A quiet little nook. if you didn’t know, you probably thought it was a local residence, except it’s 400 years old.

The doors are closed because of the wind and there is little outside to indicate if it is open

Be bold and open the sliding door, that’s what we did and fortunately for us it was open

The moment you open the doors, the strong incense hits your nose and you’ll immediately locate the source of it. A little open fireplace at the back of the tea house

It is a little dark in here as the ceiling lamps are small and dim but we came in the day so there was a fair amount of light from outside streaming in. Still, don’t expect this place to be lit.

Cozy little place but there’s a fair amount of seats in little nooks and crannies. There’s even a little raised platform where you can sit at if you remove your shoes.

They only sell traditional Japanese sweets and tea here. So you won’t be spoilt for choice.

But all of them are good.

Amakase- rice and malt tea - warm and delicious. Closest taste to this would be like your sweetened barley cereal mix

Chikara mochi - isobe - salty - wrapped in seaweed and soy sauce - definitely not like the typical ones which stick to your teeth. These are much “crisper” to the bite

Chikara mochi - uguisu - sweet - soy bean powder is generously topped over this - so eat over the plate to avoid a mess.

Miso-oden - konjac balls - definitely worth a try, dip generously into the sweet sauce with each bite and you will find yourself reaching for another.

We spent some time here chitchatting to just take in a bit more do the space before we left. People here whisper so take your normal talking volume, half and then half it again.

There’s a mini museum / exhibition of sorts next door.

The back of the tea house is a part of trail that you take hiking. See map.

Also when we were leaving we saw a public bus that’s packed. So… plan your visit wisely.