This is a fantastic lunch spot to head to before or after a visit to the Chiba Prefectural Open Air Museum ( 30 mins drive) OR the Museum of Aeronautical Sciences. (3 mins drive or 16 min walk)
It is called Fuwari and is located in a small town called Shibayama. It is the most delicious farm-to-table buffet restaurant.
*See below for details on the play area just next to the restaurant.
Many of the vegetables are grown locally and I could see immediately why this restaurant is so popular with the locals and I’ve been back a few times since.
This place is such a gem.
You will need to book ahead and you will need to ask a Japanese speaker to make the reservation by phone for you.
This restaurant is open only for lunch between 11am-4pm ( last entry at 2:30pm) and the produce stand next door is open 9am-6pm.
The all you can eat price for adults is 1800 yen, 900 yen for elementary school aged children and 500 yen for children 3 years and older.
The restaurant is technically part of a roadside stop on a country road. So it also has a kids play area.
There is a beautiful grassy area out front, the supermarket overflowing with local and reasonably priced vegetables and even a play area for kids that has been made from one of the old Narita Airport Shuttle carriages. Such a creative and fun way to up-cycle.
And we were so close to the airport that the planes were so close at all times. It was very cool.
See here for more things to do near Narita Airport with kids.
