Kazuhiro Ito, the owner of this restaurant, boasts a career of more than 30 years dedicated solely to Japanese cuisine. In 2021, he settled in his current location near Nijo Castle. He is proud of his cuisine, which is prepared by visiting the market and purchasing only wild-caught fish. For lunch, they offer a set meal style Japanese cuisine. Four days a week, the restaurant is open from morning, so mornings are also available. Reservations can be made for dinner, so enjoy drinks slowly with dishes starting at 5,500 yen omakase. Check SNS for opening hours.

This is a long-established coffee shop that the third generation master, Mr. Kumagai, inherited from his grandmother, Masco, from whom the store takes its name. The shop is still as comfortable as it was in her grandmother's time, with a focus on coffee and bread sales. A menu item that has many fans among local regular customers is Neapolitan, which can be ordered from 11:00 a.m. The homemade tomato sauce is a light and refreshing dish. It is characterized by its light, homemade tomato sauce, and has many repeat customers, young and old, male and female. New menu items include French toast for 800 yen and a monthly homemade cake for 750 yen. Set menus with drinks are also available.

This coffee shop is like a hideaway, located just off a side street of a wedding hall. The owner, who hails from Shizuoka Prefecture, carefully prepares a menu of classic coffee shop dishes and serves delicious local sencha green tea. The taste of Shizuoka sencha, which is purchased from a familiar local tea shop, is said to change over time. Take your time to enjoy a cup of tea and a moment of relaxation.

This popular café, run by a design company, is located in a rustic building that blends in with the cityscape, and its large yellow flag catches the eye. The menu includes not only the famous egg sandwiches and curry, but also a lineup of sweets perfect for snack time. ［The café also offers original coffee blended especially for this store by famous home-roasted coffee shops such as Kagamogawa Cafe and Rokuyosha.

Kyoto Marumochi-ya is an eel specialty restaurant owned by Kyoto Marumochi-ya, which is famous for its Mizu-Maru-Mochi, a rice cake that pops out when a water balloon is broken. The owner of the restaurant, who has eaten at as many as 200 specialty restaurants in the past year, was born out of his love for eels. All the eels used at the restaurant are Japanese eel. The eel is steamed once and then grilled in the Kanto style, which gives it a plump and fluffy flesh. Sansho, which is indispensable for eel, is made from brand-name pepper, including the high-grade grape sansho produced in Wakayama Prefecture at Hirano Seishoan.

A French baked goods and French cuisine restaurant where the husband, Takahiro Ohara, is in charge of cooking and his wife, Junko, a pastry chef, is in charge of baked goods and course desserts. The bright and natural interior allows customers to enjoy course meals for both lunch and dinner. The cuisine incorporates French cuisine with Kyoto and Japanese food culture and history, using ingredients from Kyoto and Shiga, the couple's hometowns. The background of the cuisine and ingredients is carefully explained. A new course menu is also available, and a celebration course for 14,000 yen is available for dinner.

［Café Tyrol was established in 1968 near Nijo Castle. In the retro and warm atmosphere of the store, many regulars spend a relaxing time in their own way. The charm of this shop is that its old-fashioned menu, including toast, grilled rice, and its famous curry, can be enjoyed not only for lunch but also from 8:00 a.m. onward.

A sister restaurant of the creative Japanese restaurant "Kakyu. Of the more than 10 set menus available, we especially recommend the "ozashimi" set meal, which includes 10 kinds of fresh sashimi. In addition to enjoying a wide variety of seafood at one time, the set meal also includes a small bowl of cooked food handmade by a Japanese cuisine professional and arajiru, a soup containing arajiru, a dish created in the hope of eliminating food loss. For dinner, enjoy delicate Japanese cuisine centering on fish dishes with sake.

The owner is Mr. Yoshiyuki Wei, known for Ichinofunairi, a creative Chinese restaurant representing Kyoto, and offers authentic Chinese dishes such as dim sum, shrimp chili, Taiwanese beef noodle soup, and other dim sums prepared by a special dim sum master from Shanghai at a reasonable price. The authentic xiaolongbao, which are served in a thick, hot soup that overflows when the thin skin is broken open, are available in seven varieties, including shark fin, black truffle, and porcini mushroom, making it fun to compare them. The small basket dumplings can also be added to the lunch set menus.

Neapolitan pizza baked in a wood-fired oven from Italy. The dough, made with special pizza flour and Sicilian salt, is thin, crisp, and delicious, making you want to try it again the moment you eat it. 500°C in the oven, the dough and ingredients, which have been laid down for more than 12 hours since the night before, become one. With more than 20 varieties available, including Bismarck and Mimosa, pizza lovers should pay a visit.

Onigiri specialty restaurant run by a couple who want to provide delicious handmade food. The ingredients are handmade and made to order so that they are always freshly prepared. Stop by for takeout, or enjoy a set meal that includes a variety of onigiri, crispy fried rice made with rice flour, miso soup, and other items at the eat-in counter.

A restaurant specializing in meat dishes opened by the owner, who studied at a kappo restaurant. The owner, who is from Aichi Prefecture, procures Aichi's famous Wagyu beef such as Genji Wagyu from Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture, and Dandoyama Kogen Beef, a brand beef from Okumikawa raised with sakekasu (sake lees). The juicy, melt-in-your-mouth meats are served in a variety of stacked dishes such as sukiyaki-jyu, steak-jyu, and hamburger steak-jyu. In the evening, in addition to the stacked and a la carte menus, sukiyaki is also on standby, allowing diners to fully enjoy the delicious brand beef. At lunch time, the weekday-only menchikatsu-ju is also recommended.

［Tetsuya Tamura, owner of BRULEE KYOTO, is taking on a new challenge with his ramen restaurant. He teamed up with a friend who is a ramen chef to develop soupless noodles that have a punch but are not spicy. The special sauce made by blending pork bone soup and three kinds of soy sauce, boiled dried oil, and extra-thick noodles of "Menya Egbe" are combined, and topped with green onion, fried onion, seasoned egg, chashu pork, bean sprout, garlic, back fat, and lemon. As you can see, the dish is quite large, and even a regular portion is enough to fill you up.

A cozy European diner with 10 seats at one large table. The owner, Mr. Mori, serves Italian, Spanish, French, and other delicious dishes he has encountered in Europe. At lunch time, a special set meal including pasta, pintxos, and salad is available for 1,300 yen and up. In addition to pasta dishes that are as hearty as a diner's, a selection of pintxos is popular for both lunch and dinner. The showcase in the restaurant is filled with an exciting array of pintxos, making it a thrilling experience just to choose which one to order.

A popular curry restaurant from Tottori has relocated from Shichijo. The owner, Mr. Tsugami, creates spiced curries based on cumin, coriander, and turmeric by finely adjusting various spices by the gram, as well as four to five side dishes to create a harmonious overall taste. The restaurant is also open as a café from 3:30 p.m. onward, where you can enjoy their special masala chai with a lot of spices. Curry can be ordered at any time during business hours, making it a perfect place for a late lunch.

Somchai, who has honed his skills in the U.S., Bahrain, and other parts of the world, came to Japan 16 years ago, gained experience in Osaka, and last January opened his own restaurant near Nijo Castle. He chose the name "Gapao," a well-known national dish of Thailand, as the name of his restaurant because he wants his customers to feel familiar with Thai food and feel free to use it. The menu offers a wide variety of about 50 dishes at reasonable prices. The menu is based on local recipes and arranged to suit Japanese palates, so it is recommended for beginners of Thai cuisine. The traditional Thai tableware that complements the dishes is also a must-see.

This Korean food and Korean snack café catches the curiosity and stomachs of girls who are interested in Korean culture. The lunch set menu, called "Goyuzuriwa Mihidok," includes not only home-style dishes such as pancakes, jjon, kimchi, and tenjang jjigae, but also side dishes derived from court cuisine such as tteokgalbi. Lunch items, including bibimbap and cold noodles, are limited in quantity, so be sure to make a reservation before visiting.

An Okinawan restaurant located in Sanjokai Shopping Street. The restaurant has a nostalgic atmosphere, like an old-fashioned Okinawan diner. The owner, Mr. Miwa, says, "We have a U-shaped counter, so people can feel free to use the restaurant even if they are alone. For lunch, the restaurant offers a wide variety of dishes that have been arranged in a unique way, such as Okinawan Soki Soba with pork cartilage sausage and Okinawan rouro rice. For lunch in the evening or on holidays, enjoy Awamori and other Okinawan alcoholic beverages with a la carte dishes such as Mimigar and Goya Chanpuru.

The owner-chef, who has studied at famous hotels in Tokyo and Kyoto as well as creative Chinese restaurants such as Ichinofunairi, aims to create an at-home restaurant where neighbors can casually drop by. We have chairs and tableware for children," he says, "so you can enjoy authentic Chinese cuisine without hesitation, even with children. Lunch is reasonably priced at 1,600 yen and includes a choice of five main dishes, such as chili shrimp, sweet-and-sour pork, or fried chicken with condiment sauce, dim sum, and apricot bean curd. Reservations are recommended as the restaurant is often crowded. Reservations are accepted only at 11:30 and 12:00 on weekdays and 11:30 on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.