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Kyoto, Japan 72-Hour Vacation

Here's where to eat, from kaiseki to yakitori and shabu-shabu.

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WHERE TO EAT — KYOTO RESTAURANTS

Bassano del Grappa
Bukkoji-dori Karasuma Higashi Iru
Nakagyo-ku
+81(0)75-344-1277

Italian
$$$$$

Gion Heihachi Shinsen-en
Nijo-jo Minami-gawa
Nakagyo-ku
+81(0)75-841-0811

Japanese (kaiseki)
$$$$$

Kushya
Kawaramachi-dori Sanjyo Noboru Higashi Iru, Ebisu-cho
Nakagyo-ku
+81(0)75-211 3448

Small Plates/Yakitori
$$$$$

Kyoto Ramen Alley
JR Kyoto Station, 10th Floor
+81(0)75-361-4401

Quick Bite
$$$$$

Okutan
86-30 Fukuchi-cho
Higashiyama-ku
+81(0)75-771-8709

Japanese (tofu specialties)
$$$$$

Shabu-zen
574 Gion-machi Minami
Higashiyama-ku
+81(0)75-541-5421

Japanese (shabu-shabu)
$$$$$


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A five-storied pagoda Temple; Copyright Akira Okada/JNTO

* Images from left to right: Shabu-Shabu (©Kagoshima Prefectural Tourist Federation/©JNTO); Kaiseki (©JNTO); Yakitori (©JNTO)

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(Updated: 04/06/09 SG)