Magazzino: Wood-Fired Pizza in Kashiba
Reserve a Neapolitan-style pizza meal between JR Goido and Kintetsu Taimadera, with lunch and dinner conditions that differ by day.
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Magazzino is an independent Kashiba pizzeria with a wood-fired menu and a strong connection to its own vegetable growing. It can serve as a meal stop on a western-Nara rail route, but the restaurant is not beside either station. The operator gives different lunch and dinner windows, makes Monday and Friday normally lunch-only and puts reservations first. A useful visit starts with the day of the week and the train walk, then chooses a pizza or set meal. Ingredient choices, course prices and table availability should be checked at booking rather than inferred from a tourism directory entry.
Choose pizza, a set or a longer meal
The restaurant presents 30-centimetre pizzas with tomato, cheese and cream bases, alongside pasta and side dishes. Its current lunch page displays an A pizza set at ¥2,530 including seasonal soup or salad and a drink; a B set at ¥3,190 adds an appetizer and dessert. Both include a pizza priced up to ¥2,090, with a surcharge for a dearer choice. Weekday pasta A and B lunch examples are ¥2,200 and ¥2,970. Those are operator-posted, tax-included planning examples checked 19 October 2026, not a guarantee that the exact dish, ingredients or price will remain available.
Treat the vegetable story precisely
Magazzino describes growing some vegetables for its cooking and adapting dishes to harvest. That is an appealing way to taste seasonality in a pizza meal, but it does not mean every ingredient is local, farm-grown or organic. The menu also includes cheese, seafood and meat across its dishes. A vegetable topping does not establish vegetarian, vegan, halal or allergy-safe preparation; ask for the actual dough, sauce, stock, toppings and cross-contact procedure for the meal you order.
Reserve the right time slot
The operator lists lunch 11:00–15:00 with last order 14:00 and dinner 17:30–21:00 with last order 20:00. Monday and Friday are generally lunch-only, Wednesday closed, and a holiday may change Monday or Friday dinner service. Its preferred reservation starts are 11:00, 12:00 or 13:00 at lunch and 17:30, 18:30 or 19:30 at dinner. Walk-ins depend on table capacity; same-day bookings are by phone only. The site also warns of 90-minute seating during busy periods and says lunch credit-card payment is unavailable. Confirm an unusual day directly rather than trusting a weekly rule alone.
Separate ordinary dinner from a special course
A pizza dinner is different from the operator's weekday two-person evening course, listed at ¥11,000 for two. That course needs booking at least three days ahead, begins no later than 18:30 and may not run if farm supply is insufficient. A weekday lunch pair course is listed at ¥8,360 for two, with last ordering at noon. Takeaway pizza is described separately on the menu, with packaging charges; ask whether your chosen pizza and collection time are possible. The restaurant says JR Goido is about 15 minutes on foot and Kintetsu Taimadera about 14 minutes, so leave time for the unlit or unfamiliar return walk after dinner.
What to look for
Wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza and seasonal vegetable dishes
Clear choice of single pizza, lunch sets and advance-booked pair course
A rail-access meal stop between JR Goido and Kintetsu Taimadera
Photo notes
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Sources & editorial status
Original MyNara draft based on the linked sources. Sources reviewed 19 October 2026. Opening arrangements, prices and offers may change; use the operator's current information before travelling.