Yamaga Ryōri Yunotakean
山家料理 湯の岳庵
A mountain-village restaurant within the renowned inn Kameino Bessō, with a thatched roof and garden views, best known for its charcoal-grilled steak rice bowl.
Located in the grounds of the renowned inn Kameino Bessō beside Lake Kinrin. The thatched-roof building faces the garden and is especially popular in autumn, when the leaves turn red. The signature is a charcoal-grilled steak rice bowl, with a smoky flavor and clean taste, served with salad, soup and a hot-spring egg. Other dishes include Bungo beef steamed over hot spring vapor, eel rice bowls, and grilled Kanmuri-jidori chicken (Oita local chicken). The restaurant seats about 70 and still fills up often, so lunch reservations by phone are recommended. The steak rice bowl is ¥3,630, eel rice starts at ¥4,000, and evening kaiseki is about ¥10,000 or more. It is more than a 20-minute walk from Yufuin Station, so a taxi is recommended.
Opening hours
Lunch around 11:00–15:00; dinner until around 21:00 (hours vary by source; check the official website). Irregular closures.
Nearby sights
- Shitan-yu Public Bath
- Yufuin Yunotsubo Street
- Yufuin Floral Village
- Unagihime Shrine
- Yufuin no Mori Train
- Sagiridai Observation Point
- Tsukahara Onsen Kakō-no-Izumi
- Yunohira Onsen