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Still too early for Sakura in Tokyo.
I found one sakura tree in full bloom around Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Spring has come.

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This is a Kyoto cuisine restaurant with a counter and three tatami rooms. It has a good Gion-like atmosphere and is located favorably in the Gion area, a little apart from the exciting Shijo Street. Their mackerel sushi and sesame tofu are particularly popular.

The Kyoto cuisine starts with hassun. It is beautifully arranged with crisp sea cucumber and eel fry decorated with grated daikon (on the upper left side in the right picture), and boiled beans (on the upper right side in both pictures) having to do with Setsubun (the day of the bean-scattering ceremony in Japan). On the center is a set of shrimp, sardine, mackerel and other kinds of sushi.

One of the noted menus of Gion Nishimura is this mackerel sushi. It is in its perfection with this thick mackerel.

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