Kihinkan

During our private tour to Mt Fuji and Hakone Shrine, we've stopped by Soba Kihinkan for a traditional Soba lunch. The restaurant is located inside a traditional japanese house with a beautiful garden. We sat in a private room - the food is delicious! The menu comes in a set and was so tasty! Great ...experience! Would love to visit it again if we're back in the Hakone area.

Visited December 2023

The location, the food and the service are amazing. The restaurant is a traditional styled Japanese house, with stunning garden views and views of the of the valley. The menu is thoughtfully divided into personal menus, including several courses per person. We had the duck menu and the fish menu… a...ll delicious. The service was also top notch, very nice team.

Visited April 2023

■Soba Noodle Course We had a course consisting of appetizer, hot soba noodle, tempura, and dessert. Soba was not extraordinary but nice. Tempura was remarkable. it makes most use of original taste of ingredients such as young corn, maitake mushroom and shrimp. Dessert was bracken-starch dumpling(War...abi-Mochi). Soba-tea went well with above dishes. ■Staffs Staffs were dressed in kimono. They are polite and professional. ■Venue The restaurant uses Japanese traditional house, which was built by a baron in Taisho Era. Sophiscated garden and Mountains can be seen there make the view granduer.

Visited December 2019

The Tenyu organized a quick shuttle ride down the hill to this superh example of Kyoto style building complete with an art gallery and sprawling garden. Little bit of a wait as the restaurant was full. Impeccable service as is par for the course in Japan. The dining are has glass all round with a gr...eat view of the garden. Exquisite starters with an opportunity to grate your own fresh wasabi. A choice of hot or cold soba with tempura,chicken or fish(rainbow trout). Both the soba and the soup had a distinct wood fire flavour and i preferred the hot soba. The sounds of happy patrons slurping away loudly and enthusiastically at their soba in a tribute to the chef took a little getting used to but i soon joined in. Made the soba taste nicer...i think. Superb soba experience!!!

Visited October 2018

The summer house styled in the Kyoto structure with a flower arrangement water basin in the corridor and the inner garden surrounded by the House is really a grandiose style of the people of class who actually had a getaway from Tokyo in the olden days. To be able to eat a soba course for under 4,0...00 Yen with a variety of dishes, then served buckwheat noodles and the soup which the noodles were cooked in and to be able to flavor it with fresh wasabi was exquisite. I sat at a table by the garden whilst it was raining. The garden and the mountains in the background was a great combination that allowed me to relax and enjoy the late morning. I ordered a glass of Japanese plum liquor made from the valley of Odawara which is known for their plum trees. This was good if you like sweet liquor. This place is highly recommended if you want to be pampered Japanese style without having to sit on a tatami floor!

Visited September 2018