It’s been a year or so since eating here but if you are looking for an intimate yet casual Kyoto eatery with a truly local vibe it would be hard to go past this Yakitori joint on Kawabata street – above Shijo street and close to […]
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Literally this time. Meandering. And a hint of red, sometimes more.
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I think that perhaps May must be the most underrated month in the Kyoto tourism calendar. The days are sunny with the temperatures oscillating between cool and warm ( very rarely hot or cold) and there is a lovely early-summer atmosphere. The air is clean and […]
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Well who knew? Tripadvisor’s Niumba blog has featured Zenbu Cuisine and Culture Tours as one of their Top 20 World Food Tours. You might have to use a translator, and it doesn’t make a whole bunch of sense but the sentiment is there! Thank you so much […]
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It’s almost time for the annual Obon festival in Japan. This sacred time on the Japanese calendar lasts several days during which the dearly departed return to earth to visit their families. August 16 2015 hosts the famous Daimonji (more formally ‘Gozan no okuribi’) bonfire light up […]
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If you know me at all, you’ll be well aware of my intense dislike for hot, humid summers. Kyoto has provided the most intense of them I’ve experienced in my life. And I’m an Australian. In previous posts I have vented my dismay, in colourful detail, […]
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Any new chocolate shop is always a little bit of good news as far as I’m concerned and while this corner store on Kawabata street near the Higashi Gion area seems more French/American than Kyoto – I’d been keen to take a peek since I first […]
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Clementia and I were getting along famously until I smashed one of her lovely glasses. I’m still not quite sure how it happened. I barely tapped it… (with my i-phone as I tried to get a shot of the wine label – yeah, I would have […]
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I’d walked by this attractive looking restaurant facade about 500 times over a several year period before I finally decided to dine there. Can’t really explain the delay but I guess the place just looked a little too posh for a ‘drop in’ dressed in casual gear on […]
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It’s some time since I ate at Wabiya Korekidou but I still have very fond memories of this excellent meal. Being on Hanamikoji dori (street), slap bang in the middle of the main Geisha thoroughfare, I had little hope that it would be as good as it […]
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