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  1. Naramachi Kuko

    Chinese

    Eat 90
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    The restaurant takes its name from the goji berry, long prized in Chinese medicine as a key to longevity, which tells you exactly where the chef's head is. This is a prix fixe Chinese dining room inside a historic merchant's house in Nara, where the menu turns on vegetables grown in the restaurant's own garden and the guqin plays softly in the background. A Michelin star. Dishes arrive on Jingdezhen porcelain, which makes the whole thing feel like a very beautiful prescription.

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    Tasting menu only. The dishes change too often to pin down.

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    Address
    42 Narukawacho, Nara, Nara, Nara 630-8335, Japan · Nara
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    • Monday Not listed
    • Tuesday 11 AM to 1 PM 1:30 PM to 3 PM
    • Wednesday Today 11 AM to 1 PM 1:30 PM to 3 PM
    • Thursday 11:30 AM to 2 PM
    • Friday 11 AM to 1 PM 1:30 PM to 3 PM
    • Saturday 11 AM to 1 PM 1:30 PM to 3 PM
    • Sunday Not listed
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