The "Kyoto-born spice 'Kyoto Yellow Pearl' collaboration menu campaign with popular restaurants" featuring spicy dishes developed by popular Kyoto restaurants will start on February 25, 2023 (Saturday).

Kyo no Hibari Shinju" is one of the new kyo yasai (Kyoto vegetables) that Kyoto City and producers are working together to develop. It is a yellow round pepper with a fruity spiciness that is about twice as hot as hawk's claw. Currently, the dried version is sold as a spice, and is attracting attention from restaurant chefs in the city as the perfect spice for adding color and spiciness to dishes.

Farmers in Kyoto City begin growing such "Kyo-no-Yo Shinju" in the spring and harvest it from August to October. The harvest is then sorted by hand at welfare service offices for the handicapped in Ukyo-ku and other areas, and commercialized as spices by a spice company. Through these "agricultural and welfare cooperation" efforts, the spices are delivered to our consumers.