さか新（坂新） — Restaurant in Tokamachi

Brilliantly authentic, kinda quirky local family run business.

The restaurant is quite small. There were only three tables in the main room which were taken by what seemed to be some older local regulars , but the very kind hosts opened up an additional room behind a sliding wall.

This room was part rustic Japanese restaurant but also full of cool collection of hi Fi equipment from the 60's, 70's, and 80's, heaps of memorabilia, and an eclectic range of antiques and oddities. The owners are really, really into cool music from across the decades.

Some smooth 70's Jazz accompanied our meal.

The main menu is in Japanese and the hosts speak virtually no English as this is a beautiful small Japanese mountain village not so frequented by tourists.

The owners have printed an additional menu in English showing a smaller selection of their key dishes with photos along with some English to Japanese translations of useful phrases such as "can I have a fork", "may I have the bill," etc. The food was fantastic. So fresh and tasty. Like home cooking with the best ingredients combined with traditional Japanese restaurant. Meal sets of Tempura, Udon, Curry Ramen, were all excellent.

The staff and the regular customers were so incredibly friendly. Although we all struggled with each others languages, the kindness and generosity...

昨日は同級生の集まりで利用させていただきました。 いつも無理を聞いてもらっています。 大きなエビフライや大きなステーキ。最高においしいです。 通常メニューの焼き鳥やお好み焼きも...

焼き鳥、串カツ、お好み焼きが全て美味しかったです❣️お酒の種類も豊富、周りのしょくどえとコンセプト違うの良いです...