Kyoto Ryokan: Kyoto Summer Hamo Cuisine at Gion Hatanaka

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Kyoto Ryokan
— WE DON’T RECOMMEND STAYING AT HATANAKA, IT IS OVERPRICED AND THE SERVICE IS BAD. THIS ARTICLE IS TO INTRODUCE HAMO CUISINE, NOT TO RECOMMEND HATANAKA RYOKAN. — Kyoto Ryokan: Kyoto Summer Hamo Cuisine at Gion Hatanaka (鱧料理) Kyoto Ryokan: Kyoto Summer Hamo Cuisine at Gion Hatanaka (鱧 はも 料理) Mid-summer is the time for the most important festival in…
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Wagashi: Early Summer Loquat (Biwa) Namagashi

Wagashi: Early Summer Biwa (Loquat) Namagashi 枇杷 (びわ) 生菓子 Wagashi: Early Summer Loquat (Biwa) Namagashi 枇杷(びわ)生菓子 As early summer becomes midsummer, the days muggy and the nights no longer cool, the loquat, or biwa in Japanese, is a common sight in Kyoto; both in discount supermarkets and fine fruit boutiques and on the streets and sidewalks, fallen from large leafed trees overhanging a walled garden — and…
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