room — river side or the tempura room — and settles the course
so that the confirmation call the house makes is a formality.
You can book it online yourself, or our Tokyo desk can request it for you. Request this table →
Go if you
Travelers pairing a Minoh Falls walk with a proper kaiseki lunch,
families who need private rooms and a kitchen that seats children,
and anyone in Osaka for the November leaves who plans a month ahead.
The house's cancellation charge
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.
Ichijunisai Ueno Minoh: common questions
Can you book Ichijunisai Ueno Minoh from abroad?
Yes. Phone in Japanese, or online on Ikyu and TableCheck; no release day. 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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Cite this page
Facts on this page were checked by our Tokyo desk. You are welcome to quote them with a link:
Ichijunisai Ueno Minoh — Minoh Park, Minoh, Osaka — SHOKU NOREN (checked September 2026). https://shokunoren.com/restaurants/ichijunisai-ueno-minoh
