Japanese Cuisine by The Ritz-Carlton, Nikko

Nikko is known for the World Heritage Sites "Shrines and Temples of Nikko". Nikko Toshogu Shrine, one of the World Heritage Sites, is also known as the place dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Edo Shogunate. Ieyasu, who lived to be 75 years old during the Edo period when the average life expectancy was 30~40 years old, is said to have favored tempura, red miso paste, barley rice, and abekawa mochi (rice cake). According to one theory, Ieyasu was a man who took very good care of his health and ate fresh, local, seasonal ingredients without too much modification. The Ritz-Carlton, Nikko has transformed the healthy diet that Ieyasu enjoyed into a gastronomic lunch that makes the most of the ingredients' unique qualities. ＜Shrimp, scallop, summer vegetables, tempura, tartar grilled trout in Nikko Tamari pickles, turnip pickled in sweet vinegar, local vegetables, steamed egg custard of chawanmushi (eel from Nakagawa), chine muscat, local vegetables, juvenile sweetfish pickled in sweet soybean sauce, three kinds of sashimi, sukini (Japanese beef) from Tochigi, seasonal vegetables, meal, Nikko "Jyoyo Rice", glutinous rice, Kinugasa (glutinous rice cake), red miso soup, pickles, sweet pickles, and a variety of other dishes. Green tea cheesecake, Nikko milk ice cream

A time to enjoy the bounty of Oku-Nikko and the coolness of the season: "Soba Gozen," a sumptuous meal of seasonal delicacies in the deep green surroundings of Oku-Nikko. The "Soba Gozen" is a sumptuous meal of seasonal delicacies in Oku-Nikko, which is surrounded by deep greenery. Please enjoy the "cool taste" unique to Oku-Nikko, which can only be found here, together with the clear Oku-Nikko air. ＜Nikko yunami and seasonal vegetables <Gozen> Tempura of shrimp, scallop and summer vegetables, Tendashi soup, vegetables from Tochigi prefecture, juvenile sweetfish pickled in sweet soy sauce, steamed egg custard of eel from Nakagawa, wild hyacinth fish with Nikko honor soy sauce, wasabi, local vegetables and pine muscat <Meal> Nikko soba noodles with aroma <Sweet > Maccha cheesecake, Nikko milk ice cream.