Arrival in Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Our first dinner in Japan was at 

Magurofactory, 220, 1-chōme Miyagawasuji, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0801, Japan

Exterior

A practice, never fully explained, is to pour the sake to overflowing into a bowl below the glass.  Highballs were offered everywhere.

Over-flowing Sake, edamame, Highball, and pickled veggies.

Not all tuna nigiri is raw.

Map of the parts of a tuna.  We would see this MANY times on the trip, this is just a cute tabletop version.

This was a very interesting, the oven hot dish and the rice cooked the egg, making a bowl of rich creamy rice with the warm tuna on top.

White truffle scented tuna ball cocot

On the way back, we stopped at our first shrine: Tatsumidaimyojin, 59 Motoyoshicho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0087, Japan

This shrine is on a point between a fork in the road.

Nicely surrounded by trees this neighborhood shrine, The Tatsumi Daimyojin Shrine is a tiny local shrine frequented by neighborhood geisha.  We did see several geisha during our walk.

Then back to the hotel b sanjo