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Carp daikon-wrapped roll, takiawase

A modern take on regional cuisine Original regional dish: carp kanroni, a candied simmered carp Fukushima Prefecture covers a large area, comprising…

• Serves 4 · ¥540

• Cook time 1 hr

Salt-seared bonito with Takaoka fruit-tomato salad, vinegared moray eel, juvenile conger eel with garlic nuta

This is the vinegared dish from Kochi's New Year cuisine. As for the salt-seared bonito — katsuo no tataki, Kochi's signature dish, is usually eaten…

• Serves 1 · ¥750

• Cook time 40 min

Eel temari sushi

This is the rice course of the summer menu. This time we chose eel temari-zushi. The hotel where I work receives many guests from overseas, so…

• Serves 1 · ¥200

• Cook time 30 min

Tilefish grilled with edamame paste, wagyu roast wrapped in lettuce

This is the grilled course of the summer menu. For the grilled tilefish with zunda, the skin side of the tilefish is lightly seared, then coated with…

• Serves 1 · ¥400

• Cook time 30 min

Seared sweetfish sushi

As a fresh exploration of aroma, I set out to express ayu's refreshing fragrance and umami by using the whole fish without waste. I thought of ayu as…

• Serves 4 · ¥1,600

• Cook time 20 min

Whitefin trevally grilled with kabusecha tea

This is the grilled course. For ‘Kakuaji Grilled with Kabusecha Tea,’ I use kakuaji, a rare local fish also called white trevally, in a dish that…

• Serves 1 · ¥650

• Cook time 2 hr

Shijimi clam Inaniwa udon (mitsuba, julienned ginger, yuzu)

Boiling the udon and then tightening it once in cold water lets you enjoy a beautiful sheen and firm, springy texture. We select only large shijimi…

Seared bluefin medium fatty tuna cured in miso, threeline grunt blanched and stuffed with myoga, kombu-cured whiting with okra topped with grated mountain yam

This is a sashimi course built around the idea of new ways of serving seafood. Rather than simply serving it as plain sashimi, I've added one or two…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,380

• Cook time 3 hr

Ice Block Presentation

For the palate-refreshing mid-meal course, I made it into an ice-block presentation. This time I laid down bamboo leaves and served sudachi sōmen…

• Serves 1 · ¥980

• Cook time 1 hr

Wild mountain vegetables and egg rice porridge with bamboo shoot, udo, bracken fern, koshiabura, fiddlehead fern, myoga, and grated ginger

This time, on 'shokuji,' I learned from chef Tamura (Shiodome, Conrad Tokyo's 'Nihon Ryōri Kazahana'). This time I take up 'kayaku gohan.'

Silk Leaf Terrine

As for the silk leaf terrine, Yokohama, where I work, is right now holding its 150th-anniversary celebration of the port's opening. In years past…

Layered star flounder with salted sea urchin

For the mukōzuke, the sashimi course, since it’s summer, I used star flounder. I deliberately slice star flounder thick. That brings out the fish’s…

Sesame Soy-Milk Sōmen with 'Macro Tare' Sauce

'Macro tare,' the key point of this dish, is usually used as a dipping sauce or dressing for meat and fish. This time I thought about whether this…

• Serves 1 · ¥238

• Cook time 30 min

Niigata gnomefish simmered with young ginger

Gnomefish is characterized by its tender flesh, rich fat, and deep flavor. To balance that and let its flavor stand out, I prepared it simmered with…

• Serves 1 · ¥150

• Cook time 30 min

Sea Bream Milt Kan and Sake-Simmered Sea Bream and Bamboo Shoot

This makes use of sea bream milt. I myself love fishing, and sea bream is a special ingredient — good to catch and good to eat. Its seasons are…

• Serves 1 · ¥1,000

• Cook time 1 hr

Bigfin reef squid sake-simmered, blanched taro stem dressed with shiso, seared and blanched flounder

For the blanched taro stem dressed with shiso: I bruise the shiso and let it sit in water so the color doesn't change, then dress it right in front…

• ¥780

• Cook time 1 hr

Turban shell, grilled in the shell

This is a grilled dish designed with the presentation in mind. Turban shell tsubo-yaki (grilled in the shell) expresses old-fashioned "nostalgia."…

• Serves 1 · ¥450

• Cook time 30 min

Octopus and yuba dressed salad

This is Yugawara, expressed through cuisine. This is the vinegared course. The octopus and yuba aemono combines octopus from Hokkaido, where our head…

• Serves 1 · ¥230

• Cook time 20 min

Ayu Arai, Octopus and Summer-Vegetable Nanban Jelly, Chilled Scallop-and-Cauliflower Purée

Naturally I wanted diners to savor the season, but I also wanted to offer a kind of psychological healing — settling summer fatigue and bringing a…

• Serves 1 · ¥700

• Cook time 30 min

A Pre-Meal Sip, Tomato Dewdrop

As my parents own a traditional Japanese inn, I started out by creating a breakfast menu for guests…

• Serves 2 · ¥150

• Cook time 20 min

Hokkaido Atka mackerel shinjo

This is Yugawara, expressed through cuisine. This is the clear-soup course. Since our head office is in Hokkaido, we created a Hokkaido hokke (Atka…

• Serves 11 · ¥100

• Cook time 1 hr

Black sesame udon in a 'lingering snow' plating, butterbur sprout, angelica-tree shoots, yuzu

With udon, grated daikon, and tempura of wild mountain vegetables, I wanted to express the scene of lingering snow as winter gives way to spring. The…

Kisarazu: Japanese Noodles of the Banzu Tidal Flats

The hotel where I work, located in Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture, has many guests from outside the prefecture, so I wanted to make use of Chiba's…

• Serves 1 · ¥730

• Cook time 50 min

Chilled Eel and White Eggplant

This is a chilled simmered dish. For "Chilled Eel and White Eggplant," I finished the eel using the same method sushi restaurants use for simmered…

• Serves 1 · ¥800

• Cook time 30 min