akordu

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akordu in Nara: Spanish Restaurant with Two Michelin Stars and Gault&Millau 16.5

akordu is a Spanish restaurant at 70-1-3-1 Suimoncho in Nara, Japan, and it holds two Michelin stars (2026) for excellent cooking. The Spanish kitchen works from a single house on the former grounds of Todaiji temple.

A standalone house beneath Mount Wakakusa

The restaurant occupies its own house on the former precinct of Todaiji temple, with Mount Wakakusa rising behind it. Small private parties can be hosted here. A guest room is also available, offering a quiet night and a morning view of the forest, reserved for one group at a time.

Memory, land and the seasons on the plate

The house describes its cooking as a return to memory, rooted in local ground yet refined, with each season shaped by the time, place and people around it. Gault&Millau awarded it 16.5 in 2026. The wine list is noted as interesting.