Kurochaya

"Can you believe this is in Tokyo? This is THE Koyo viewing spot for cafes lovers! 🍂☕️🍁 This hillside open-air cafe might just be the perfect nature hideout in Tokyo! Its name means “the sound of the water”, can you guess why? 👇 While tasting some hot Amazake and Japanese-style sweets, you can gaze at the Akigawa valley and enjoy the sound of the stream of water. 🍱 The cafe is connected to its sister restaurant 黒茶屋 (Kurochaya), a centuries-old house serving courses of traditional Japanese meals, as well as bento boxes, beer, and their shaved ice that you can take out and eat at the open-air cafe! ⛺️🎣🌊 ❗️This spot is actually great for camping, BBQ, fishing, and even swimming in the river during summer! Many claim summer to be a great season to visit it for the above reasons, others say the autumn colors make this the best time to go… Just to play safe, we’ll go in both seasons: it’s so easy to reach! ✨WHAT WE ORDERED✨ 🥛Hot amazake 🍨Anmitsu (diced agar topped with red bean paste) Their signature item is the shaved ice, apparently made with the southern Alps natural water. We’re not kakigori fans, so we didn’t try it! Fall + nature + cafe = our natural habitat 🙌 What’s yours❓ —- cafe —- 「野外テラス　水の音」 @kurochaya 💰 ~¥500-¥1,500 📆 Weekdays: 12:00-16:00; Weekends: 11:00-17:00 💳 cash only "

"High end dining located in garden tea house villa. Cheapest meal set is 6,600+ yen. There is a café hut and a take out hut in the garden as well. Access down to Aki River is available from the garden."