''Kyoto Gourmet Tour 2024 Spring,'' a campaign in which 100 restaurants serving Kyoto cuisine and French cuisine will offer special menus, will begin at restaurants in Kyoto Prefecture on January 20th, in an effort to boost the restaurant industry in Kyoto Prefecture during the slow season for sightseeing in Kyoto. Until March 19th.
The event was sponsored by Doko Iko (Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City), a food and beverage industry consulting firm, and was supported by MK (Minami Ward, Kyoto City), a major taxi company. The plan is to offer courses using seasonal ingredients at easy-to-understand prices, with each store setting the price in 1,000 yen increments, including service charge and tax. This time, the fifth time, they plan to collaborate with local governments such as Obama City, Fukui Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture, and offer menus using seafood from each region.
A presentation was held on January 10th at Ace Hotel Kyoto (Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City), which is participating in the campaign, and the organizers said, ''Keeping in mind the weak yen and inbound tourists, some stores will also be preparing courses for 100,000 yen.''Japanese cuisine. Please feel free to visit stores of a wide variety of genres, not just ''. Approximately 8,800 people used the event when it was held in the fall of 2023, and this time they aim to attract 10,000 people.
