Journeys Unparalleled

Name: Journeys Unparalleled
Address: San Francisco, CA, US
Telephone: +14159155218
Rating: 5

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06/21/2024

Incredible French Japanese keiseki meal at Enuma Station Bistro. Each course was better than the next. Subtle flavors with stand-out tastes and textures. Kanazawa Beer, Yuzu on the rocks, seahorse mackerel sashimi, roasted corn soup, seared flounder with grilled zucchini & eggplant, panko crusted pork & steak with asparagus tempura mushroom, and melon soup with mango sorbet.

The husband and wife team running the restaurant could not have been lovelier.

06/21/2024

Urushi is the art of traditional lacquerware. We visited the home and studio of a 3rd generation urushi artisan. Not only did we learn about the traditional process from obtaining the sap to carving the wooden object to layering, painting and polishing, but we were also served green tea and snacks. The objects and art around the room and the cups and plates we ate from were all antiques, some dating back over 600 years!

06/21/2024

Nishide Brewery was founded in 1913 and is now in the hands of the 5th generation brewer. They use traditional methods of polishing the rice and brewing the sake that date back a hundred years.

06/21/2024

Brief exploration of Yamashiro Onsen town with 1 hotel and 31 ryokans.

06/21/2024

Breakfast at Kayotei. The courses kept coming. So good!

06/20/2024

Bucket list experience: travel by train with Rocky Mountaineer!

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06/20/2024

I can't even begin to tell you how wonderful our kaiseki meal was tonight. Gorgeous presentation, ridiculously fresh, locally grown, beautiful flavors, and lovely staff. We even learned that our waitress moved to Japan from China when she was 16, so the kids were able to communicate with her in Mandarin! Oh, and our picky kids tried nearly everything!!

06/20/2024

Um, I'm sorry, but you are going to have to kick me out of our family suite at Kayotei Ryokan.

06/20/2024

Staying at Kayotei Ryokan is like sleeping in a museum surrounded by beautiful gardens and nature, with hot springs and amazing meals as a bonus.

06/20/2024

A peak into a working geiko (in other parts of Japan they are called geisha) house after it has closed for the day to the public. Our guide Keiko even demonstrated some Geiko music and dance for us.

06/20/2024

One of 3 remaining geiko districts of Kanazawa

06/20/2024

Nomura Samurai House

06/20/2024

Two quick and easy train rides (we used luggage forwarding so we wouldn't have to hassle with our big suitcases through the train stations) and we're in Kanazawa.

06/19/2024

My sister-in-law jokingly told the concierge at their ryokan-style inn, Nazuna Kyoto Gosho, that her husband is a beer sommelier. And today he presented them with a lovely note and 4 different Japanese beers. Even before this, they were loving everything about their stay!

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06/19/2024

If you're craving a little Italian, we can vouch for Pizzeria Mama in Arashiyama. Excellent pizzas (kids enjoyed margherita but the adults raved about the eggplant), salads, pasta, and a variety of other mains, but the matcha cheesecake with raspberry compote is a must. They use seasonal local ingredients, so the menu changes.

06/19/2024

Dinner at Kosa for California Kyoto fusion.

06/19/2024

Exploring Ryoan-ji Temple (Japan’s most famous rock garden) and Kinkakuji Temple (Golden Pavilion) by bike was the way to go! A terrific way to avoid the hoards of tourists.

06/19/2024

Countryside and rice fields in West Kyoto

06/19/2024

Arashiyama Bamboo Grove

06/19/2024

Lunch at vegetarian restaurant Shigetsu housed within Zen Buddhist Tenryuji Temple. Many of the items we had never had before but the food was incredibly flavorful and really well done. My personal favorite was the miso eggplant (not pictured)

06/19/2024

Private mochi making class with a mochi master monk. The grain for mochi is different from that of regular rice. The rice must be soaked for a day and then steamed for 40 minutes. You mash the rice when it is very hot; once it cools, it becomes harder to do. Then you pound the rice until it is sticky and you can no longer discern individual grains. Then roll it in flour so that you can handle it. Such a difference having fresh mochi!

06/19/2024

We had a mochi making class in a beautiful machiya, a traditional merchant's home. Now owned by 3 generations of a private family, our gorgeous host is pictured in the first photo. The family has a fan shop in the front, a mochi making enterprise in the middle, and a tea house in the back. After our class, we had a tour of the house.

06/17/2024

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06/17/2024

It was fascinating learning about matcha and having a tea ceremony with a tea master who lives on the grounds of Daitoku-ji Temple, a Zen Buddhist temple. He is one of 11 tea masters living and working here and he is the youngest.

Matcha is the ground, powdered form of green tea and since you're consuming the entire leaf, you benefit from more and a stronger concentration of the beneficial nutrients and antioxidants.

06/17/2024

Hoshun-In Bonsai Garden. Nature and man coming together to create art and beauty. The tree in photo #3 is over 800 years old!

06/17/2024

Random beauty around Kyoto

06/17/2024

Dinner this evening at Eitarou, a small casual ramen restaurant. Their specialties are yuzu ramen (first photo) and lemon ramen (2nd photo). They also have curries and a few rice dishes but I LOVED the yuzu ramen. Yum!

Super friendly wait staff and locals.

06/17/2024

Fushimi Inari Shrine. Each of the Tori gates was erected as a result of a donation to the shrine from an individual organization starting in 1603 and continues today. On the back side of each gate you will find an inscription of the donor and the date it was donated.

06/17/2024

Food galore!

06/16/2024

I'm finding it pretty hard to find bad meals in Japan. Even the humble, casual izakaya has terrific food. Sashimi rice, burger (which is actually an incredibly tender large pork and beef meatball with cheese and savory sauce), broiled eggplant, crispiest of gyozas, and not pictured: tofu & vegetable salad, caprese, and veggie tempura.

The izakaya is also great if you have picky kids because there's usually a variety of items on the menu. Do keep in mind that everyone must order a drink.

Bonus is that the current exchange rate is advantageous for American travelers -- great food at great prices!

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