Venture Up Kissa Mountain For An Unique Dining Experience! (updated)

Are you looking for an interesting eating experience to your friends and your family when you go back home?  Looking for a place that does not skimp out on its portions?  Then, you should climb up to Kissa Mountain in Nagoya.  Kissa Mountain stands out from the rest of the cafes and coffee shops that you find throughout Nagoya.

Kissa Mountain has been a favorite restaurant for the university students who live and go to school in the Yagoto neighborhood due to its "mountain" sized portions of spaghetti and rice pilaf dishes.  In addition to the large portions of food, diners are treated to some bizarre combinations.  This place is infamously known for "sweet tasting" pasta which are plates of spaghetti topped with different kinds of fruits, whipping cream, and even chocolate sauce.  Fear not, they also serve a multitude of different flavor combinations from savory to spicy.  The average pasta or rice pilaf dish costs around ¥700 to ¥900.
               

                                                  The Maestro!

                                      Mexican Rice Pilaf

                                            Spaghetti Carbonara

                                    Chocolate and Banana Spaghetti

If you happen to visit Kissa Mountain on one of Nagoya's hot and humid summer days, you may want to try one of the tower sized shaved iced dishes.  Shaved ice comes in many different flavors ranging from fruit flavors to even a hot spicy mango flavor.  Shaved ice ranges in price from ¥300 to ¥700.  Other desserts include ice cream, parfaits, and cakes.  Even Nagoya's famous kogura toast (小倉トースト), toast topped butter and red bean paste, gets the Kissa Mountain treatment.  To drink, Kissa Mountain offers a variety of different beverages ranging from coffee, soft drinks, and even cocktails.  For all of you soda and squash fans out there, this café offers many different flavors including squid ink and turmeric flavors

                                             The Mayan Pyramid

                                             Kogura Toast!

                                               Nagoya Cider!

Kissa Mountain is located about 8 minutes from Yagoto Nisseki station.  The address is 愛知県 名古屋市 昭和区 滝川町 47-86 (Aichi-ken Nagoya-shi Showa-ku Takikawa-cho 47-48).  They are open from 08:00 to 22:00.  Their website is http://kissamountain.blog61.fc2.com/