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Minoko
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480 Kiyoi-cho, Shimogawara-dori, Gion
tel.: 075/561-0328
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Eastern Kyoto
Sushi/Japanese
Price Category: Expensive
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This former villa is an enclave of traditional Japan, with a simple, austere exterior and an interior of winding wooden corridors, tatami rooms, and a garden. Opened about 70 years ago by the present owner's father, Minoko does its best to retain the spirit of the tea ceremony, specializing in an elaborate kind of kaiseki dinner called cha-kaiseki, usually served at tea-ceremony gatherings and utilizing seasonal ingredients that are beautifully arranged to please both the palate and the eye. If you come for dinner, when only kaiseki is served, you'll eat in your own private tatami room; otherwise, lunch, which is served communally in a large tatami room with a view of a beautiful tea garden, is more economical and less formal but also draws on the tea ceremony for inspiration: The obento lunch box, for example, called chabako-bento, is named after the lacquered box it's served in, which is traditionally used to carry tea utensils to outdoor tea ceremonies. A hiru-kaiseki, or mini-kaiseki set meal, is also available at lunch.
Kaiseki ¥13,000; mini-kaiseki lunch ¥10,000; obento lunch box ¥4,500-¥6,000.
Open: Daily 11:30am-2:30pm and 5-11pm (last order 8pm).
Closed irregularly 3 days a month.
Reservations recommended for lunch, required for dinner.
Credit Cards: AE, DC, JCB, MC, V.
Bus: To Yasaka Shrine/Gion, then a short walk south of Yasaka Shrine.
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