Visiting the famous Fushimi Inari Shrine, or better
known as Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社) is a must when you visit Kyoto. Based on what
I’ve read online, I’ve got to know that the shrine was dedicated to the God of
Rice and Sake by the Hata Clan in the late 8th century.
The main attraction of the place is the vibrant coloured
orange redish tori gates. Trust me, the view is to die for. One word to
describe it: EPIC!
Around the shrines and the shopping street, you will
see souvenirs, statues and talisman or lucky charms, which comes in the form of
foxes.
The main shrine.
It is spectacular under the sun.
Torri gates! My dream comes true at last.
A big fan of J culture, am I?
We spent our morning, being in awe with the torri
gates and ancient architectural until our stomach protested. Time for lunch!
We headed to the street using one of the entrance of
the shrine, which has a big grey stone torri gate.
Apart from souvenir shops, there are a few
restaurants or traditional eateries for you to satisfy your taste buds.
The huge grey torri gate I mentioned.
We went to 日野家 for
lunch. Too bad that I can’t remember if the bill display their restaurant in
English. Anyway, here are some photos for you to spot the shop.
The
road with shops from the shrine.
There
are tons of food samples in front of the restaurant.
A unique feature of Japanese restaurants.
To attract the diners I supposed.
They are lovely as well.
Free
flow of Genmaicha (Genmai tea)
Love
the taste and it did quench our thirst.
It
has a slight bitter sweet taste.
We
were like camels which just found
an
oasis after a long tiring journey on the dessert,
gulping
down all the chilled Genmai tea.
Lemon
Kakigoori @ 400 Yen
Shaved
ice with lemon syrup.
Shaved
ice is extremely popular during the hot summer
and
basically, you can get it anywhere in Japan.
We
ordered one as we needed some ice
to
cool us down.
Plenty
of Genmai tea during the meal was not enough.
Refreshing
and the serving is rather big.
Too bad we do not have a ravenous appetite,
else, we would be able to sample other flavours.
Kintoki (sweet red beans with syrup) and
Ujikintoki (sweet red beans with green tea syrups) are
available as well.
Dashimaki
(Japanese omelette) @ 630 Yen
We
ordered the egg roll as well.
Hmm…nothing
special about it
and
it can be a lil bland.
Just
too hungry and we needed more food
to
fill in our hungry stomach.
BBQ
Quail @ 730 Yen
I
tried quail eggs before, but not the bird.
BBQ
quail, this is new to me. XD
We
saw it outside the restaurant and it
did
look delicious.
The
meat is not as tender as chicken,
but
it is crispy and a lil char.
It
doesn’t resemble chicken wings, however
I
do like the taste of it with the BBQ sauce.
Something
new that you must try,
if
you do fancy exotic oriental food.
Tendon
(Tempura Rice) @ around 1000 Yen +/-
This
is a must try.
The
leaf tempura is unique.
(I
have no idea what vegetables is that)
You
have prawns and assorted vegetables
Tendon is best eaten hot once served.
I
miss that right now.
The best tempura is only available at the Land of the
Rising Sun. Too bad.
Unadon
(BBQ eel rice) @ 1350 Yen +/-
This
is surprisingly good.
I
dislike unagi rice or unagi sushi since I’ve tried
some
in the Japanese and fusion restaurant
here
which has a fishy smell.
This
unagi rice did change my mind.
It
is sweet and fresh.
The
sauce is good and the it is indeed appetising.
Unagi
fans shouldn’t miss it!
Pickles
are served with the rice.
The dining area.
Façade
of the restaurant.
Maybe
you can try to locate the Kanji
at
the entrance “日野家”
Maybe anyone is able to give me more info
regarding this restaurant?
We didn’t try the Inari sushi as we have it here at
our local sushi restaurant. Perhaps you should try inari sushi (which is tried
tofu skin wrapped with sushi rice inside) as fried tofu is believed to be the
favourite food of the foxes. ^^ They have set meals and udon as well.
Traditional restaurant, good food, great company and
an enchanted shrine, it did make my day. ^^
Food: 8/10 ( What can I say more? They are simply delectable
and irresistible)
Ambiance: 8/10 (Clean and nostalgic, you can opt to
seat on the floor ala Japanese style)
More info: The menu is available in both English and
Mandarin. You can request for them.
Address and telephone number: (copied from the site)
〒６１２－０８０６
京都市伏見区深草開土町１
ＴＥＬ（０７５）６４１－０３４７
ＦＡＸ（０７５）６４１－０３４７
Direction (in Japanese Kanji) :
稲荷大社より神幸道（裏参道）へ徒歩３分
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