This restaurant is located in an old villa, which was originally built in 1899, becoming larger over the years as the owner became a wealthy farmer and business man. It features different type of dining styles, from open restaurant to private rooms. We had the benefit of dining in an old storage room where valuables apparently were kept. Hence, the room had steel doors and steel shutters that could be closed outside the windows. The entire building has a wonderful feeling of history, and hearing some of it being told made the dinner even more memorable. The restaurant is a no-shoe restaurant throughout and features convenient lock-boxes for your shoes. As the name implies, this restaurant has its core in sashimi and sushi. We started the meal with a generous serving of sashimi, which was already prepared in a bento box when we arrived. The quality and presentation was spectacular, even with Japanese standards. We also particularly enjoyed grilling our own Matsusaka Wagyu on the little mini-grills by each seat. We have had similar personal grilling in the past, but usually larger grills in the middle of the table. These were individual. We had a seven-course set menu, and every dish was spectacular. The amount of food is generous, but as always in Japan, just right. The staff is very professional, but speaks very little English. As we speak some Japanese we found no issues communicating. The beer, sake and wine selection is good, but we thought the sake selection could have been even bigger. Location: 3/5 (it‘s a bit off the beaten track in Kyoto Ambience: 5/5 Food: 5/5 Staff: 5/5 Price/quality: 4/5 (it is expensive)

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Perfect Japanese environment to have a peaceful great lunch. Fresh n sweet n oiishi fish at yen680 (s$6.50, I paid S$25 for this back at home). Kyoto is too crowded, take 25 mins train out and have a peaceful n valued meal.

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Great food and nice place! Reasonably priced. The service is very attentive! They have a beautiful garden at the back too!

Part of our RWC tour we visited many places for a coffee, this was the best.

1.Today's 假小舖削補 pork meal had fairly fresh vegetables and quite tasty meat. The broth was pretty good, light and mild. 2.The sashimi was fairly fresh; the fried items weren't oily and tasted pretty good. 3.The eel nigiri sushi had a pretty good texture, and the eel was quite tasty. 4.The udon at the end was good!

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