Chugokusai Naramachi Kuko

Chinese · Nara · Michelin One Star · Chef Kazuyuki Miyamoto

One Michelin Star + Green Star Chinese restaurant in Nara's Naramachi district blending Cantonese and Sichuan techniques with yakuzen (medicinal Chinese cuisine) philosophy. Chef Kazuyuki Miyamoto sources from the restaurant's own organic garden and runs a guqin (Chinese zither) ambient dining experience in a historic merchant's house. Cash-only at lunch.

913-2 Kideracho, Nara, 630-8306, Japan, Nara

• Michelin 2025
• Michelin 2024
• Michelin Green Star 2025
• Michelin Green Star 2024

Menu

Tasting Menu

• Yakuzen Dinner Course (7000) — Multi-course yakuzen (medicinal Chinese) dinner blending Cantonese and Sichuan techniques with organic Nara produce. Served on Jingdezhen porcelain to the sound of guqin zither.
• Prix fixe — dim sum course (appetizers, soup, dim sum, finish, dessert) (5000)
• Dim Sum Lunch Course (5000) — Lunch prix fixe: dim sum with yakuzen medicinal soup. Seasonal organic vegetables from the restaurant's own garden. Cash only at lunch.
• Omakase Course (Lunch) (6000)

Wines

• Nara Sake (1500) — Local Nara sake complementing the medicinal Chinese cuisine.
• Shaoxing Wine (2000)

Dishes

• ランチタイムのみ別途追加の有無（麻婆豆冨 (2000)
• Lunch previously offered a dim sum course (前菜・スープ・點心・〆・甜心) at ~ (5000)
• お一人様 (7000)
• Add-on: Mapo Tofu (1600)
• Add-on: Rice (200)
• Mapo Tofu (add-on) (1880)
• Baijiu (1100)

Cocktails

• Chinese Tea (800)

Phone: +81 742-25-6622

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