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A private house in Gion. Eight seats.
Japanese Wagyu and aged beef, grilled over charcoal.
Served as a kaiseki course.

Concept

We grill beef over charcoal and serve it as a kaiseki course.
Slow heat from a distance, drawing out the umami as the fibers begin to yield.
"I never felt heavy after eating."
Those are the words our guests leave with.

Fire

Yoshitaka Oka has been grilling beef in Gion for over twenty years.Black charcoal and wood. Low, slow heat from a distance.
Fat drips. Flames rise. Smoke and char wrap the meat — depth and fragrance, built from fire.
Our guests call him Nikuyakishi — the meat-grilling artisan.

Time

Aging is the art of making time your ally.
A proprietary strain of culture, cultivated over years.
A dedicated aging chamber. Moisture managed with precision. Forty days or more, minimum.
A nutty fragrance. Concentrated flavor. Time lives in every bite.

Life

No single plate is made alone.

Nishizawa Kei
Hiruno
Kadosaki Ushi Farm
Omote Farm
Inoue Farm
Takeno Sake Brewery
Kawagami Mine

Cuisine

A kaiseki course built around meat, with ingredients that follow the seasons.
Japanese Black, aged. Holstein, aged. Pure Tajima Wagyu. Each cut assessed, each piece prepared by hand.
It begins with steak tartare. Moves through the charcoal-grilled aged steak. Closes with balsamic sukiyaki.

Space

A single slab of bubinga wood. Eight seats at the counter.
From your seat, a small courtyard — moss and white gravel.
The sound of charcoal. The scent of beef.
Fire working, right in front of you.
Music born from history and nature
quietly layers into the room —
and the meal comes to life before your eyes.

Information / Opening Hours

Hours
Lunch 12:00 start
Evening Part 1: 16:00 / Part 2: 19:00 start

Closed: Irregular holidays
Reservation only · 8 counter seats

Please arrive no earlier than 10 minutes before your reservation.

Access

577-3 Gion-machi Minamigawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0074
5-minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station

TEL +8175-746-3465

Reservation

Reservation required. Please book by phone or online.

TEL +8175-746-3465
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