The Doll Festival, or Hina-matsuri, is a time to pray for the health and happiness of your young daughter. Originally, it was a day set aside to wash away any troubles with running water. Shimogamo shrine continues this tradition by setting paper dolls to float away in the stream that runs through the shrine, taking any evil away with them.
Kyoto Wakuden’s course for March celebrates health and the coming of spring with a bowl of clam and fresh seaweed, beef and mugwort mochi with a bitter leaf bud sauce, and a special sushi with shellfish.
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Though Kyoto in February is the coldest month of the year, Setsubun, Hatsu-uma and many celebrations greet the coming of spring. In the later half of the month, plums start to bloom, and we can actually feel spring unfold. Festivals celebrating the plum blossoms are seen in shrines such as Jonan-gu and Kitano Tenman-gu. There are many who favor early spring in Kyoto with the delicate plum blossoms over the more crowded cherry blossom season.

Kyoto Wakuden greets you with a seasonal course with a bowl of fuku broth and pickled plum, and kasujiru (soup of sake lees) with yellowtail and maru-daikon, to warm you from the cold.

Matsunouchi means “the year God will bless you”, and we’re serving a special Matsunouchi Menu from January 2 to January 15. The variety of courses will feature foods believed to being good fortune. Celebrate your auspicious new year with steamed abalone, kuruma shrimp, akagai (ark shells), Ise lobster, boar hot pot and other exquisite Japanese local ingredients.
20,000 yen (inclusive of tax)