The chef, Junichiro Horie, worked in Italy for many years and achieved One-star in the famous restaurant guide in 2004 as the first Japanese chef.
The setting is an authentic old samurai residence. Nara’s local ingredients and other carefully selected products from around the world are combined and presented in their Italian dishes. Check their fulfilling and extensive wine list.
Reservation required.
- Item
- Italian cuisine
- Tel
- +81-742-93-8300
- Open
- For Lunch 11:30-15:00,
For Dinner 18:00-22:00 - Holiday
- irregularly
- Official site
- http://i-lunga.jp/
Shop&Restaurant
- Osaka’s time-honored soba buckwheat noodle shop offering delicious soba in Nara.
- Kurokawa Honke, founded in 1615, is the time-honored shop specializing in kudzu (plant producing starch) products in Yoshino mountain area in the southern part of Nara.
- Seasonal and safe vegetables, Nara’s specialties and products are all here; fresh, delicious, and reasonably priced as they are brought directly from the farms.
- Specializing in hand-woven linen products, Ban-INOUE suggests a lifestyle cherishing “traditional culture and material from Nara.”
- Homemade sweet caramel custard will remind you of nostalgic childhood. Try our caramel custard and feel warmth and gentleness.
- A variety of sweets using Nara’s yam and Yoshino kudzu (starch) respecting Nara’s local climate and seasons.Names of sweets derive from ancient Man-yo-shu (anthology of poems from the 7th century).
- A relaxing and casual cafe produced by the owner of the exclusive Italian restaurant, Ristorante i-lunga.
- Nara’s souvenirs and tastes are all here for tourists and locals.A number of Nara’s original character goods(including Nara’s official mascot character, Sento-kun), snacks, accessories and specialties are all under one roof at Naraya.
- Yume-Kaze Plaza’s original design T-shirts (limited production) are available. A variety of fun outdoor events will be held occasionally.
- Kakinoha sushi and Izasa sushi, a Nara specialty originating from the food tradition deep in the ancient Yoshino and Kumano mountains.
- The chef, Junichiro Horie, worked in Italy for many years and achieved One-star in the famous restaurant guide in 2004 as the first Japanese chef.
- Outside is crispy and inside is fluffy. TEN.TEN.CAFE selects the finest ingredients for the best waffles. Sauces, jams and even ice creams for topping are all homemade. Live music and rakugo (traditional comical story-telling performance) event will be organized in the café.