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The food and beverage menu offered at the autumn event ‘NAKED meets Nijo Castle 2024 Autumn Harvest Festival’, which will be held from 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, in honour of the opening of the Honmaru Palace.
This event allows visitors to enjoy Japan’s rich culinary culture with all five senses, with interactive art related to Japanese food and cuisine from Kyoto and other parts of Japan while visiting Nijo Castle. Naked’s food and beverage team has created a menu where you can enjoy the autumn flavours of Kyoto together with the digital art experience.
Gihee VIII rice ball set
The rice is from Kyoto’s venerable Gihee VIII rice shop. The set includes three easy-to-eat bale-shaped rice balls and dashi soup, bringing the bounty of autumn to your doorstep.
Kyoto-style miso soup with white miso
Zoni with white miso paste and round rice cakes, a classic dish eaten in Kyoto during the New Year. Using Marukome’s white miso, you can enjoy the gentle sweetness of the white miso and the soft texture of the round rice cake.
Ho-jicha zenzai with autumn leaves
It is richly flavoured with fragrant hojicha tea from Kyoto’s venerable ‘Fukujuen’ tea shop. The use of rice malt milk and sweet koji from Marukome gives this round rice cake zenzai a light and delicate sweetness.
Baby sponge cake with pumpkin cream
Special sweet in collaboration with Kyoto Suzunariya, a baby sponge cake shop in Kyoto.
hot yuzu ginger
The combination of yuzu and tangy ginger is a uniquely Japanese hot drink. It is a drink that warms the body from the core.
Matcha Soy Latte with Eating Autumn Leaves (HOT)
Uses tea leaves from Kyoto’s venerable Fukujuen Tea House. Made with soy milk and suitable for vegans, with edible autumn leaves for an autumnal look.
Hojicha chai with edible autumn leaves (HOT)
Made with fragrant hojicha tea from Kyoto’s venerable Fukujuen tea shop. This vegan sweet drink combines the aroma of hojicha with the unique spicy flavour of chai. Edible autumn leaves give it an autumnal look.
| Period:: | 25 Oct (Fri) – 8 Dec (Sun), 2024 |
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| Opening hours: | 18:00-22:00 (last admission 21:00) |
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Koishikawa Korakuen Garden: Ume plum blossoms in the garden are at their best.
Koishikawa Korakuen Garden: ‘Long Autumn Nights in Koishikawa Korakuen Garden’, a fantastic feudal lord’s garden lit up to create a lively atmosphere in Edo Castle.
[Ginza Mitsukoshi Main Building / New Building] Introducing Christmas cakes, hors d’oeuvres and fruits that can be purchased on the day
Nara
Countrywide
Kagawa
Kyoto
Countrywide
Kurokawa Onsen Yuakari, a fantastic illumination of bamboo in the countryside. This season, ‘Yuakari Yokocho’ is only open for a limited time.
Kumamoto
[New Furano Prince Hotel]This year’s plan to enjoy a snow fairy ‘zebra finch’ birdwatching experience and a lunch set with a zebra finch cake plate.
Hokkaido
[Kyoto Hachikan]Winter trip to Ohara, Kyoto, with a view of the snowy landscape and Osechi cuisine.
Kyoto
[KAI Tsugaru]Tsugaru Nanayuki Kamakura Apero’, an amuse-bouche featuring tunas from Oma and limited-edition sake, inspired by the Tsugaru Nanayuki snowfall.
Aomori
[Minoh, Katsuo-ji Temple.]‘Zero congestion’ measures during the autumn foliage season, such as ‘dedicated shuttle bus service’ and ‘special night-time lighting’, will commence from 9 November 2024 (Saturday).
Osaka
[Meiji Kinenkan] For a limited time only, a sweets shop boasting patisseries has been opened at Odakyu Noborito Station.
2024.12.25
Kurokawa Onsen Yuakari, a fantastic illumination of bamboo in the countryside. This season, ‘Yuakari Yokocho’ is only open for a limited time.
2024.12.23
Limited edition original gin ‘NISHI-GIN’, jointly produced by a group of restaurants in Nishijin, on sale from 25 November.
2024.12.20
Nippon Kodo launches limited-edition incense and incense burner sets with a ‘Snake’ design, the Chinese zodiac sign for 2025.
2024.12.18
Winter special parfait at the Unjo Saryo café in the Tale of Genji Museum, Uji, Kyoto.
2024.12.16
OnigiriBurger ‘Eel Kabayaki – Double Eggs’, newly launched as part of Kansai International Airport OnigiriBurger 1st anniversary menu.
2024.12.13
Kanagawa
Food
Meiji Kinenkan’s confectionery brand ‘Kanomi no Mori’ is now available at Odakyu Noborito Station. Please take a look at the varied collection, including piece cakes, decorative cakes and other cakes perfect for Christmas, as well as standard popular sweets.
Hiroshima
Art
Simose Art Museum, located in Otake City, Hiroshima Prefecture, has been awarded the prestigious Versailles Prize as the “Most Beautiful Museum in the World.”
The award ceremony took place on December 2 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, marking a historic moment for the museum and Japanese architecture.
The Versailles Prize Website:https://www.prix-versailles.com/2024
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Food
December sees the arrival of a number of Christmas breads. The Snowman with his cute smiling face is a sweet loaf with two different flavours: pudding cream and chocolate cream. It is a heartwarming treat with flavours that both children and adults can enjoy.
Also back this year is the popular Japanese Stollen, which was a big hit last year. This is a special cake that can only be tasted at Kimuraya, using Japanese-inspired ingredients such as persimmons, figs and koshi-an (sweet bean paste). Please take this opportunity to try Kimuraya’s limited edition Christmas bread.
Hiroshima
Art
The Hiroshima Museum of Art is hosting the exhibition “ZIPANGU: Contemporary Artists Who Defined the Heisei Era” (November 2, 2024 – December 22, 2024). This showcase brings together works by some of the most prominent figures in Japan’s contemporary art scene, including Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Makoto Aida, Yoshitomo Nara, Chiharu Shiota, Izumi Kato, Akira Yamaguchi, and Miwa Komatsu. The exhibition has already garnered significant attention, exceeding 10,000 visitors.
HYAKKEI covered the dialogue between contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and Sueo Mizuma, the curator of this exhibition, held at the RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima. We also conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Mizuma.
The discussions centered on the aspirations behind the ZIPANGU exhibition and offered forward-looking insights, not only into Japan’s art world but also into the rediscovery of value within Japanese culture by its people.
Osaka
Food
Event
From 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, a pop-up shop for miffy café tokyo will be held in Umeda, Osaka.
Hiroshima
Travel
Culture
Two types of paper seals made exclusively for autumn, ‘Chrysanthemum and Tanzaku’ and ‘Autumn Leaves and Candles’, have been available since Monday 9 September at Daisho-in Temple on the World Heritage island of Miyajima. Quantities are limited and will run out as soon as they are gone.
