
Omiya, Isenishiki
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Omiya, Isenishiki

I wanted to bring some playfulness into this mitate-style presentation work. I made it thinking that this kind of visual presentation could work well…

Ginza Fukuju (Michelin two stars, Japan 2026)
Katsuhiro Onodera
For the rice course's ayu ochazuke, the roe-bearing ayu preserved in sake lees (komochi-ayu no kasu-zuke) is actually more delicious once it's been…

Wakasagi are being caught in smaller quantities these days, so we serve them charcoal-grilled only when we can get them, but here at Kagetsurō it has…


Iwaki City, Hotel Midori Iwaki Ueda Shikisai Shokumidori
For the grilled course, we don't fuss over it too much — we often serve fish that we fillet ourselves from local catch and turn into dried fish. It…

The appetizer's sea bass rolled in yuba is normally served with dashi-diluted soy sauce or an adjusted-proportion soy sauce, but since this is served…

Kagurazaka Restaurant Maki
This mackerel sushi would be called deutzia-flower sushi if it were a spring dish, but since it's an autumn dish this time, I named it pampas-grass…

This is smoked Irako conger eel. Irako conger eel is a very fatty fish. It is marinated in sake, soy sauce, and red sake, lightly air-dried, then…

Otemachi Tokyo Kaikan

Otemachi Tokyo Kaikan


The grilled course's Tamba-style grilled tilefish sandwiches matsutake mushroom between two pieces of tilefish and grills it; the matsutake has been…

For the sashimi course, I made this hoping it could serve as a reference for how we plate our sashimi here — the balance between the sashimi and its…

For this grilled dish, I use an old-fashioned hibachi brazier. It is arranged with lava rocks to create a stone-grilling effect, and a mesh net…

For the deep-fried course's eggplant stuffed two ways, one version has a whole eggplant hollowed out through the center with a tube cutter and filled…

For the fried course's cuttlefish hakusen-age, finely julienned cuttlefish and shaved new burdock are deep-fried together, though the new burdock is…

Our restaurant has its roots as a sukiyaki establishment founded more than fifty years ago, and while it is normally used mainly for entertaining…
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