Harise, a traditional Japanese restaurant

A very traditional Japanese restaurant. High class.  Running business since 1659 (more than 350-year!).

If you want to try real Kyoto dishes, this is a very good address.  They have private rooms for you and you can enjoy a very peaceful and secluded time with great service and superb food.

This is a perfect place for one of these special moments or experience.  It is somewhat expensive, but at the end, it is well worth the cost as the  experience will be a lifelong memory.  A dinner course starts from Yen 10,000.  Lunch is often a better deal.

As you enter, a maid ushers you into a private room, furnished with a sumptuous array of cushion seats. Twelfth-generation masterchief Tomoyuki Morimoto then serves a multi-course feast of Kyoto cuisine that perfectly balances colors, textures and tastes. Every dish is described and explained, and is a real feast for the eyes, the senses and the palate.  An intense experience.

Location:
10-12 min on foot from home.  Behind the Higashiyama post office.  Reservation required.