Well, our dinner reservation requests have come through in spades for our coming trip to Japan!

I’d already shared in the Tokyo thread that the Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho has booked us for Sushi Yoshitake (3*), Sushi Sawada (2*), and Narisawa (2*).

The Suiran Kyoto has booked us for Kitcho (3*), Wayamamura lunch in Nara (3*), and Kichisen (3*), and the RC Kyoto has booked us for Gion Sasaki lunch (2*) and Nakamura (3*). The StR Osaka has booked us for Aragawa (2*) and Hajime (3*).

If if anyone has feedback on whether we are doing too much kaiseki, I’d be open to any suggestions or other recommendations via PM.

One thing is certain: all of those hotels have top drawer concierge teams. I know the RC Kyoto started off rough, but it righted the ship and has come through in a big way with both our reservations and tour planning. The Suiran Kyoto, Prince Gallery Tokyo, and StR Osaka concierge teams have been almost flawless, really, getting every reservation we wanted and really going overboard in helping with our tour planning right from the start.