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Dinner in Takajo, Shizuoka
An Italian restaurant in Takajo, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, 3 minutes on foot from Hiyoshicho Station.
Choose from 3 dinner courses (¥7,900–¥12,800). Guests dining alone are welcome. A bread and cover charge of ¥800 per person is added to the course price.
Dinner is served 17:00–22:00 (last order 20:00). We are closed on Wednesdays and on occasional other days (please check the ). Please book the Casual and Marche Cuisine Courses by 21:00 the day before, and the Special Course by 21:00, 3 days before.
I CORSI
Dinner courses
Dishes are examples and may change depending on what we can source.
Casual Course
¥7,900
- Antipasto: “Karakkaze” prosciutto aged 16 months from RITORNO in Gunma, with radicchio and orange-fleshed melon
- Antipasto: Chilled soup of butternut squash and karagi (a cinnamon) from Okinawa
- Antipasto: Frittata of free-range eggs from the foot of Mt. Fuji
- Primo: Spaghettoni with Sardinian bottarga butter sauce
- Main: Grilled Asagiri Plateau pork shoulder loin with homemade mostarda
- Dolce: Homemade gelato and traditional Italian baked sweets
Marche Cuisine Course
¥9,900
- Antipasto: Galantina of chicken, pork and beef
- Antipasto: Fritto of olive all’ascolana and crema fritta (fried custard)
- Antipasto: Brodetto-style seafood soup
- Primo: Cresc’tajat with rabbit ragù bianco
- Main: Fried lamb on the bone
- Dolce: Anise-flavored milk gelato
Special Course
¥12,800
- Antipasto: Italian buffalo mozzarella with seasonal fruit, and “Karakkaze” prosciutto aged 16 months from RITORNO in Gunma
- Antipasto: Kawanishi Farm Kobe beef tartare with summer truffle
- Antipasto: Grilled red squid with Okinawan tuna bottarga
- Antipasto: Fritto of wild mushrooms gathered at the foot of Mt. Fuji
- Primo: Testaroli (handmade pasta) with homemade pesto alla genovese
- Primo: Verona-style risotto with Amagi shamo chicken broth and red wine
- Main: Grilled Amagi black pork
- Dolce: Homemade gelato and tiramisù
A primo piatto is a starch-based course, such as pasta, risotto or an Italian-style soup.
All prices include tax.
Our pastaEvery dinner course also includes either handmade or dried pasta
The photos show examples of dishes we have served in our courses. What we serve changes depending on what we can source.
VINCISGRASSI ALLA MACERATESE
Our signature dish at dinner: Vincisgrassi alla maceratese
The best-known traditional dish of the Marche region, built up with 8 or more layers of ragù and baked.
This dish is not included in the courses as standard. At dinner, you can change 1 primo to Vincisgrassi alla maceratese free of charge (the change applies to everyone in your party).
Please choose this under options on the booking page (the option to change the course primo to Vincisgrassi).
PANE E CAFFÈ
Bread and caffè at dinner
Our dinner bread is the same as at lunch, baked with our own homemade yeast.
It brings out the flavor of the wheat and complements the food.
Bread is included in the cover charge of ¥800 per person.
Caffè after your meal
For caffè, we serve the coffee the chef liked best of all those tasted while training in Italy, made with an Italian espresso machine.
BEVANDE
Drinks at dinner
All our alcoholic drinks are Italian, because dishes with a strong regional character go best with drinks from the same land. Besides wines from the Marche, we have wines from other regions of Italy, including a few natural wines. You can order the same drinks at lunch.
- Wine by the glass
- We always have 5 wines to choose from across spumante, white and red (sometimes more, depending on the season)from ¥990
- Wine by the bottle
- We always have 20 white and red wines in total (sometimes a few off-menu bottles too, such as rosé or orange wine)from about ¥5,500
- Italian bottled beer
- Nastro Azzurro¥990
- Liqueurs
- Limoncello, Aperol, Varnelli, Frangelico, Amaretto, Visciola (a dessert wine from the Marche), grappa (can be mixed with soda)
- Non-alcoholic
- Homemade drinks, apple and wild blueberry juice from Trentino-Alto Adige, Sicilian blood orange juice, non-alcoholic beer, Italian sparkling water (San Benedetto), oolong teafrom ¥550
- Caffè
- Espresso, americano, black tea
Wine pairing
All prices include tax.
We choose Italian wines to go with your course.
No reservation needed. Please order on the day.
How we choose our wines
We choose our wines by actually drinking them with the food, checking how well they match and which dishes they suit. We keep tasting, drinking and learning for ourselves.
Non-alcoholic
Our non-alcoholic drinks are chosen for how well they go with the food, and we keep them lightly sweet.
Our homemade non-alcoholic drinks are made with a variety of teas, dried fruits, herbs and spices. We focus on aromas you can enjoy with a meal, as you would wine. They contain no additives, no coloring and no added sugar.
ORARIO
Dinner hours and seating
- Location
- 2-18-7 Takajo, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City (directions are at the bottom of this page)
- Dinner hours
- 17:00–22:00 (last order 20:00)
- Closed
- Wednesdays and occasional other days
- Online booking times
- Choose a time between 17:00 and 20:00, in 30-minute steps
- Seating
- 14 seats in total: counter seats (1–6 guests) and tables (2–8 guests). The restaurant is entirely non-smoking and has no private rooms
- Payment
- Cash, credit cards, transit IC cards, iD and QUICPay
- Award
- SILVER at “TERIYAKI BEST RESTAURANT AWARDS 2025” (April 2025)See award details (in Japanese)
Our dining room is about 33 m², so we would be grateful if you could bring as little luggage as possible.
PRENOTAZIONE
Before you book dinner
Booking conditions
- Please book the Casual and Marche Cuisine Courses by 21:00 the day before, and the Special Course by 21:00, 3 days before.
- For a table on the same day, please call us to check availability (on the day, only the Casual Course is available at dinner).
- Guests dining alone are welcome. For 2 or more guests, please choose the same course for everyone in your party.
- A bread and cover charge of ¥800 per person is added to the course price.
- At dinner, too, children below junior high school age are welcome only on our occasional “à la carte days” and at private bookings for 6 or more adults. To visit with children on an à la carte day, please book by phone (+81-54-266-3995), not online.
About à la carte days About private dining - You can change 1 course primo to Vincisgrassi alla maceratese free of charge (again, the same for everyone in your party)
- Dinner is by course only (except on our occasional “à la carte days”). We do not take bookings for a table only, without a course
- Please order drinks separately
- You can add pasta to finish your meal. Each guest can order it individually (30 g, 50 g or 80 g; ¥580 for any size)
Cancellation policy
- All courses: 100% cancellation fee if cancelled on the day
- Private bookings: 100% cancellation fee if cancelled 1 week or less before your visit. Christmas course: 100% cancellation fee from December 15.
Birthday plateAvailable as an option for birthday and anniversary dinners (only 1 party per day)
We will have a table ready for you in the evening and look forward to welcoming you.
At lunchtime, we offer 3 lunch courses (¥4,500–¥8,900).
ACCESSO
Getting here for dinner
We are at 2-18-7 Takajo, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, along the Shizuoka Railway line.
- From Hiyoshicho Station
- 3 minutes on foot (nearest station)
- From Shin-Shizuoka Station
- 8 minutes on foot
- From JR Shizuoka Station
- 20 minutes on foot
- By car
- We have no parking of our own. There is a coin-operated parking lot for 7 cars about 45 m away (1 minute on foot); ¥220 per 40 minutes
The parking lot is not run by the restaurant. Prices and number of spaces are as of September 2026.
We have photo directions from each station.