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Kyoto · Est. 2019 · Counter Kaiseki
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OMA
KASE

Eight Courses
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One Counter
松茸柚子
Tasting Menu
¥38,000
Eight courses · 3 hours
Chef's Omakase
¥58,000
Twelve courses · 4.5 hours
Tuesday — Sunday
First seating 18:30
Second seating 21:00
Begin the meal
I
Course I

Sashimi刺身

Nodoguro · Setouchi Sea

Torched nodoguro sashimi with shiso leaf on dark ceramic plate, glistening with rendered fat

Torched nodoguro, its skin crisped over binchotan, flesh still raw beneath — the fat rendered just enough to carry the smoke. A shiso leaf is placed without ceremony.

Ingredients & Origin
Nodoguro·Setouchi
Shiso·Kyoto
Yuzu·Kochi
Ponzu·House-made

"Fat is flavor. Fire is the only seasoning."

— Chef Kenji Mori
II
Course II

Hassun八寸

Seasonal Assortment · Autumn

Autumn hassun assortment on cedar board with ayu, matsutake, and persimmon arranged with precision

Eight small compositions on a single cedar board — ayu grilled over charcoal, matsutake steamed in dashi, persimmon dressed with white miso. Each morsel a different texture.

Ingredients & Origin
Ayu·Nagara River
Matsutake·Tamba
Persimmon·Nara
White Miso·Kyoto Nishiki

"The hassun is a season compressed into eight bites."

— Chef Kenji Mori
III
Course III

Sunomono酢の物

Palate Cleanser · Snow Crab

Snow crab sunomono palate cleanser with cucumber ribbon and chrysanthemum petals in clear dashi vinegar

Snow crab with cucumber ribbon and chrysanthemum petals in a dashi vinegar so delicate it disappears as you swallow, leaving only the memory of the sea.

Ingredients & Origin
Snow Crab·Hokkaido
Cucumber·Nara
Chrysanthemum·Kyoto
Rishiri Kombu·Rishiri Island

"Restraint is the most difficult skill to acquire."

— Chef Kenji Mori
Provenance

Nothing arrives
without a story.

Every prefecture below corresponds to a living relationship — a fisherman who calls when the nodoguro are running, a farmer who holds the last matsutake harvest before the frost. We do not use a supplier. We use a network of people who care as much as we do.

北海道

Hokkaido

Snow Crab
Uni
Salmon Roe
Hokkaido Milk

Cold waters, 14°C year-round

京都

Kyoto

Kyo-yasai Vegetables
Nishiki Miso
Tofu
Matcha

The original kaiseki city

長崎

Nagasaki

Nodoguro
Tai
Ise Lobster
Hamaguri Clam

Warm Tsushima current

高知

Kochi

Yuzu
Bonito
Sudachi
Tosazu

Citrus from mountainside groves

丹波

Tamba

Matsutake
Black Beans
Chestnut
Mountain Vegetables

Ancient forest, volcanic soil

利尻

Rishiri

Kombu
Uni
Scallop

Dashi drawn at 4am, daily

Seasonal availability determines the menu

No two evenings at the counter are identical. The menu is written the morning of each service.

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Chef Kenji Mori's hands shaping ceramic plate at the hinoki counter, mid-technique

The hand is the tool

of the soul.

The Counter

Chef Kenji Mori
has been at this counter
for eleven years.

He trained in Osaka under a master who forbade written recipes. Every technique lives in the hands. He shapes his own ceramics in the winter months — the plates you eat from are the same ones he threw on a wheel at 5am.

The dashi is drawn from high-grade rishiri kombu brought on the first ferry from Hokkaido, steeped at 60°C for exactly forty minutes. He has done this 3,800 times.

11
Years at the counter
8–12
Courses, each evening
3
Michelin stars
Guests of the Counter

We have celebrated every anniversary since our third here. The nodoguro course in October — I have thought about it almost every week since.

Haruki & Yumi Tanaka
Anniversary Guests
7 visits

This was my third Michelin three-star meal this month. It was the only one where I forgot to take photographs because I was too present.

Sebastián Morales
Visiting Gourmand, Buenos Aires
First visit

I have seated clients at Robuchon, at Mugaritz, at Noma. None of them leaned across the counter the way my client did here. The room does the work.

Tomoko Ishikawa
Corporate Host, Kyoto
12 visits
Reserve Your Evening

The counter holds
eight seats.

No walk-ins. No last-minute tables. Each seat is reserved weeks in advance by guests who understand that patience is the first course.

Seasonal Tasting
¥38,000
per person, inclusive
I
Eight courses
Approximately three hours
House sake pairing available +¥8,000
Counter seats — singles or pairs
Tuesday through Sunday
Gift Certificate

Send as Gift

A prepaid omakase experience with a handwritten digital card bearing the tanuki's seal. For the anniversary you cannot attend, the client you wish to thank, the person who has everything.

Cancellation accepted up to 72 hours before the seating. Dietary requirements and aversions are accommodated when submitted at the time of booking. The menu cannot be modified on the day of service.