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Kikkouen

Rating88SCORE
WHY IT'S A MESHI MAP PICK
Locals keep coming back. That is the real proof.
地元の人が、通い続ける。それが何よりの証明。
Selected for Tabelog Chicken Dishes Top 100 2025 (Tabelog 3.66, 67 reviews).
Yahoo!
Maps 4.21, 10 reviews.
Unique as a farm-direct restaurant operating since 1967.
The only place to raise and cook Highland Cochin (original Nagoya Cochin breed) on-site.
Experience in a 150-year-old farmhouse is non-replicable.
No fake review suspicion.
Confirmed operating as of May 2026 (Ikewon Wonderland official site).
No PR deals.
Remote location, but justified as 'worth the special trip' by multiple independent sources.
Popular Dishes
Highland Cochin chicken net-grilled
高原コーチンの網焼き
Highland Cochin chicken sukiyaki-style hot pot (hikizuri nabe)
高原コーチンのひきずり鍋（すき焼き風）
Cochin set meal (from ¥5,000)
コーチン定食（5,000円〜）
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A chicken specialty restaurant directly operated by Ikegahira Farm, located at 1,100m elevation in the mountains on the Aichi-Nagano border. The farm's purebred 'Highland Cochin' chickens, raised since 1967, are cooked in a 150-year-old farmhouse over an irori hearth and charcoal grill. Signature sukiyaki-style hot pot (hikizuri nabe) and net-grilled chicken draw out maximum umami from this original Nagoya Cochin ancestor. Tabelog Chicken Dishes Top 100 2025 (rating 3.66, 67 reviews). Yahoo! Maps 4.21, 10 reviews. Described as 'one of Japan's finest Cochin chicken experiences.'

"I can't believe such a genuine chicken restaurant exists in such a remote place." "The Highland Cochin hikizuri hot pot is the best chicken dish of my life." "Worth traveling from far away — a taste you can't know unless you come." "The atmosphere, ingredients, and cooking are all on another level." "I'll definitely make the 1.5-hour trip again."

Business Hours
Mon・Tue11:00-14:00
Wed・ThuClosed
Fri – Sun11:00-14:00
Regular Holiday：Wednesday・Thursday（ランチのみ営業）
Phone0565-84-1150Call
Access
About 1.5 hours by car from Nagoya (expressway). Located in mountains at 1,100m elevation on the Aichi-Nagano border. Lunch only, closed Wed/Thu. Fully non-smoking. Parking available. GPS routes may direct through very narrow mountain roads — recommended route via R153 then R101. No English menu. Cash only (please confirm).
1-1 Ikegahira, Onoze-cho, Toyota, Aichi
English Menu：Not AvailableCredit Card：Not Available
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Kikkouen

Rating88SCORE
Popular Dishes
Highland Cochin chicken net-grilled
高原コーチンの網焼き
Highland Cochin chicken sukiyaki-style hot pot (hikizuri nabe)
高原コーチンのひきずり鍋（すき焼き風）
Cochin set meal (from ¥5,000)
コーチン定食（5,000円〜）
Business Hours
Mon・Tue11:00-14:00
Wed・ThuClosed
Fri – Sun11:00-14:00
Regular Holiday：Wednesday・Thursday（ランチのみ営業）
Access
About 1.5 hours by car from Nagoya (expressway). Located in mountains at 1,100m elevation on the Aichi-Nagano border. Lunch only, closed Wed/Thu. Fully non-smoking. Parking available. GPS routes may direct through very narrow mountain roads — recommended route via R153 then R101. No English menu. Cash only (please confirm).
1-1 Ikegahira, Onoze-cho, Toyota, Aichi
Phone0565-84-1150
English Menu：Not AvailableCredit Card：Not Available
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Open in Google MapsView on TabelogOfficial Website
WHY IT'S A MESHI MAP PICK
Why this place makes the list
Locals keep coming back. That is the real proof.
地元の人が、通い続ける。それが何よりの証明。
Selected for Tabelog Chicken Dishes Top 100 2025 (Tabelog 3.66, 67 reviews).
Yahoo!
Maps 4.21, 10 reviews.
Unique as a farm-direct restaurant operating since 1967.
The only place to raise and cook Highland Cochin (original Nagoya Cochin breed) on-site.
Experience in a 150-year-old farmhouse is non-replicable.
No fake review suspicion.
Confirmed operating as of May 2026 (Ikewon Wonderland official site).
No PR deals.
Remote location, but justified as 'worth the special trip' by multiple independent sources.
88SCORE
What a score of 88 means
A measure of whether people truly want to return — not hype. Calculated after removing fake reviews.
Real reputation
Fake reviews removed

A chicken specialty restaurant directly operated by Ikegahira Farm, located at 1,100m elevation in the mountains on the Aichi-Nagano border. The farm's purebred 'Highland Cochin' chickens, raised since 1967, are cooked in a 150-year-old farmhouse over an irori hearth and charcoal grill. Signature sukiyaki-style hot pot (hikizuri nabe) and net-grilled chicken draw out maximum umami from this original Nagoya Cochin ancestor. Tabelog Chicken Dishes Top 100 2025 (rating 3.66, 67 reviews). Yahoo! Maps 4.21, 10 reviews. Described as 'one of Japan's finest Cochin chicken experiences.'

"I can't believe such a genuine chicken restaurant exists in such a remote place." "The Highland Cochin hikizuri hot pot is the best chicken dish of my life." "Worth traveling from far away — a taste you can't know unless you come." "The atmosphere, ingredients, and cooking are all on another level." "I'll definitely make the 1.5-hour trip again."

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