Sunday, September 6, 2026

  1. A prix fixe Italian restaurant tucked into Kamigyo-ku, where the chef took over a space his grandmother once ran and kept her family name above the door. The seasonal menu leans on Kyoto's produce, and every course includes two pastas, one dried, one handmade, which is a quiet flex for a room this understated. The cooking reads as precise without announcing it, letting the ingredients carry the argument.

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    Address
    557 Motohyakumambencho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 602-0953, Japan · Kyoto
    Hours
    • Tue–Sun 11:30 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

    dinner by reservation only; closed Mondays except holidays

    Phone
    0752853696
    Reserve
    TableCheck
    Online
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