Kyoto Chinese Hamamura
If your image of Chinese food is that of the famous Chinese restaurants in Yokohama Chinatown, then Chinese fo …
Seizan Soudou
A certain day in February, 1991. On this day in Arashiyama, Kyoto, the weather was clear but with a touch of s …
Benten no Sato
Having had a taste of Taicha Fukuno’s egg on rice (TKG) the other day, I searched the Internet for anoth …
Tenobe Tonkatsu Sanpei
Did you know that there is a famous tonkatsu restaurant in a very ordinary residential area called Kamikatsura …
Kuishinbo Yamanaka
The steakhouse “Kuishinbo Yamanaka” in Katsura, Kyoto, has been revered as a “sacred place f …
Komugi no Kirameki
Taiwanese mazesoba actually originated in Nagoya, not Taiwan… According to Wikipedia, a certain ramen restaura …
Tsurumen
Katsura, a bedroom town in the western part of Kyoto City, is a place where the locals complain that there are …