Jidaiya loosely translates as "period house." Jidaiya has the feel of a traditional Japanese restaurant perhaps from the Edo Period (1600's to mid-1800's).
This was the first of several traditional Japanese dinners we ate on this trip. Each meal typically consisted of many courses of small portions beautifully presented. Sometimes the food items were served in small wooden boxes. Food items often served were various Japanese salads (fruits and/or vegetables), sashimi (meat and fish), sushi, cooked meat with vegetables sometimes prepared by us in a small cooker at our table, rice, tempura, miso soup, tofu, green tea and of course sake.
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