December Courses
Sweets combining tradition and innovation, created through the skill of a Japanese confectionery craftsman of long standing. Japanese tea and cocktails using painstakingly selected tea leaves. Enjoy paired courses, choosing from five sweets and five Japanese teas
1 Seeds of Confection
Timeless flavors, the rich hues of trees’ bounty
Narazuke, amazake, Setouchi lemon, mixed seeds
2 Light-Infused Grains
Grains still gleaming, down the millennia
Domyoji rice cake, cinnamon, kabocha
3 Dream of Illusion
Cacao’s call from distant shores, offering a sweet dream
Cacao, pistachio, strawberry
4 Antique Grace
The legacy of tradition that lives on in beans, down through time
Kuromame, cream cheese, apricot, hazelnut
5 Distant Weaving
Elegant memories spun from golden strands
Chestnut, orange, red bean paste
1 Gyokuro Goko
Nurtured by skill, rich and robust flavors flourishing
A Rishouen single variety goko, grown in Uji
2 Koshun Japanese Black Tea
The lingering echo of its expansive fragrance nourishing the soul
Koshun from the Takanashi Tea Farm in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture
3 Timeless Resilience
Eternal breath residing in the winter-barren earth
Champagne (absent in mocktail)
Non-alcoholic sparkling wine, matcha
4 Setting Sun
Fleeting sunlight heralding the lonely hour of twilight
Tanqueray Sevilla Gin (absent in mocktail)
Hojicha, dark soy sauce, vanilla, burdock root
5 Shoun no Mukashi Matcha
Stone-ground leaves harmonizing in a cup, delivering the deep essence of tradition
The favorite at Ryuouen tea shop of the Omotesenke school’s fourteenth head, Jimyosai