Monday, December 30 - Friday, January 3: Normal business hours

Yakiniku restaurant "Hiroshi" offers fresh meat purchased from a whole cow by a professional who is a connoisseur of Wagyu beef. The third branch of Yakiniku Hiro Shoten is conveniently located about a 5-minute walk from Kyoto Station, and offers a popular lunch set until 5:00 p.m. It is a bar-style restaurant where one can stop by on one's own. The yakiniku lunch comes with a choice of three types of dishes: homemade kimchi, salad, wakame seaweed soup, and white rice made from Koshihikari rice produced in Tanba.

January 1 (Wed.) - 3 (Fri.): Normal business hours

［A café-restaurant on the first floor of HOTEL RINGS KYOTO. The stylish Melbourne-style café offers all-day specialty coffees, including flat whites with beautiful latte art, and sweets such as the very popular carrot cake. During lunch and dinner hours, a wide variety of Western-style dishes are available, including seafood-filled pescatore and mouth-watering steaks, and are recommended for New Year's dining.

January 1 (Wed.) - 3 (Fri.), 17:00 - and 20:00 - two sessions *19,800 yen special course only
*Closed January 4 (Sat.) - 7 (Tue.)

This kappo restaurant is tucked away in a narrow alley in Gion. The restaurant offers a course menu prepared by Mr. Nakatani, a genuine chef who has devoted himself to Japanese cuisine for more than 20 years, at reasonable prices starting from 6,600 yen for lunch and 14,300 yen for dinner. The fish comes directly from Awaji Island and Wakasa Bay, and vegetables are mainly Kyoto vegetables delivered from farmers.

Tuesday, December 31 *Opening hours: 11:00-15:00 (LO/14:30), 17:00-21:30 (LO/21:00)

January 1 (Wed) - 3 (Fri) *Opening hours: 11:00 - 17:00 (LO/16:30)

Saturday, January 4 and Sunday, January 5: Open 11:00-15:00 (LO/14:30), 17:00-20:30 (LO/20:00)

*Closed January 6 (Mon.) - 9 (Thu.)

Founded at the end of the Edo period (1603-1867), Sanmi Koan Kyoto Honsen is a long-established restaurant that serves Japanese cuisine such as Saikyo-yaki and Chirimen Sansho. The Soba Gozen, a beautifully arranged two-tiered Soba noodle dish with appetizers, Tempura, Saikyo-yaki, etc., served with Kakesoba and dessert, is a gorgeous way to start the year.

Tuesday, December 31 - Friday, January 3: Normal business hours

I want to serve delicious food at a reasonable price. With this in mind, the owner of the restaurant offers a wide selection of sake and excellent dishes prepared by a chef who honed his skills at a Japanese inn in the Gion area. Even sake beginners can feel at ease as the owner is always ready to suggest the best sake to go with each dish. The menu offers a wide variety of more than 80 different kinds of food, including Iburi Gokko and cream cheese (980 yen).

Thursday, January 2 and Friday, January 3: Normal business hours

*Closed Thursday, December 26 through Wednesday, January 1.

In a renovated space of a 100-year-old machiya (traditional Kyoto townhouse) and a historic Japanese house, this restaurant offers Kyoto-style kaiseki French cuisine prepared by Chef Higuchi, who has served as executive chef at many prestigious hotels and other establishments. The restaurant offers a special experience with a view of the tsuboniwa garden and Japanese garden unique to Kyoto from the seating area. Private rooms with a tea ceremony room and upstairs seating are also available for family gatherings.