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For those of you who love Beijing Duck, you may have heard of this place. (Sorry, Alan; this post is decidedly not for you!) This is the restaurant where Dong Zhenxiang, chef of the famed Da Dong restaurants, got his… Continue Reading →

One of the highlights of Mount Koya was eating this type of food, which is a vegetarian specialty that originated in Buddhist temples. At Kumagai Temple, where we stayed in Koyasan, we ate shojin ryori prepared by the monks day… Continue Reading →