Uka Rokkon

Last update

21 Dec 2021

Gokasho, Higahsi-Omi City, Shiga is where the Omi merchants originated. This restaurant is in a 180-year-old, renovated Omi Merchant’s home. Plenty of Ingredients from the land of the lake, Shiga, are featured to create Shiga’s traditional fermented food.

The ingredients are all from well-known producers. The restaurant also uses wild vegetables from their premises, fish caught in Biwa Lake, and wild game meats such as deer and boars. Enjoy Shiga’s delicacy.

One of the famous dishes is Cured Omi Beef, Tanada Zen. Omi Beef is fermented in the homemade salted bran, and the first serving is the straight beef, for the second serving, with toppings, and for the third serving, with the premium fish soup and rice. There are cacao miso, dried persimmon salty sauce, osmanthus flower syrup and other fermented foods are carefully prepared to bring you heavenly taste.

Photos

Homemade Ayu Narezushi (fermented sushi) is one of the artistic dishes

Wild vegetables from the mountain on the premises are used in the dishes

Natural ingredient from Biwa Lake, snapping turtle, in the nutritious soup

Details

Name in Japanese: 湖香六根
Postal Code: 529-1441
Address: 713 Gokashokawanamicho, Higashiomi City, Shiga
Telephone: 0748-43-0642
Closed: Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Hours: 11:30am-3:00pm, 5:00pm - (Reservation always required)
Budget: Lunch 6,000 yen, Dinner 10,000 yen
Directions: From JR Biwako Line, Notogawa Station, ride Omi Railway Bus for 15 min, Get off at Kawanami and walk for 4 min. Or get off at Plaza Sanpo Yoshi-mae, and walk for 5 min.
Credit Cards: Not accepted
Official Website: Official Website (Japanese)