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A top-class exclusive sushi restaurant packed with reservations daily and many foreign repeat customers

Established an independent restaurant after training at a famous sushi restaurant in Kitashinchi. The owner, who has experience making sushi abroad, is familiar with foreign customers so many of them come to the restaurant more than once during their stay in Japan. At the painstakingly polished hinoki cedar counter, he offers sashimi, finger foods, and sushi with perfect timing. An excellent sushi restaurant to experience the soul of Japanese sushi artisans and services to treat your five senses.

Kyoto cuisine and dances by Maiko. A hidden gem in Kyoto offering experiences with Geisha.

A famous restaurant-ryokan, near Yasaka Shrine, where you can enjoy Kyoto cuisine while watching traditional dances and chatting with Maiko. It offers opportunities to take pictures with Maiko and to experience playing games with Geisha. To overcome the handicap of being far from the ocean, Kyoto cuisine traditionally features limited ingredients including local vegetables and salted, dry foods. Cooking techniques were developed to make these limited ingredients into delicious dishes. In its current form, Kyoto cuisine combines Kyoto vegetables, selected seafood and more while taking into account ingredients, characteristics, local culture and climate to craft Kaiseki-style Japanese cuisine. Please enjoy an extraordinary, luxurious evening with Kyoto cuisine and Maiko dances.

Started in 1970. A steak house serving exquisite Kobe beef in Kitashinchi, Osaka.

Kobe beef lined up beautifully in a showcase. Carrying the spirit of the owner, who has chosen this Kobe beef, a specialist chef will prepare it before your eyes. Rather than cooking the beef just once, it will be divided into two portions so it can be carefully cooked and served in appropriate portions. Heartfelt consideration has been taken so that even the drinks available are selected based on the temperature of that day. A veteran steak house where you can experience exquisite ingredients, top-class chefs and an elegant atmosphere.

A veteran restaurant standing as a dignified member of Nishitenma, fragrant with Osaka’s culture and history

Michelin-listed, an elegant atmosphere and flavor is guaranteed. Entering the restaurant overlooking the courtyard, a relaxing Japanese-style space spreads out before you. Passing through the tea room, you’re greeted by the harmony, respect, purity and tranquility of the maccha tea ceremony. Savor Kaiseki-style cuisine that offers the utmost in the essence of Japanese cooking in rooms crafted by Kyoto’s specialty carpenters. A famous restaurant that can treat our customers with the hospitality they deserve.

A Michelin-rated Japanese Kappo-style restaurant, by a chef who opened his own restaurant after 20-years of training in Kitashinchi, Osaka

A hard-to-reserve restaurant on the Michelin list, where the aroma of the broth surrounds you upon entry. Regardless of whether you are a regular, a tourist, or a foreigner, the chef cooks with the idea of “omotenashi (service)” and “ichi go ichi e (cherish every encounter)” to bring out the flavors of the seasonal ingredients. A precious restaurant that allows you to enjoy authentic Kappo-style Japanese cuisine, requiring over 5 hours of preparation, in a relaxing atmosphere.

From 1722, a rare Michelin-rated restaurant that demonstrates “Yusoku Cuisine.”

The owner is the 30th head of the Irima-ryu, which officially inherits the “Shikihocho” ceremony that has been practiced at the Imperial Palace since the Heian period. A rare restaurant that offers a modern take on the traditions and techniques of Yusoku cuisine, to demonstrate the traditional flavors of the Kyoto Imperial Court.

★What is “Shikihocho”?
A celebratory culinary ceremony to prepare fish and birds placed on a large cutting board with only knives, without touching them with hands, and to present them in a celebratory form.

A culinary Geihinkan, a VIP guesthouse, receiving guests from all around the world

As a culinary Geihinkan, “Kyoto Okazaki Tsuruya” has hosted numerous distinguished guests since its start. Its seasonal garden and Sukiya-style building (A Japanese architectural style featuring tearoom-like design) create a scenic beauty. It offers unique and creative dishes crafted with seasonal ingredients from all over Japan. The gate opens to a graceful time, unique to Tsuruya. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Highly regarded by a select few, a Michelin-listed, hidden Kappo-style Japanese restaurant

An unostentatious Kappo-style restaurant, loved by prominent individuals.
Specializing in fresh sashimi, offers a variety of seasonal fresh seafood. Also offers delicious meat dishes, and can accommodate your requests for cooking a particular ingredient. You are sure to be comforted by their sincere service.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A hidden Teppan-yaki-style restaurant in Kitashinchi

As they order Japanese beef according to what best suits the season, you can always enjoy top-class marbled beef. Special attention is paid not just to the meat, but other ingredients, like the Himalayan salt that draws out the umami of the ingredients to their maximum level, are also carefully selected. Please enjoy a moment of supreme bliss where you can experience exquisite marbled beef in its prime.