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Masuen Bunsuke

Chosen as UNESCO's World Heritage in 1995, the historic village of Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture is a popular touristic spot where many tourists from Japan and from other countries visit. In this historic village of Shikawawa-go, traditional buildings still exist and are occupied by various restaurants and souvenir shops. Masuen Bunsuke is one of them. In fact, it is a very popular place where you can enjoy dishes made of fresh river fishes! Inside the restaurant, which used to be a folk house with a steep rafter roof, you can taste various farm-raised river fishes, such as char, conger and rainbow trout, prepared in many different ways.

(Source: 世界遺産白川郷 ます園文助)

Great fresh river fish!

This restaurant is famous for serving fresh river fish that are farm-raised near the restaurant! The river fish are extra fresh, because they are taken out of the water after an order has been made. Because they are also raised in clean spring water, they don't have the strong smell that river fish usually have. As a result, you can even enjoy them uncooked as sashimi.

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Set menu in which you can enjoy all the popular dishes at once

I strongly recommend that you try "Masuen set menu" (2,420 yen) in which you can try popular dishes of this restaurant: grilled salted char, rainbow trout cooked in sweet sauce and in sashimi, and fried masu trout, etc. The chewy fish meat of rainbow trout tastes amazing particularly in sashimi!

(Source: 食べログ)

Great dishes with char go perfectly with rice

Another recommendation is "Iwana set menu" (1,650 yen) in which you can taste several dishes made of char, including grilled salted char and char cooked in sweet sauce! Both dishes with char go perfectly with the homegrown rice, cultivated with great care by the owner's family!

(Source: 食べログ)

Address
1915 Ogimachi, Shirakawamura, Ono-gun, Gifu
Contact No.
+81-5769-6-1268
+81-5769-6-1268
Access
50-min bus ride from Takayama station on JR Takayama main line, on Nouhi bus on Shirakawa-go line, bound for Shirakawa-go. Get off at "Shirakawa-go" stop. 40-min walk from there.
Opening Hours / Holidays
9:00-20:00 Closed irregularly
Official Website
Time Required
Admission fee

(Source: 世界遺産白川郷 ます園文助)

Great fresh river fish!

This restaurant is famous for serving fresh river fish that are farm-raised near the restaurant! The river fish are extra fresh, because they are taken out of the water after an order has been made. Because they are also raised in clean spring water, they don't have the strong smell that river fish usually have. As a result, you can even enjoy them uncooked as sashimi.

(Source: TMAX530 Bike Touring Blog (^-^)/)

Set menu in which you can enjoy all the popular dishes at once

I strongly recommend that you try "Masuen set menu" (2,420 yen) in which you can try popular dishes of this restaurant: grilled salted char, rainbow trout cooked in sweet sauce and in sashimi, and fried masu trout, etc. The chewy fish meat of rainbow trout tastes amazing particularly in sashimi!

(Source: 食べログ)

Great dishes with char go perfectly with rice

Another recommendation is "Iwana set menu" (1,650 yen) in which you can taste several dishes made of char, including grilled salted char and char cooked in sweet sauce! Both dishes with char go perfectly with the homegrown rice, cultivated with great care by the owner's family!

(Source: 食べログ)