Shikisai Restaurant
お食事処 四季彩
A family-style tonkatsu restaurant on the lower Stone Steps, serving thick, tender cutlets made from Wabuta Mochi pork raised at the foot of Mount Akagi.
Located about 80 steps up the lower Stone Steps, diagonally across from the Ishidan-no-Yu hot spring fountain, with a red curtain at the entrance. Its tonkatsu is made from the local brand pork Wabuta Mochi, raised at the foot of Mount Akagi. Diners praise the meat for being thick yet tender, and the cabbage portions are generous. The menu includes tonkatsu rice bowl (about ¥1,800), sauce tonkatsu jū (about ¥1,500) and fried shrimp set (about ¥1,800), plus house-made black sugar honey beans for dessert. Seating is on tatami, with a homey, relative's-house atmosphere. Listed hours vary by source, roughly 11:00 a.m. to around 7:00 p.m., and most list Wednesdays as closed. Call ahead before visiting. Tabelog rating is about 3.25, with about ¥1,000–2,000 per person.
Opening hours
About 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. (listed hours vary by source); usually closed Wednesdays
Nearby sights
- Ikaho Stone Steps
- Ikaho Shrine
- Kajika Bridge
- Ikaho Open-air Bath
- Takehisa Yumeji Ikaho Memorial Museum
- Ikaho Green Bokujo
- Hara Museum ARC
- Mizusawa Kannon & Mizusawa Udon