Yoshimi Tanigawa

Cuisine: Japanese

Restaurant: Kichisen

Location: Kyoto, Japan

Signature Dish: White Lacquer, Osechi Box

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Yoshimi Tanigawa is famous for his superlative kaiseki meals that highlight local produce and the simplicity of Kyoto cuisine. At his kitchen at Kichisen, a paragon of tradition, his dedication to the preservation of Kyoto’s traditional cuisine is part art, part discipline; most of all it is breathtaking.

As one of Japan’s most respected kaiseki institutions, Tanigawa’s Kichisen labours against the grain of decorative, excessive trends in Japanese fine dining, and seeks to revive the sophistication of authentic Kyoto food as it’s been done throughout its proud history. Diners come from all over Japan and the world to sit at Tanigawa’s table.

His apprentices undertake a six-year training program. For any dedicated lover of Japanese cuisine, Kyoto’s finest stands easily among the best Asia has to offer.

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