![]() They accounted for about 20 percent of all its guests. Hardly a day passed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic without overseas customers visiting. Mitaki-en was listed in the Michelin Guide edition published in 2018 as a “Bib Gourmand” restaurant, which it says offers good value for the money.Īround the same time, a growing number of visitors from abroad visited the restaurant. Word of the eating establishment that is “one with nature” spread among audiences both at home and abroad, though its operators did not indulge in flashy advertisements. Its operators relocated abandoned farmhouses from elsewhere in Chizu onto the plot of land in an untouched forest to prepare the restaurant complex. She said the restaurant’s tempura of edible wild plants tasted fantastic. Shum Kit Ying, another member of the group, also appeared content. He said he had long wanted to come here after he learned online about the restaurant, with its unique concept of being in a forest and using ingredients grown or caught locally. Hamish Lam, a member of the group, appeared excited. On a recent day, a group of four people from Hong Kong were eating lunch at Mitaki-en. One person from abroad visiting the area declared it was Hayao Miyazaki's world, in reference to the anime maestro who co-founded the famed anime studio. The view of the complex in the heart of nature has led many visitors from abroad to recall scenes from Studio Ghibli’s animated films. ![]() Restaurant workers in cooking aprons carried cherry salmon, hot from the oven, and other dishes to the tables. More than 10 Japanese bantam chickens were seen crowing and cackling loudly as they ran about in a moss-covered yard. Old thatched-roof private houses dot the premises of the restaurant under a thick foliage of trees.Ī brook that runs between the houses drives a water mill while also chilling beers and soft drinks that have been placed into the cold waters. ![]() People visit this valley from abroad to eat lunch at Mitaki-en, which bills itself as a restaurant offering “mountain village” cuisine. ![]() With the novel coronavirus pandemic past its most acute stage, inbound tourists are returning to the ravine lying deep in the mountains to experience nation's offering.Ī typical starting point for traveling to the Ashizu valley, as the valley is called, is Chizu Station in Chizu, Tottori Prefecture.Īn approximately 20-minute car ride along a river, which supplies sand to the Tottori Sand Dunes some 30 kilometers to the north, takes the traveler to the valley, also in the town of Chizu, close to the border with Okayama Prefecture. CHIZU, Tottori Prefecture-Drawn by scenery reminiscent of Studio Ghibli films, a remote valley in this western town is attracting an audience of overseas visitors despite few Japanese knowing about the place. ![]()
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