"Wear casual clothes¡ and don¡¯t come in shoes you¡¯d mind getting a bit dirty." The dress code at Inaka no Taiho is more than just informal ¡ª it¡¯s down-home, backcountry, anything-goes.?
Pack your warmest down jacket in winter, perhaps a hat and muffler, too. For the rainy season, you¡¯ll need sturdy boots or galoshes. And bring sandals and sunscreen in the summer. At chef Koki Watanabe¡¯s one-of-a-kind farmhouse-style restaurant, the countryside is not just a backdrop for his innovative Chinese cuisine ¡ª you¡¯re actually out there dining in the very middle of it.?
Perched on the edge of a thickly forested hillside, Inaka no Taiho lies in the uplands of northern Kyoto Prefecture, much closer to the rugged Sea of Japan coast than the refined cityscape of the ancient capital. Its main dining area is an open deck under the trees from where you gaze at the pitched roofs of the village farmhouses and nearby rice paddies.
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