Hachinoki Kita-Kamakura Shinkan — Restaurant in Kamakura

Wow, wow, wow. This restaurant is amazing. I got to visit Hachi no Ki as the final stop on the Kamakura tour from Tokyo Way, and let me tell you, it was definitely the highlight of the entire experience. This place is amazing. We got a detailed explanation of "shojin" cuisine from the owner of the restaurant while we at the numerous different courses. "shojin ryori" is a type of Buddhist cuisine. It's entirely vegetarian, and uses rather simple ingredients, but has very difficult cooking processes to add amazing flavor to the dishes. The cooking of "shojin ryori" is actually considered training for Zen Buddhist monks. This restaurant feels like a secret. It has one Michelin Star and it's the place that heads of state of other countries eat at when visiting Engakuji Temple, yet it barely advertises itself. I can't recommend this restaurant enough. If you are in Kamakura for any reason, you should definitely...

Here you can have a kaiseki style meal but completely vegetarian. Service was excellent and everything was well explained for us. We were served two different types of tea, and an absolute feast of many different dishes. It's a tatami room so you have to take your shoes off (which is actually very nice and relaxing) but has western style tables and chairs for comfort. Price was reasonable and we really enjoyed trying some unusual Japanese food. Yuba (crispy tofu skin) was just lovely, along with many other things I have never...

This is a 100% vegetarian restaurant serving “temple “ style food. I was expecting something boring that Buddhist monks eat but boy was I surprised.

The food was excellent and quite tasty. Not boring at all! I was surprised that vegetarian food could be so good.

We had the most expensive set menu and though I wouldn’t spend this much again it was definitely worth it for the one...