• Tenshin-an

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Japanese restaurant with vegetarian and vegan dishes. Some dishes use dairy or honey. Address in Japanese; 神奈川県鎌倉市山ノ内7. Open Mon 11:00am-5:00pm, 6:00pm-10:00pm, Wed-Sun 11:00am-5:00pm, 6:00pm-10:00pm. Closed Tue.


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3 Reviews

First Review by Naoko-Idees-Kamakura

frkov

Points +31

Vegetarian
11 Sep 2024

Nice zen-buddhist café/restaurant

Love it here. A peaceful place, staff very polite, tatami, quiet. At the back, there is a meditation chamber available. (!!)

I don’t think they actually serve any meat. Can anyone please check the menu and tell me? (The menu mostly only in Japanese.)

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-11

Tsukimi

Points +5113

Vegan
17 Feb 2024

Nice option

The kenchin onigiri set is the only vegan option on the menu.
Delicious but not very filling and for 1100yen quite expensive I thought. But the old building is very beautiful.
It is possible to have shojin ryori for lunch as well but only for reservation at least 3 days in advance.
The curry is not vegan/vegetarian!
They use meat stock.

Naoko-Idees-Kamakura

Points +76

Mostly Veg
03 Jun 2023

For Kenchin vegetable soup

It used to be the restaurant Hachinoki known for Shojin Buddhist temple cuisine. Since last year, it has been changed to Tenshin-an but keeping almost the same interior decoration for the main hall with tatami and chairs.
For the menu, only 2 choices without meat and fish. Kenchin-jin vegetables soup, 2 onigiri rice balls only with salt and a dish with simmered vegetables (990 yen) or Kenchin-jiru Soba buckwheet noodle (1020). They say that the recipe of Kenchin-jiru is the same as what is served at the Temple Kenchoji.
There are several sweets (Gateau au chocolat, cheese cake, panna cotta, Matcha Ice cream, pudding) but none for vegan dessert. I asked them to add at least one in menu and their answer was "Kaki-gori" ! Only during the summer time (June - August), there will be the Kaki-gori, shaved (snow) Ice with tea matcha, sweet red beans etc.
Located next to the entrance of Kenchoji temple, the first zen temple in Kamakura. It is a nice quick lunch before or after the visit to the temple.

Pros: Good to find vegan menu in Kita-Kamakura, Taste of Kenchin-jiru veggie soup is fine, Located next to Kencho-ji temple

Cons: Only 2 choices of vegan dishes, Many desserts non vegan, Very crowded before 1 pm.




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