Vegetables & Fruits

For the mushroom medley, we use large hon-shimeji mushrooms cultivated by Yamasa Shoyu (a corporate sponsor of this association).

Tree-ring pork was inspired by Okinawa's pork-and-egg onigiri. That pork-and-egg onigiri is grilled pork luncheon meat, mayonnaise, and rolled omelet…

Otemachi Tokyo Kaikan

For the soup-bowl course, shark fin tofu, tofu and fish paste (surimi) are thinned with kelp dashi and formed into dumplings, then wrapped in shark…

Shokuyo cuisine — called macrobiotic in the West — doesn't mean giving up fish and meat; it means eating in balance. We also make it a basic…

Shokuyo cuisine — called macrobiotic in the West — doesn't mean giving up fish and meat; it means eating in balance. We also follow the principle of…

Tsukiji Tamura
(Looking back on the year with delicacies of the twelve zodiac animals, over a drink — all of it gentle on the body and low in calories.) We began…

For the tube-cut burdock coated in shrimp powder, we dry and toast tiny opossum shrimp, grind them finely in a mortar, pass them through a sieve…

Kioicho auspicious
For the pinecone-shaped arrowhead tuber, we finish it in two colors using matcha, shaping it with the pincers used for soft wagashi dough.

The fried course is what we actually serve in the restaurant. What's poured over the golden-fried kuruma prawn is aurora sauce. Dishes like this that…

Karuizawa Present Resort Karuizawa
Takeharu Kadowaki
For the tabletop hot-pot course, since Karuizawa turns quite cold by November, I designed it to be enjoyed warming up over a small individual pot…

I plated the simmered course boldly, in the style of an autumnal arrangement, as though gathered together by the wind. For the Ise lobster steamed in…

Shibaura Kaiseki "Peony"
For the celebratory course's dried, ceremonial abalone strip: I peel the abalone into somewhat thick sheets using the rotary-peeling technique, then…

Hotel Nikko Tokyo Japanese Restaurant "Sakura"
Shinji Kajiwara
For the conger eel with ginger foam jelly, the conger eel is cooked the same way as nitsuanago, the soy-simmered conger eel used for sushi. Take…

Ginza/Ginza Asami (formerly Michelin Guide selected)
Kenji Asami
Daichūji imo is a taro grown at Daichūji temple in Numazu; it's considerably larger than ebi-imo taro, and it's packed solid all the way through…
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