In Fukui, there's a place where you can enjoy eating 'horse meat' IF you'd like to enjoy it... The Japanese restaurant 'Umano-Ya', literary, 'The House of Horses' or 'The Stable' was originally just a restaurant which served tasty Japanese dishes. But when the owner named the restaurant, since his name is '平馬 (heima, peaceful horse?)', he named it after his name, horse. However, whenever customers came, they inquired if the restaurant would serve horse meat or not, and upon learning it didn't, they were disappointed. So, the owner decided to serve horse meat to satisfy customers' expectation! Although I've never tried the horse-meat dishes here (sorry! I'm conservative!), if you'd like to try something unusual or interesting, do come and give it a go! The horse meat here is directly delivered from Kumamoto prefecture, which is famous for horse-meat. Those who'd like to eat conservatively can enjoy various kinds of tasty Japanese dishes here as well! The price is around 3,000 each. Umano-Ya is also open at lunch time.
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Restaurant "Umano-Ya" (The Stable)
Rare place where you can eat horse meat in Fukui!

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Horse meat sashimi (raw, sliced horse meat)!

Entrance of Umano-Ya; The Stable

Lit-up entrance of Umano-Ya

Stylish furniture and flowers decorate the restaurant

Menu of Umano-Ya. A variety of horse-meat dishes is available

Appetizer. It will be served with any and all alcohol drinks

One of the private rooms. Every room is private here!

Stewed pork and boiled egg

One of the tatami-mat floor rooms

Assortment of Tenpura, my favorite!

Tatami-mat floor room sits about 10 people

Counter seats. There are Fukui local Sake bottles on the shelf

Restaurant's manager Mr. Nanbu. He used to be a sommelier, but wanted to learn about Japanese cuisine, and now...here he is!

Wooden corridor leading to each of the private rooms
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