This is an upscale and awesome place at which to enjoy your dinner in a setting of a Meiji period garden as this is exactly where Ukai Toriyama is located, in the serene outskirt of Tokyo near where the Takao-san aka 高尾山 (Takao Mountain) is located. This place offers a tranquil and dream-like, secret garden environment where you enjoy an evening out enjoying your dinners with your loved ones. Here, you'll find mini water-falls, wooden bridges linking all the dining houses in a lake where there are fireflies to be found at night, to a very traditional Japanese cuisine based on freshly marinated, on-demand preparation of chicken meat for you and your friends or fam members to grill over a special charcoal stove with Ukai's secret, in-house sauce which you can actually purchase at the reception area. This restaurant comes highly recommended for dinner instead of lunch for the obvious late evening ambience you'll no doubt enjoy. You can expected to be treated by your host with typical Japanese hospitality! However, to avoid disappointment, your anticipated trip here entails a 2-month long reservation wait list and diners are expected to dress formally for the ocassion.

There is a mini museum just in front of the reception house which diners are encouraged to pay a short visit.

If you are planning to come over after your hiking trip to Takao-san, please take note that there is a free, 5-minute ride on a comfortable mini coach directly right at the parking area of the Takao station, all the way to Ukai Toriyama.

Rating : 5/5! A not to be missed place to dine with an awesome ambience and vibes!