• Brand Concept
  • Shop Info&Textile mill
  • Menu

Brand Concept

〜Japanese Hospitality〜

 "Nakagawa Masashichi Sabo (Cafe)", a resting cafe serving meals made courteously one by one and high quality teas and freshly made confectioneries in a informal style.
 We provide comfortable and relaxing moment surrounded by the calm, refined Japanese atmosphere.
 We are particular about products quality, and we prepare our Japanese meals, sweets and beverages all very gentle to your body, using strictly the chosen local Nara products and seasonal ingredients.

 "Nakagawa Masashichi Sabo (Cafe)" is a machiya (traditional merchant's house), which has been residing in alleys of refined atmosphere of Naramachi for 120 years.
 There are tatami-seats where you can relax, overlooking the Japanese garden and casual chair seats.
 We are certain that you will be able to spend a relaxing time, and feel free to make yourself at home.
 We will serve you with our sincere hospitality, welcoming you with mixture of old and new for your pleasure.

Yamato Tea Parfait

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Shop Info&Textile mill

Nakagawa Masashichi Sabo (Cafe)
Address
31-1 Ganrincho Nara-shi Nara
Shop Hours
11:30am - 6:00pm
Holidays
Year-end and New Year season
Access
8 minutes walk from Kintetsu Nara station or 12 minutes walk from JR Kansai-honsen Nara station.
Textile mill
The rear part of the main shop used to be a fabric warehouse but has been renovated as a 'textile mill', where you can experience hand-spinning and hand-weaving of ramie.
After lunch at the sabo (Cafe), you will experience the process of making a fabric from asao (hemp rope) at the kura (warehouse) in the rear where the loom has been brought from Tsukigase.
3 days advance reservation necessary.
 
 
Price
3,500yen (tax included)
(Includes Nakagawa Masashichi Sabo's Oju (lunch box), experience of textile mill with a guide, Nara-sarashi ramie guidebook, and hand-woven ramie item to take home for souvenir.)
Capacity
2 to 10 persons
Time schedule
1:00pm~ Lunch
2:00pm~ Experience (30 minutes~1hour)
 
Reservation can be made by phone, e-mail or form.
+081-742-24-2267
naramachi-honten@yu-nakagawa.co.jp
Experience And Lunch Reservation Form
 
【The details of hand-spinning, hand-weaving Nara-sarashi experience】: Experience the process of making a fabric from asao (hemp rope).  (Mainly 'Oumi (spinning)', 'Hesomaki (winding of wefts)', and 'weaving' processes.)
  • Umi (spinning)
    Umi (spinning)
    Oumi (spinning)
  • Hesomaki (winding of wefts)
    Hesomaki (winding of wefts)
    Hesomaki (winding of wefts)
  • weaving
    weaving
    Weaving

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Menu

We introduce to you Nakagawa Masashichi Sabo's standard menu.
Variety of other menus are also available to serve you.
*All prices include tax.

Meals

Oju Lunch (Japanese lunch box)

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Light meals (2:00pm~6:00pm)

Nyumen (boiled Somen noodles) Set

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Sweets

Yamato Tea Parfait

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Beverages

煎茶 月ヶ瀬

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Souvenirs

Furidashi

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