Enjoy Local Cuisine of Kyoto in a 100-year--old House While Looking at Japanese Garden and Matcha Experience

【OUTLINE】

This plan enables you to enjoy a Kaiseki-ryori (Japanese course meal served at a banquet) using Kyoto Beef. After looking at the tea ceremony prepared on the table, actually, you will try making Matcha tea by yourself.

【HIGHLIGHTS】

• Enjoy Kaiseki-ryori using tasty Kyoto Beef (black-haired Japanese cow) 
  
• Taste fresh quality scallop sashimi (Fresh scallops are not obtained from July to mid September. Squids are served instead of scallops during the period.)
• Hands-on experience to make Matcha tea by yourself
• Visit the 100-year-old folk house with Japanese-style garden and take pictures
• Appreciate delicate Kyoto-style confectionery
  
  

【SCHEDULE】 

Visit the 100-year-old folk house→Taste Kaiseki-ryori using Kyoto Beef and fresh scallop→Hands-on experience to make Matcha tea

【DETAILS】

Kyoto is the most famous city in Japan with a long history and rich culture. Amongst Kyoto, Yamashina-ku (Yamashina Ward) has Mt. Hiei in the north, and there runs the waterway dug from Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan. The town dotted with traditional buildings is beautifully colored pink with cherry blossoms in the spring and red with foliage in the fall. You will visit a 'Kominka' in the town with a history of 100 years and have Japanese Kaiseki-ryori there. 'Kominka' is a traditional Japanese-style house built in former times, and KIYA is a Japanese restaurant made from a renovated Kominka. Bring your camera to take pictures of the precious historical building.  

Kaiseki-ryori is formally arranged meal to enjoy sake at banquets. Kaiseki-ryori served in KIYA includes premium branded beef from Kyoto and extra fresh scallop. Also, specially home-grown vegetables and seasonal ingredients carefully selected at the market are cooked into great dishes while bringing out the full flavor of the ingredients. Feeling the comfortable sunlight and breeze from the Japanese garden, you can appreciate the rich Japanese cuisine. 

During the Matcha experience after lunch, you can make Matcha tea by yourself while having careful guidance from the instructor. A tea ceremony prepared on the table is available. You can have the experience either sitting on the chair or sitting in the seiza style in the Japanese room. Enjoy Matcha tea with a delicate seasonal confectionary from Kyoto which is beautiful to the eye.

【THINGS TO NOTE】

• Time：150 minutes
• Meeting point：JR Yamashina Station.
  29-2, Ansyu-Minamiyashikicho, Yamashinaku, Kyoto, Kyoto 607-8011
  *A courtesy transportation service is available.
• Access：A 7-minute by car from JR Yamashina Station or Keihan Keishin Line Keihan-yamashina Station
• Language support：English, Chinese (menu only)
• Included ：Kaiseki-ryori, Unlimited drinks *draft beer, Japanese sake, shochu (Japanese white distilled liquor), whisky, wine, oolong tea, cola, orange juice, ginger ale, coffee, Matcha tea experience
• Participation requirements ：2 persons and over
• Free Wi-Fi ：×
• Toilet(Western style)：〇 

【CANCELLATION POLICY】 

7 to 4 days before the tour date 40% of the tour price
3 to 2 days before the tour date 60% of the tour price
The day before the tour date, on the day of the tour 100% of the tour price
※Right after the online settlement is made, a cancellation fee of 10% will be incurred in case of cancellation.
※The cancellation fee includes handling charges.