Local Cuisine KURAWANKA

Local Cuisine KURAWANKA: The east exit of JR Shinjuku Station is situated right in front of this restaurant.

Local Cuisine KURAWANKA
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Enjoy the taste of home. Local delicacies of the season and excellent local sake are directly delivered from farms and breweries.

KURAWANKA introduces local cuisine of seasonal foods each month from various regions throughout Japan. Enjoy a luxurious restaurant where you can enjoy "a diversity of local tastes of Japan" while sitting in the comfort of Japan. We offer a wide selection of local sakes and shochu directly shipped from around the country, through close exchanges with local sake brewers. Fine wines carefully selected by the owner/sommelier also await you.

Origins of KURAWANKA:
During the Edo Period, merchants in small bumboats floated up and down Osaka's Yodo River crying out "A cup of sake, a meal, kurawanka (Why not have something to eat or something to drink?) to travelers on sanjikkoku-bune (150-bushel rice boats). This restaurant derives its name from “kurawanka bowls” dishes with an underglaze cobalt blue design which were used on the “kurawanka-bune” boats. The traditional Old Imari design was mainly used.