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	<description>Introducing Open Kyoto, from the creators of Kyoto Foodie.</description>
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		<title>Interview with Kyoto Chef, Yoshihiro Murata of Kikunoi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 05:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, fellow foodie, Kyoto fan, culinary author, Jane Lawson and I got to spend several hours interviewing Yoshihiro Murata, the owner-chef of famed Kyoto restaurant Kikunoi. Chef Murata’s three restaurants have garnered a total of 7 Michelin stars. Making him, if I am not mistaken, the most starred chef in Japan. Chef Murata is a &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Five Layer Cotton Gauze &#8216;Zen Master&#8217; Bath Towel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had been waiting for this to come out for awhile and it finally arrived this morning by special delivery. A friend of mine&#8217;s company, down in south Kyoto, where they brew all the sake, has been developing really nice futons, blankets and pajamas with a very interesting layered gauzy cotton fabric, that I think &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto Garden Tulips and Chabana After Morning Rain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last few weeks the tulips have been blooming in my little garden. This morning, after a night of heavy rain, I went out to have a look around and took a few photos. Elsewhere, in the garden the chabana &#8216;tea flowers&#8217; are also blooming. Chabana are flowers that are used to decorate the tea &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto Soba Cuisine Restaurant Nicolas &#8211; Fruit Tomato Soba!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stopped in at Soba Ryori Nicolas (pronounced &#8216;nikola&#8217; in Japanese) for lunch this afternoon and was impressed! I had the ’fruit tomato&#8217; soba and the annindofu (Chinese almond jelly) with soba honey for dessert. The ‘fruit tomato’ is popular in Japan and is greenhouse grown with a minimum of water which produces a very &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Falling Sakura Petals at Myorenji Temple</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cherry blossoms only last a few days. They are blown away by the spring winds and washed away by spring downpours. Therefore, the sakura (cherry blossom) is one of the symbols of the samurai warrior &#8211; as they could lose their lives at any moment. Today, as I was on my way back from a &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kyoto Kamo River View from Gojo Bridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a day of rain, and my dinner, I was biking home and when I crossed the Gojo Bridge, I looked up the Kamo River and saw a great view of Mt Hiei shrouded in evening mist and clouds. The photo, taken with my phone doesn&#8217;t quite do it justice.]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh Bamboo Shoot Takenoko Gohan &amp; Yuba Bamboo Shoot Sukiyaki</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my all time favorite dishes is sukiyaki, and if I may say so, mine in pretty awesome. I don&#8217;t use all the conventional ingredients. For example, I use namafu instead of tofu. Or, shungiku, nanohana or mibuna instead of Chinese cabbage. (Sukiyaki Lesson with Kyoto Foodie, Andrea Nguyen article) A few springs ago, &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Pottery &amp; Ikebana: Akira Koie Flower Vase</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, I stopped by a gallery to check out some sake cups that I ordered like 15 months ago. I was disappointed with the cups and passed on purchasing any. However, upstairs there was a show of a young and up and coming potter named Akira Koie (鯉江明) whose work I liked so-so. He &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Morel Mushrooms in my Kyoto Garden!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a surprise! This morning, in my garden I noticed a morel mushroom. I have never seen one in my little Kyoto garden before. I then noticed a second one. At a mountainside temple in Oyamazaki (on the outskirts of Kyoto), one spring I found a few and took them home and prepared them &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Taisho Era Kyoyaki Ceramic Bowls from Naramachi Antique Store</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Score! Novel patterned and colored antique ceramic bowls in Nara, from Kyoto. I am quite into Japanese ceramics and pottery and sometimes buy antique pieces too. Today, in Naramachi, at an antique store I found a set of antique ceramic bowls that I instantly fell in love with. They are from the Taisho period (1912–1926). &#8230;]]></description>
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