Ukai Toriyama: Booking and the Free Shuttle From Takaosanguchi

Ukai Toriyama (うかい鳥山) is a restaurant in a large Japanese garden in the hills near Mt. Takao. It serves chicken and wagyu grilled over charcoal at an irori hearth, in private tatami-floored rooms. It’s a set-course meal for a special occasion. Courses start at ¥8,800 (weekdays only), plus a service charge. A free shuttle bus leaves from in front of Takaosanguchi Station at :00, :20 and :40 past the hour, and you don’t need to book it. You should book the meal itself, which you can do online up to three months ahead.

All details below are from Ukai’s official pages as of October 2026.

Getting there: the free shuttle

	Times	Notes
Takaosanguchi Station → Ukai Toriyama	Every hour at :00, :20 and :40, from 10:00 to 19:00	If you want a bus at 19:20 or later, call the restaurant first
Ukai Toriyama → Takaosanguchi Station	Every hour at :10, :30 and :50, from 12:30 to 20:50

• No booking needed for the bus.
• Getting to Takaosanguchi: take the Keio Line from Shinjuku (新宿) to the last stop. Ukai’s page also gives the JR route: JR Chuo Line to Takao (高尾), then one stop on the Keio Line. See the Mt. Takao day trip guide.
• By car: about 3 minutes (1.3 km) from the Takaosan IC on the Ken-O Expressway.
• Address: 3426 Minami-asakawa-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo.

Hours and closed days

	Hours
Weekdays	Lunch 11:30–14:30 (last order), dinner 17:00–21:00 (last order 18:30)
Saturdays, Sundays, holidays	11:00–21:00 (last order 18:30)
August to end of October	Last order 18:00 every day
Closed	Tuesdays (varies by season) and the New Year holidays

Check the closing-day calendar on the official site before you go. Hours differ for special events. During the firefly season (in 2026, May 27 to August 2) only a special course was served after 17:30.

Courses and prices

Prices from Ukai’s Japanese menu page, tax included, service charge extra:

Course	Price	Notes
Irori charcoal-grilled chicken skewer course	¥8,800	Weekdays only
Irori charcoal-grilled beef and chicken course	¥11,000
Irori charcoal-grilled beef course	¥14,300
Tori tokusen (special chicken course)	¥16,500	Book at least 3 days ahead. Staff grill skewers in front of you
Children’s set (o-kosama-zen)	¥4,620
Gassho-zukuri hoba-yaki lunch	¥5,500	Weekdays only. See below
Duck sukiyaki hotpot	¥11,000	Winter only

Notes from the menu page:

• Everyone at a table orders the same course.
• On the chicken courses, the skewers are now served as sliced chicken that you grill yourself at the table.
• The menu changes with the season and what’s available.
• Drinks start at ¥1,100 for a beer and ¥1,430 for a glass of sake.

We couldn’t find the service charge rate on the official pages. Ask when you book.

The weekday gassho-zukuri lunch

The restaurant’s symbol is a gassho-zukuri thatched farmhouse that was moved here from Gokayama in Toyama in 1968. It’s normally used for weddings and events. On weekdays, it hosts a special lunch:

• ¥5,500 (tax included, service extra). The menu includes a seasonal starter, soba with tempura, chicken grilled on a magnolia leaf with miso (hoba-yaki), kenchin soup, barley rice with grated yam, and a sweet. You can switch to wagyu rump for ¥1,650 more.
• 11:30–15:00, last order 14:00.
• Shared rooms, up to 4 people per table.
• Junior high school age and up only. Children must eat the same food as adults.
• No allergy changes.
• Booking opens one month ahead, online or by phone.
• After lunch you can look around the exhibits on the second and third floors.

How to book

• Online: through the official reservations page, from three months before your date until 10:00 on the day.
• Phone: 042-661-0739 (from overseas +81-42-661-0739). Groups of 9 or more should phone, because tables are limited.
• Seating: all rooms have tatami floors with chairs. There are no sunken or floor seats.
• Cards: Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Amex, Diners, UnionPay.
• English: Ukai’s English page explains the courses and booking.

Cancellation policy (Japanese reservation page):

	Course booking	Seat-only booking
Cancel the day before	50%	¥6,000 per person
Cancel on the day	100%	¥12,000 per person
Groups of 10+	An extra 30% from 6 days before	An extra ¥1,800 per person from 6 days before

There is no fee if public transport stops or the weather makes it hard to get there.

Ukai’s English page lists older cancellation fees for seat-only bookings in one of its two tables. The Japanese reservation page above is the current one. Check the terms shown when you book.

The Keio visitor set with a meal

Keio sells a digital set for overseas visitors on KKday called Mt. Takao + Keio 1-day Ticket – Ukai Toriyama. It includes the Keio one-day pass, a round trip on the Takao cable car or lift, and a voucher for the Charbroiled Beef & Chicken Course. The launch price in May 2025 was ¥14,610 for ages 12 and up.

Booked separately, the same things cost ¥1,000 (day pass) + ¥980 (cable car round trip) + ¥11,000 (course) = ¥12,980, plus Ukai’s service charge. The set’s advantages are paying once, in English, before your trip. Before buying, check on the product page how your meal time is booked. Our Keio one-day pass guide covers all the Keio visitor sets.

Keio’s news release links to the sales page.

Fitting it into a Takao day

• Lunch after a morning hike: cable car up at 8:00 or 9:00, summit, down by about 12:30, then the shuttle at :00, :20 or :40.
• Early dinner: hike, have a soak at Gokurakuyu next to the station, then a 17:00 table. See our Gokurakuyu guide.
• Autumn: Ukai’s gassho lunch page mentions autumn leaves seen from the farmhouse’s large windows. The leaf season is also the mountain’s busiest time, so book early. See Mt. Takao autumn leaves.

Ukai’s English page describes the garden as about 20,000 m², with separate traditional buildings for the private rooms.