Using our phones to navigate us around random suburban hills and...















Using our phones to navigate us around random suburban hills and dark alleys, my boyfriend read me restaurant reviews about how great Okariba (お狩り場) was going to be. The internet said that much of the menu was seasonal, the chef was a hunter and served what he hunted, and that you could ask for big bottle of sake to your table and drink as much of it as you’d like. 

When we finally found the restaurant, I was nervous to sit down. The ambience was rustic and there were only a few people there. Until we got the menus, I had no idea if we were even in the right place. There’s something nerve-wracking but exciting about not knowing what’s really going on. The owner-chef spoke very little English, but he was friendly. He tried to show us a magic trick but we just ended up being confused. 

We did have a big bottle of sake at our table. I have no idea how much we drank or how much it was. We ate venison sashimi and crunchy grasshoppers. I backed out of eating the horse sashimi at the last minute just because.

Could have been the sake and the atmosphere, but it was one of the best meals and nights I’ve ever had.

Address: Japan, 〒606-8332 Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto 左京区岡崎東天王町43-4 レジデンス岡崎1F

Phone: +81 75-751-7790

Hours: 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm

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Hi, I'm Stacy. I'm from Portland, Oregon, USA, and am currently living in Busan, South Korea. Check me out on: Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, Lastfm, and Flickr.