Kyoto, Japan｜Oito

At night, it is a famous counter kappo restaurant that refuses first-time customers. During lunch hours, anyone can enter the store if they line up. The lunch time is short from 12:00 to 13:00, so you need to line up before the store opens. Lunch is an appetizer, 5 oden dishes, seasonal rice and soup for 3,500 yen. Recommended items include slow-cooked beef tendons, radishes, tofu, shrimp yams, and eggs. There are many other things, so it's a good idea to ask the craftsman. In addition, two oden dishes are ordered at a time, and the last is one dish. It is possible to add it, but it will be an additional charge. This is a shop that you should definitely visit when you travel to Kyoto. Enjoy the atmosphere of a long-established counter kappo restaurant. In addition, it seems that the general is currently standing at the counter only at night. There is no lunch service during the summer season (from July to mid-September).

I can only come here for lunch, but the oden is delicious. It is not a Kansai-style soup, but a thicker Kanto-style soup, which is now rare.

It's been a family affair for over 20 years. The interior of the restaurant is casual, and the owner, Mr. Sao, has improved the quality of Kyoto Kappo cuisine at once. He is the son of Toyozo Arakawa, a Living National Treasure who was a pottery master of Rosanjin Kitaoji. The essence of the cuisine is the high quality of each dish in the evening kaiseki. It was once compiled into a book as ``Suntory Kaiseki,'' and had a great influence on Japanese cuisine chefs all over the country. I'm a little worried about the husband's physical condition, but there is no doubt that he is a symbol of the quality of Gion. The price is about 25,000 yen, and it is a stylish place with a salon-like atmosphere. It may be difficult to make a reservation because the number of seats is small and there are many celebrities at night.