I ordered the soy meat karaage combo. The soy meat karaage was delicious. The rice balls that came with the combo were too sour for my liking though.
I also got the matcha brownie, which tasted like it had some pandan in it but I’m not sure—it was good though. But, my favorite was the banana bread. I wouldn’t mind an entire loaf of that. The crazy thing is that both of them were gluten free and they still tasted good!
The best food and service you will get in hakuba. The owner is so lovely. Hot ginger and her soup was incredible and exactly what I needed after a cold day in the mountain. Her sweets are all amazing as well!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
¥1,000–2,000
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Hot Ginger
Great find- awesome coffee, matcha latte and incredible hot chocolate. Friendly staff and lovely vegan lunch/dinner and cakes/cookies. Visited multiple times during my 5 day trip so I could try everything!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
¥1–1,000
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Cookies
Super cute cafe with amazing Matcha Latte, herbal teas, hot chocolate, and fresh baked muffins/brownies.
Very cute atmosphere and super friendly staff
Service
Dine in
Price per person
¥1–1,000
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
What a surprise finding a vegan cafe at the Hakuba snowfield - the set meal of bagel sandwich, soup, and drink is the best option at ¥15 plus tax = ¥16,50. The coffee is good
The vegan option for vegetarians.
Nice curry Japanese style..kare Age is fantastic. Lots of cake and cookies option. They have coffee & alcoholic options in drinks. The brown rice was very well flavour. Kare age is soy meat fried bowl is the best to have . The owner is also vegetarian and she helps a lot. Very nice to meet them . And they are just in skijo so its good option after ski. Thank you very much for vegan & vegetarian people .
GLUTEN FREE!! They have a whole cabinet of brownies, scones, muffins and cookies and all are vegan, and most are gluten free. I tried 4 baked goods and they tended to be light on the sugar, made with high tech quality ingredients - real fruit, nuts etc.
• Apple muffin: 5/5, moist and fluffy
• Sweet potato muffin: 5/5, very moist, nutty
• Matcha brownie: 2.5/5, too dry for a brownie but would be moist for a scone, and the coconut oil or flour overpowered the matcha flavour
• Chai scone: 4/5, very unique flavour good if you like Chai, a bit confusing for me bc it tasted salty
I’ve rated 5/5 as it’s rare to see gf baked goods in Japan, and the muffins were delicious.
