Tokinokura's Restaurant

　Manyo-no-Mori Park is a park centered on Manyo-no-Mori, which is home to approximately 300 species of Manyo plants that are said to be included in the Manyoshu. The park includes a Japanese garden, a multipurpose plaza, a museum, and experience facilities such as plant dyeing, as well as Manyotei, which serves as Nonaka's base of activities. Mr. Nonaka only serves food here during lunch hours and by reservation.

　The food served at Manyotei is centered around natural ingredients that can be found within the park or in the local mountains, such as red hyacinth, cod sprouts, junsai, bracken, and walnuts. This Japanese meal is simple yet full of flavor, with minimal use of chemical seasonings or sugar, and carefully seasoned with locally brewed naturally brewed soy sauce and salt. The members of the Tsukisou no Kai recreate the flavors as best they can from the Manyoshu and literature, while using cooking methods that suit modern palates. Rare creative dishes that let you feel the flavor and season, such as ``Nigimegaki'', which is made by splitting in half and drying Jiro persimmons from Hamakita, Junsai from Inasa, and Aonori from Lake Hamana seasoned only with vinegar and soy sauce. You can only taste it here.

Offered upon reservation, Manyosoku's ``Kizoku no Gozen'' is recreated based on materials.

*From the article “Introducing the winners of The Worker of the Year 2023”

Nobile, Tara no Me, Warabi, Junsai, Yomena, Ginkgo, Fuyu Aoi... We have an array of colorful, fresh, natural wild vegetables that would be difficult to find even at a top-class restaurant. The luxury of the mountains is crowded together on a tray.
Each one is carefully and simply made, without using any sugar or chemical seasonings, using vinegar, salt, locally brewed naturally brewed soy sauce, or handmade soy sauce, but still allowing you to enjoy the flavor of the ingredients to the fullest. It has a very nice seasoning.

Manyoshoku at Manyotei, located in Manyo-no-Mori Park, where timeless plants live, is the forerunner of historical food, which reconsiders ancient food culture.
Masako Nonaka and other members of the Tsukisou no Kai, a group of local female volunteers, have recreated the flavors of the time as best as they can, based on readings from the Manyoshu and literature, while cooking them using cooking methods that suit modern palates. There is. The ingredients are all fresh and locally grown, including wild flowers that grow within the park, those picked from the fields of members and local farmers, and those that are picked deep in the mountains.
The menu changes with the changing seasons, allowing you to fully enjoy the bounty of the season. It's a valuable store that you'll want to visit every month.

Just a part of Manyoshoku. The store offers this and a few more items at a reasonable price of only 1500 yen.

Manyotei is located inside Manyo-no-Mori Park. In the summer, you can eat wild eel purchased directly from local fishermen at surprisingly low prices.

Activities of "Gekso no Kai" by local female volunteers. They often venture into the fields and mountains in search of ingredients.

*From the article “Introducing the winners of The Worker of the Year 2017”