Sato — Restaurant in Shirakawa

I was fortunate enough to dine in this very quirky yet cozy place. The food was amazing—very traditional—and you could taste the love that was put into the dishes. The red bean soup with mochi just warms your soul, while the tofu was smooth and perfection with the green veggies on top. The pickles were delightful, and the potatoes with the sticky sauce were well-balanced. Shirakawa-go was a beautiful place, but dining in this establishment made my trip complete. They were the most beautiful, respectful and welcoming people I've encountered in my life. They even expressed their gratitude to us for visiting Japan.

If you are visiting Shirakawa-go do yourself a favour and make sure to check this place for authentic japanese...

Located opposite to the bus terminal, what a handy place where you can spend some time having some traditional Japanese snacks while waiting for bus. And it looks like what they are selling is a bit different from what all the shops in the village are selling e.g. beef bun, ice cream ...

This shop is run by a cheerful senior Japanese lady who makes gooooood dessert. We love the red bean mochi soup so much. Not overly sweat at all, while the mochi is just sooo authentic! My first time ever trying to be honest! The hot black coffee was good as well.

Highly...

We had kinako rice balls & horse-chestnut rice balls at Kisa Satou (喫茶さとう). We prefer the the horse-chestnut rice balls because the sweetness of the red bean soup matches well with the horse-chestnut rice balls. The kinako rice balls was slightly salty to be considered as sweet snacks. These are warm sweet snacks we had during a cold winter evening. Ambience is nice, service is alright, english menu is available, food variety is ok. We went there during winter, the food snack choices we remember were onigiri, glutinous rice balls, coffee, green tea.....