A celebratory kaiseki meal at Sanyo-so "Yuho" in Izu Nagaoka Onsen. A twilight hinting at the arrival of spring. Under a sky gradually turning a soft indigo, the facade of the new building, softly illuminated, quietly emerges. On this day, we visited the historic and renowned inn, "Izu Nagaoka Onsen...".
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At Furuya Ryokan, a hot spring inn in Atami Onsen boasting a history of over 200 years since its founding in 1806, head chef Kazuyoshi Taneda, originally from Miyazaki Prefecture, uses carefully selected ingredients from all over Japan, incorporating new ideas while remaining committed to traditional Japanese cuisine...
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Walking along Shimogawara Street, which leads to Yasaka Shrine (known as "Gion-san"), you'll find the kaiseki restaurant "Gion Nishikawa" quietly nestled in the back of an alley. The owner, Masayoshi Nishikawa, trained for many years at the renowned Gion restaurant "Gion Sasaki" before opening his own restaurant on January 22, 2009...
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Are you familiar with the concept of "Onaoru-dokoro"? Since ancient times, Japanese people have made it a part of their lives to visit shrines to express gratitude and make wishes, receiving the power of the gods. The act of returning to normalcy after completing the important task of visiting a shrine is called "Naoru," and the gods...
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