2024.08.21
On selected days in September 2024, the wedding venue Kyoto Art Grace Wedding Hills will offer a ‘Hanari Otsukimi Afternoon Tea’, where guests can enjoy sweets and savouries inspired by the moon viewing on the fifteenth night of the month.
The eight Japanese and Western-inspired sweets include rabbit-shaped monaka sandwiched with yuzu-flavoured white bean paste, yellow macaroons with a full moon image sandwiched with sweet potato buttercream, and tarts with custard and fresh figs on hojicha-flavoured almond dough.
The speciality ‘Usagi no Otsukimi Parfait’, which symbolises the theme, has a three-layer base of yellow peach, rare cheese and blue curacao jelly, decorated with yellow peach mousse, rabbit-shaped chocolate and amber sugar to resemble a full moon and the moon on the night of the 15th.
Options include a set of three colourful Temari sushi and chasoba, which is also recommended for lunch.
| Period: | Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 6-29 September 2024 *Reservations required. |
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| Time: | Part 1 12:30-14:00 Part 2: 14:45-16:15 (90 minutes) Registration 15 minutes before start. Only part 1 on weekdays. |
| Fee: | Adults 5,000 yen / Children (elementary school and younger) 1,500 yen Pre-school children free (seat only) *Children: 5 kinds of sweets / free drinks Tax and service charge included *Reservation required (reservation deadline 3 days in advance) |
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