And, of course, nothing beats having the dish at its source.

And that's where you G in order to cities close to Kyoto, known for these specialties come in.

My name is Rana on staff writer for Japan guy dot com, and in this video will be going on an overnight trip to get an introduction to Sushi Wagyu and T in Kyoto.

And around on Day one, we start our journey in Kyoto and make our way to a sacred mountain northeast off the city.

We end the day on the other side of the mountain in Odessa, where we'll learn about sushi and Japanese beef.

On Day two, we head to Yuji and spend the day learning about green tea before heading home.

So follow along as we go on an overnight trip around Kyoto for sushi wagyu and T mhm Day one, a trip begins in Kyoto station, from where we make our way to mount here, a sacred mountain in northeast Kyoto will take the cable car and wrote way all the way up to the mountain and from there go on a short hike before descending to O On the other side of the mountain in Otsu, we visit a sushi shop, a soccer shop, and end the day with a beautiful Japanese beef Dinner.

Er, er er er There are a few ways to travel between Kyoto and wrote and traveling by he is on is an excellent way to include a major sightseeing attraction to your itinerary, which is what I'm doing.

Mount here is a sacred mountain on which end energy temple is located.

En de Kaji Temple is made up of three main areas Yukawa in the north, Saito in the west and Toto in the east.

I'm at Saito nine.

I'm gonna take a look around here first, then hike to tithe.

Hike should take me around 30 to 40 minutes at a leisurely pace.

A tit speak.

There were thousands of sub temples spread out on the mountain.

However, most buildings were destroyed during the period of warring states in the late 16th century.

The temple was rebuilt in the early 17th century, and many of the buildings that can be seen today dates back to them the main temple.

Buildings are mostly located in the total and cider areas, and a pleasant trail connects the two areas.

Temple was founded over 1200 years ago and was where many influential monks who later went on to establish various Buddhist six, studied.

After visiting the vast and equity temple, I make my way down to the other side of the mountain and on towards OTA, along the shore of Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake.

Things is where my culinary dive into sushi and Wagyu is about to begin.

E start my adventure in order with a visit to Sakamoto Aya.

Ah, well established producer finances.

She, the forerunner of sushi as we know it today, finances.

She has a history of over 2000 years, and it is addition which fresh pregnant carp caught in the spring is first cured.

Insult then fermented and rise through the summer.

I'm here now at Sakamoto toe, Learn more about China's sushi, which is said to be the forerunner of sushi.

This fish has been fermented and rice for about a year.

The entire fish, from the head to the tail is soft enough to eat on its own and I'm gonna give it a try.

A E Mm hmm.

This is actually really good.

It's a slight, tangy flavor, and it's really smooth.

And the flavors just blend together really well in your mouth.

Yeah, it's good.

Next I'm headed to hear.

I showed in the local soccer shopping brewery, which is on the way to my accommodation.

There are a number of local sake breweries and notes, and this one has a nice selection off them.

A short 10 minute walk from the sake shop is Biwako Hotel.

My accommodation for the night.

The luxurious hotel has rooms that overlook Lake Biwa.

When in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, one should not miss having Omid you, the local Japanese beef, which is one of the top wagyu brands in Japan.

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Intricate marbling on the beef, combined with the method of preparation, are often the biggest influences on how well the flavor of the beef is brought out.

I'm here at the Teppanyaki restaurant in my hotel for tonight and I'm gonna have the local beef Omi you, which is the Japanese beef for dinner in a teppanyaki style restaurant, dinos sit in front of a hot steel grill and the chef cooks their meal in front of them on the grill.

I went for a Omi due course at the restaurant, and it was such treat in an outstanding way to end the day.

This looks so good, and I'm gonna get right into it.

Uh, meat just melts in your mouth.

It's so good, Right?

Day two way.

Continue our journey.

Taking the train from author to Yuji, where we'll spend the day learning about tea before heading home.

Yeah, T has been grown in u G since the 14th century, and overtime UGT became one of the most well known tea brands in Japan.

A number of tea varieties are grown in U.

G.

And today there are many tea shops that sell UGT and places where visitors can experience t.

A visit to a G is not complete without sampling tea or a T product or participating in a tea service.

Today, my goal energy is to immerse myself in a much off the tee culture as possible.

And I start my day in U G with a walk down the main shopping street as I make my way to my first T related activity a ceramics class pottery plays an important role in the tea culture and can be seen in the exquisite T bowls that are used in the tea ceremony.

I'm here it as a hockey, local ceramic studio and gallery.

And you g for my pottery class.

Follow me.

I'm gonna give visit guard and I hope I don't send clay flying everywhere.

My work of art will be trimmed, glazed and fired before being posted to me.

Things process typically takes a couple of months, which makes for a nice, delayed souvenir.

From there, I headed to Takumi.

No, you gotta my last spot for the day to relax and enjoy some tea grown the traditional way in which the tea bushes are not trimmed to a uniforms size using machines and are allowed to be bushy UT tea leaves are usually picked by hand and processed into yoga row.

And Maja Maja powder is frost up with hot water and served in a large T ball.

While the Yoko tea leaves can be steeped with room temperature water and is drunk out of tiny teacups.

Hm.

Smells like seaweed.

Just gonna take a little sip.

The lower the temperature of the water used to steep yoga relieves the more flavorful, and Richard the first infusion off the tears, almost like drinking a tea broth.

The leaves of the Yokota T are usually eaten after drinking it, so I'm going to try it as it is now.

And after that, add some ponzu, a bit of salt, and then try it again.

Good mm can chase like vegetables like steamed vegetables on That was our overnight trip, learning more about sushi wagyu and T around Kyoto.

Thanks for joining me.

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