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CUCINA MARCHIGIANA / SHIZUOKA
Come and discover flavors
you have never tasted
The Marche, in central Italy.
We cook the home-style dishes of a region hardly known in Japan,
using vegetables from Shizuoka as well.
An Italian restaurant in Takajo, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, 3 minutes on foot from Hiyoshicho Station.
- Opening hours
- Lunch 11:00–14:00 (last order 13:00)/Dinner 17:00–22:00 (last order 20:00)
- Closed
- Wednesdays and occasional other days
- Phone
- +81-54-266-3995
BENVENUTO / About usA small restaurant with 14 seats
My passion for cooking was sparked by my grandmother’s home cooking, and I went on to train in Italy. Our whole team looks forward to welcoming you and sharing the flavors of Italy here in Shizuoka.
The chef, who trained in the Marche, serves simple, heartwarming traditional dishes.
Italian-made plates, the colors of the walls and floor, small things brought back from Italy, even the music: please enjoy the atmosphere of a restaurant in Italy along with your meal.
We take great care in seating our guests, staggering arrival times so that we welcome 1 party at a time.
- Seats
- 14 seats (counter and tables)Non-smoking throughout the premises / No private rooms
- Private dining (whole restaurant)
- Book the whole restaurant for 6 or more guestsOnline booking, no later than 1 week before your visitAbout private dining
- Dining with children
- Children below junior high school age are welcome only on “à la carte days” and at private bookings for 6 or more adultsÀ la carte days are held a few times a month, on irregular dates. We announce the dates in the below and on Instagram
- Nearest station
- 3 minutes on foot from Hiyoshicho Station (Shizuoka Railway)8 minutes on foot from Shin-Shizuoka Station / 20 minutes on foot from JR Shizuoka Station
- Parking
- We have no parking of our ownThere are 10 or more coin-operated parking lots in the Takajo area
PRANZO / LunchBy day, come as you are
Everyone in your party will enjoy the same course.
Every course has 5 dishes in total. Along with the dishes from antipasto to dolce, you are served bread made with our homemade yeast, and a drink after your meal. Please book by 21:00 the day before.
CENA / DinnerBy night, travel a little further
In addition to the above, there is a bread and cover charge of ¥800 per person.
You can change 1 primo to our signature dish, “Vincisgrassi alla maceratese”: free of charge with any dinner course, or for +¥550 at lunch.
Whether it is an everyday meal, time with friends and family or an important dinner, we welcome you for every occasion.
The dishes change often with the seasons and what we can source. We cook with the best ingredients of the day, so please leave the choice of dishes to the chef.
We focus on Italian drinks: wines from the Marche, Italian bottled beer and liqueurs, as well as non-alcoholic drinks and caffè made with Italian coffee beans. The full list is on the dinner page.
All lunch and dinner prices include tax.
MARCHE / Marche cuisineThe Marche, still little known in Japan
Set between the Adriatic Sea and the mountains,
it is a quiet land, off the tourist trail.
In Shizuoka, no other Italian restaurant serves the cuisine of the Marche, in central Italy.
Our dishes include “Vincisgrassi alla maceratese,” which shares its name with the restaurant; seafood baked with herbed breadcrumbs; olive all’ascolana (stuffed fried olives); cappelletti in brodo (small filled pasta in broth); fried lamb on the bone; and fried tagliatelle.
Please enjoy Marche cuisine that keeps its traditional techniques and spirit, with a touch of the chef’s own sensibility.
IL NOSTRO PENSIERO / Our philosophyMarche cuisine that starts with the producers,
making the most of ingredients grown with care
We grow some of our vegetables in our own garden, and make our bread, pasta and salsiccia (Italian sausage) in-house.
For prosciutto, duck and fish, we choose products whose makers we know.
We grow our own vegetables because the ones we can buy do not always meet our needs.
In our garden, we grow Italian vegetables that are hard to find in Japan, such as radicchio, radicchio di Castelfranco, fennel and zucchini flowers. We use no pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
PROPRIETARIO / Owner-chefTomoki Masuda
- Beginnings as a cook
- Learned the basics of cooking at French and Italian restaurants in Shizuoka City (around 2005–2012)
- Experience in Tokyo
- Learned authentic Italian cooking at “VACANZA,” a pizzeria and southern Italian restaurant in Ebisu (around 2012–2015). Realizing the importance of training in Italy itself, went to Italy
- Training in Italy
- Stayed in Italy for about 3 years, touring traditional restaurants, mainly in the Marche, and taking cues from starred restaurants and Slow Food guides. Worked at “Galliano,” a seaside restaurant, and “Ponterosa,” a traditional restaurant, both in the Marche. At Ponterosa in particular, through its agriturismo (a farm, guesthouse and restaurant in one), came to know the whole process from producing ingredients to cooking them, in harmony with nature. Living in the Marche deepened a passion for home-grown vegetables and traditional Italian cooking, and brought an awareness of Slow Food (around 2016–2018)
- Opening the restaurant
- After working at restaurants in Shizuoka City, opened “VINCISGRASSI, a Traditional Italian Restaurant of the Marche” in August 2022
- Award
- SILVER at “TERIYAKI BEST RESTAURANT AWARDS 2025” (April 2025)
We accept cash, various credit cards, transit IC cards, iD and QUICPay.
OCCASIONI / For special occasionsPrivate dining, birthdays, Christmas and osechi
Birthday plateA plate with your message for a birthday or anniversary dinner (1 party per day)
Christmas dinnerOur once-a-year Marche Christmas course
Italian osechiOur once-a-year two-tier box of Italian dishes for the Japanese New Year
DOMANDE / Frequently asked questionsQuestions we often get
before booking
Do I need a reservation?
For a table on the same day, please call us to check availability (for dinner on the day, we can only offer the Casual Course).
What is your cancellation policy?
Different rules apply to “à la carte days” and the Christmas course (À la carte days Christmas dinner).
Do you only offer courses?
A few times a month, on irregular dates, we hold “à la carte days.” On these days, both lunch and dinner are à la carte, and we also prepare dishes we cannot serve in our courses. We announce the dates in the at the bottom of the page and on Instagram.
What are à la carte days?
Only on these days are children below junior high school age also welcome. On these days, we do not take course bookings. We do take bookings for à la carte seats (if you are coming with children, please book by phone). We announce the dates in the at the bottom of the page and on Instagram.
Learn more about à la carte days
PRENOTAZIONE
We stagger arrival times so that we welcome 1 party at a time.
For a table on the same day, please call us: +81-54-266-3995 (phone hours 10:00–21:00, except on days we are closed)