HAKKO HOUSE

Taste Of Tokyo

recipes have been passed down through generations of Renata’s Japanese ancestors, reignited with a modern British touch....

Frome’s favourite Japanese restaurant Hakkō House goes from pop-up to permanence at Marston Park.

Born in their home town of Frome in the summer of ‘21, Renata and James started their Japanese popup, Hakkō House, creating food that is beautiful to see, delicious to eat, and kind to the body!

Their Hakkō House ethos has always been to make authentic Japanese food with love, care and only the best local ingredients, with a focus on fermentation, using ancient Japanese methods to ensure that their food supports your microbiome.

Renata’s Japanese heritage and upbringing in a home filled with incredible Japanese food (cooked by her mother, a private chef) ignited her ikigai (life’s passion). Many of the recipes have been passed down through generations of Renata’s Japanese ancestors, reignited with a modern British touch as they develop and put their own twists on these recipes.

Passionate about being part of their Frome community, they initially launched as a Friday night takeaway offering, which quickly progressed into pop-ups, a market and festival offering - getting a slot at Frome’s sought-after Independent market and local festival Shindig. They have steadily created such a great name for themselves, that it was only a matter of time before they found their more permanent home. with beautiful ingredients including sustainably sourced salmon, wild linecaught bass and local smoked trout.

Approached to become the onsite restaurant at the wonderful location of Marston Park, Renata and James are thrilled to be part of such an exciting and dynamic venue. The brand new Hakkō House restaurant is set in a converted shipping container nestled in the beautiful woodlands, with stunning views overlooking the lake. Dinein is recommended for the full intimate dining experience and for the full menu.

The restaurant menu will be seasonally focused, and they will continue to serve their well-loved variety of sushi - with beautiful ingredients including sustainably sourced salmon, wild line-caught bass and local smoked trout. Alongside the sushi, they will serve many other wonderful Japanese dishes including the beautifully succulent fried chicken and tofu karaage, handmade gyoza with a chilli vegetable dipping sauce, wakame & cucumber salad and delicious puddings including matcha tirimasu and yuzu sorbet. Additionally, there will be a smaller takeaway menu that you can eat onsite wherever you like! This menu will include their market favourites Ōkī maki rolls, and frozen sake cocktails!

Alongside the restaurant, Hakkō House will also be running the onsite café offering Japanese-inspired cakes and biscuits from Frome’s favourite Hoolee’s Goodies, beautiful teas from the thoughtful beings at Comins Tea House, and coffee perfection from Clifton Coffee.

Hakk Ō House –Restaurant

Dine in for the full menu and experience (booking advised) or Takeaway small plates.

Summer opening hours – May to October

Thursday to Saturday – 5.30pm to 10pm

Both the restaurant & café are open to everyone and whilst booking is recommended for the restaurant, the café is open daily so just drop in. And remember, there are no admission fees to pay to visit Marston Park so you can pop by anytime!

Hakk Ō House –Café

Hot and cold drinks with light bites

Based in and around the terrace.

Summer opening hours – May to October

Monday to Sunday – 8am to 4pm

Mon 1

Bank Holiday

Mayday Dawning

Silk Mill, 6am, Free

The Naff Art Club!

The Three Swans, 7.30pm, Free

Mon 8 Bank Holiday

Wed 3

Artist Gatherings: Making things happen Terrestrial @ Makers Yard, 5.30 - 7.30pm, Free

FMTC present:

School of Rock

Memorial Theatre, 7pm, £18

Frome Stitch Club

Black Swan Arts, 7 - 10pm, £4

Trudoxhill Session

The White Hart, 7.30pm

Wed 10

Belt making course

Badger House Leather @ Black Swan Arts, 6-9pm, £65

Paul Young: Behind the Lens Memorial Theatre, 7.30pm, £30

Iain Ballamy

Bar Lotte, 7.30pm, Free

Great Freedom Frome Film Club @ Merlin Theatre 8pm, £6.50

Tue 16

Heritage Café

Cheese & Grain, 11am - 12.30pm, Free

DramaKarma presents:

Two Thousand Days

Frome History Festival @ Rook Lane

7.30pm, £8

Memoir Writing Workshop

Bath Festival @ American Museum 10.30am -12.30pm, £15-£40

Tue 23

Film screening: Mayor Friends of Palestine Holy Trinity Church Hall

7.30pm, £4

Wed 17

Kate Rusby Cheese & Grain, 7pm, £31.50 adv

Rosco Shakes Bar Lotte, 7.30pm, Free

Pop Quiz The Three Swans, 8pm, £1 p/p

Thu 4

Trio Paradis: Fantasies, Serenades & Scherzos

Christ Church, 1.15 - 2pm, Free

Spotlight Talks: Rodney Graham Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 2 - 2.30pm, Free

Shared Garden Showcase, plant swap Gardening Together @ Pure Moves, 6.30 - 7.30pm, Free

Hothouse Flowers

Cheese & Grain, 7pm, £39 adv

Thu 11

Potent Plants & Altered States

42 Acres, 10.30am, £42

DIY hot sauce & fermented condiments workshop Get Pickled @ Lo Rapitenc, 6pm, £45

Dying Matters

The Good Heart, 7.30 - 9pm, Free

Thu 18

Wildlife by Water

Frome Town Council @ Vallis Vale 2.30 - 3.30pm, Free

A Greek Tragedy: Wine Tasting

Eight Stony Street, 7 -9.30pm, £35

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies Merlin Theatre, Thu, 18, 7pm, £16

Garden of Madness, Pete the Temp & friends 23 Bath Street, 7pm, £10

Wed 24

A-Z of Frome: illustrated talk by David Lassman Avanti School, 6 - 7.30pm, Free

Iain Ballamy Bar Lotte, 7.30pm, Free

Super Club with Bita Fallah The Talbot Inn, Mells, 7pm £45

Trad Jazz, New Academic Feetwarmers The Three Swans, 8pm, Free

Wed 31

Mark Lewis Heavenor Bar Lotte, 7.30pm, Free

Thu 25

Food as Medicine

42 Acres, Thu25, 10.30am - 3pm, £100

I love you MumI promise I won’t die Merlin Theatre, 7pm, £15

FRI

5

Mojo Moves RISE Frome, 9.30 - 10.15am, £7.50

Frome First Fridays Black Swan Arts, 6 - 8pm, Free

Roller Disco (Over 18’s)

Cheese & Grain, 8 - 11pm, £15 (incl skates)

Froome Freak 2

The Loft @ 23 Bath Street, 8pm - 1am £7.50 adv

Fri 12

Alfie Moore: Fair Cop Unleashed Merlin Theatre, 7.30pm, £18

Gary Davies: BBC Sound of the 80s Live Cheese & Grain, 8pm, £25

Sour Apple

The Crown, Keyford, 8.30pm, Free

Fri 19

Preview Evening: Lotte Scott Long Gallery @ Black Swan Arts, 6 - 8pm, Free

Folk & Roots Open Mic

The Vaults @ Bennett Centre 7.30 -10.30pm, £3

The Dusk-Eyed Queen:

Kamilla Arku Cooper Hall, 8pm, £15

The South Cheese & Grain, 8pm, £26.50 adv

Fri 26

Rhys James: Spilt Milk

Wells Comedy Festival weekend 7pm, £16

The Urban Voodoo Machine & Kristeen Young

The Tree House, 7pm, £16

LGBTQ monthly social Flow Bar, 7.30pm, Free

Marti Pellow - Pellow Talk Memorial Theatre, 7.30pm, £30

SUN 21

Sat 6

Coronation of King Charles

Lawless: Freewriting and art journaling

The Write Place @ Black Swan Arts 10am - 1pm, £35

WHY Tea Party (fundraising packs), Various hosts

Jah Wobble & the Invaders of the Heart Cheese & Grain, 7.30pm, £22 adv

Sat 13

Open Day Memorial Theatre, 10am - 1pm, Free

Frome International Climate Film Festival

The Granary @ George Hotel 11am - 11pm, Free

Live Poetry & Open Mic Night with Isabella Dorta River House café @ Black Swan Arts

6.30pm, £10.99

Open Road

The Sun, 8.30pm, Free

Sat 20

Local History Day Frome Library, 10am - 3pm, Free

Children’s Art & Craft classes

Jo Joof @ Black Swan Arts, 11am -12pm, £5

Pomona Supper Club Bennett Centre, 6.15 - 11pm, £60

That’ll Be The Day Memorial Theatre, 7.30pm

Sat 27

Plant Sale: Frome Selwood Horticulture Society Selwood School, 27, 9.30am

Forage & Ferment (wild flowers) Get Pickled @ Redford House 10.30am - 3.30pm, £80

Lindisfarne

Cheese & Grain, 7.30pm, £27.50 adv

Night River presents: The Burning Hell

The Treehouse, 7.30pm £13.50

STREET PARTIES | SAT 6

Sun 7

Magpie Market

Cheese & Grain, 9am - 2pm

The Frome Independent Town Centre, 10am - 3pm, Free

Spotlight Talks: The New Bend Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 2 - 2.30pm, Free

Madlox Bar Lotte, 5.30pm, Free

Sun 14

Pilgrimage to Bath Abbey Focus Frome (start), 8am - 4pm

Flea Market & Craft Fair Frome Showground, West Woodlands, 9am - 3pm, £1

Buffalo Gals: Bluegrass string-band Sunday Social Merlin Theatre, 2pm, £14

Alan Power Bar Lotte, 5.30pm, Free

Sun 21

Open Water Weekend (PADI) Vobster Quay Inland Diving Centre, 7am - 4pm, various

Dip Your Toe In Farleigh Hungerford Wild Swimming Club, 9.30 - 10.30am, £30

Rare Plant Fair

American Museum, 10am - 5pm, £7.50

Illyria presents: Robin Hood Merlin Theatre, 4pm, £18

Masa Bar Lotte, 5.30pm, Free

Sun 28

Frome Spring Vegan Fair

Cheese & Grain, 10am -3pm, £2

Richard Herring

Cedars Hall, Wells Comedy Festival 1pm & 5pm, £18 / £12

Summer Wine & Cheese Fair Eight Stony Street, 3 - 8pm, £15

Open Gardens

Nunney, 11am - 5pm, £10 (charity)

Your home spruce up solved

Lilly Dixon joined the family home maintenance company in 2014. Coming into an industry dominated by men, the main thing holding her back was an assumption that she would be treated as less because she was a woman. What she actually found, on the whole, was huge respect, massive support and generous guidance from the men she came across.

When Lilly’s dad retired from the company, it made sense for her to offer a safe platform for other women to experience what she had experienced and to bring this natural and productive balance into the industry. This was not about fighting to earn their place as women, but more about becoming empowered to take the place that is already there.

Lillypads, while a female-led decorating company, is not exclusively female, and they work closely with male-run companies. Lilly believes that ‘the best harmony is when the two are balanced. We work better, together’. Having been lucky enough to learn her trade amongst family, she now carries this value into Lillypads. Encouraging more women into the industry continues to bring things into balance and she is very proud to be a part of this: ‘I only hope that someone now designs a steel toe-capped boot smaller than a size 7 and in colours other than pink.’

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