[TV Osaka Corporation] Summer in Kyoto: Escape the hustle and bustle and discover hidden gems for delicious food on “Otona Tabi Aruki Tabi,” broadcast on August 30th
TV Osaka Corporation Press Release: August 28, 2025 Summer in Kyoto: Escape the hustle and bustle and discover hidden gems for delicious food. “Otona Tabi Aruki Tabi” airs August 30th. TV Osaka “Otona Tabi Aruki Tabi” Saturday, August 30th, 6:30 PM – 6:58 PM
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https://tver.jp/series/sr6q8agywz This time, we’ll be touring Kyoto’s stylish, hidden gems for delicious food in the summer with announcer Uehara. Former greengrocer? Kyomachiya BAR
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-50572b5896e1fda83f83ad151a1cfd79-2736×1824.jpg [Shluv KYOTO] (C) TV Osaka First, we headed to Shluv KYOTO, a Kyoto machiya bar located along Takakura Street, a little way from Nishiki Market, where you can enjoy alcohol and vegetables.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-188df53d021cf494706f4247007ccb8d-2736×1824.jpg First toast with “Aragosta Vermentino”! (C) Osaka Television Apparently, the two sisters, both of whom love alcohol, renovated their family’s greengrocer to run a bar. Mitamura is in top form today, downing a glass of white wine in one go! Then, we drank some gizzard confit topped with a generous vegetable salad, showcasing the skills of a former greengrocer! Thinness 0.01mm! ? “Freshly Shaved Bonito Flakes Rice Bowl”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-f40aabc486a819a2b13eaa8e106c0dc5-2736×1824.jpg [Setsudo BUSHIDO] (C) Osaka Television For lunch, enjoy the finest bonito flakes rice bowl! Head to BUSHIDO, a bonito flakes rice bowl specialty restaurant. The moment you open the door, you’re greeted by the delicious aroma of bonito flakes! We order their famous “Bonito Flakes Rice Bowl Set Meal,” topped with a mountain of freshly shaved, fluffy bonito flakes! You might even have an encounter with the unknown! Over 200 varieties available nationwide! Japanese sake specialty bar
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-13eaf002c2422209285455212ebf8d39-2736×1824.jpg [Asano Sake Store KYOTO] (C) TV Osaka Next, we visited Asano Nihonshuten KYOTO. The owner, a sake lover, personally tastes sake, focusing on Kyoto’s local sake, and carefully selects the ones he finds most delicious! They apparently stock around 200 types of sake from all over Japan.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-e87c47a6be9d87adde642c9277a45633-2736×1824.jpg Enjoying limited edition items (C) TV Osaka You can also enjoy a drink at the back of the bar. If you tell them your preferences, they’ll suggest a sake that’s perfect for you. What do you and your partner want? ? A hidden gem in a back alley! A standing bar that’s packed every day!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-989c15b3b0d569c0c6c453bcb053add3-2736×1824.jpg [Tsukinokoguma Standing Bar] (C) TV Osaka And then we went
bar-hopping! We headed to Tsukinokoguma, a standing bar tucked away in an alley.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-3d8630ae4148fb6e0ff83216f8074843-2011×1824.jpg I’m very interested in “Doteni”! (C) Osaka Television Cheers with whiskey! Our specialty “Doteni” and other dishes include: Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-8beef4e551d7dbcf1d7449323e08786e-2736×1824.jpg 71-year-old’s first attempt! “Black Bean Mascarpone Yatsuhashi” (C) Osaka Television Kyoto-esque?! Let’s try the “Black Bean Mascarpone Yatsuhashi.” A long-established soy sauce shop founded over 200 years ago. “Sashimi Soy Sauce” made using traditional methods.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-3f4616bbbbf88ff218487953d06dd5fd-2736×1824.jpg We’ll be enjoying Matsuno Soy Sauce’s “Old-Style Sashimi.” (C) Osaka Television Next, we’ll head a little further from the city center to Takagamine Kaido in Kita Ward. We’ll visit Matsuno Soy Sauce, a Kyoto soy sauce maker founded in 1819. We’ll be offering a special tasting of “Old-Style Sashimi,” a dark-colored soy sauce with a low salt content, mellow flavor, and strong umami. This soy sauce is
painstakingly crafted over two years, resulting in an astonishingly mellow flavor! Special preview! The ultimate in luxury: “Kano School” gold sliding door paintings at the state guest house
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long-established Nishijin textile manufacturer. We’ll tour the guesthouse, Minegyokutei, built in 1962, which is currently open to the public! This luxurious building is a must-see! A summer tradition! Kyoto kaiseki cuisine on a cool, breezy terrace!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-bb77c9e7403ab87827d08fbfcc96ddab-2736×1824.jpg For dinner, we went to Keiryo-yado at Shozan Resort.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-21fdf675afd0e84ad081a54d30804b48-2736×1824.jpg Carefully deboned, fluffy conger eel (heart) (C) Osaka Television Enjoy Kyoto’s summer staples, such as conger eel and sweetfish, in a Kyoto kaiseki dinner while gazing at the clear Kamiya River! Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/20945/2280/20945-2280-f1da8475c7cafda7e5db583fcd111d4e-2736×1824.jpg “Breaded Conger Eel” wrapped in cheese and seaweed (C) TV Osaka “Otona Tabi Aruki Tabi” airs every Saturday from 6:30 PM. This is a travel program for adults in which Kunihiko Mitamura walks the places he visits, savoring the local delicacies, fine wines, and scenery, and sharing his impressions from interacting with the local people. 〇Program website https://www.tv-osaka.co.jp/ip4/tabi/ 〇Program official X account https://x.com/tetsutabiclub 〇Program official Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/tvo.otonatabi/ For more information about this release
