Billiken Shokudo — Restaurant in Nozawaonsen

A lovely little a-la-carte restaurant. The interior is split into an "old pub" style area with tables and a bar, and a small traditional Japanese area for customers to sit on tatami mats. A docile cat lounges at the bar that customers are free to pat.

Food is ordered from an iPad (English and Japanese) and service is efficient. Food is brought out as it is ready.

This restaurant offers rice/curry dishes, noodle dishes, sides (including salads and fried foods), pizza, drinks, and dessert. Vegetarian options are...

Who would have thought you can order pizza at a traditional Japanese restaurant in a traditional Japanese onsen town. Well, the pizza is actually very, very good - thin crusty base with very stretchy tasty cheese. The ramen, katsu curry are also very delicious with great depth of flavour. However, the pizza is still the highlight... We wanted to try more dishes and hence we have already re-booked to go back in 2 days time to try the...

Great place, we are there twice in 5 days.

I had the pork dumplings, the yakiniku, the miso ramen, the ham pizza - everything was tasty and generously served.

The shop is 5 min away from the Main Street, so usually not too busy, we never had to wait to be seated.

The vibe is peaceful and homely, with both western and tatami tables, and the restaurant cat lying on the counter.

Truly a nice place, 10/10...