毎朝、昆布やサバ節など選び抜かれた素材で丁寧に引いた出汁が自慢。その旨味は「名物 権太呂なべ」をはじめ、蕎麦やうどんで楽しむことができます。京都の繁華街にある本店ビルは和風の佇まい。のれんをくぐれば打ち水され た石畳が奥へ続き、数寄屋造りの落ち着きのある店内は椅子席から座敷まで揃います。3階に広がる蕎麦の花は、権太呂所有の蕎麦畑でスケッチされたもの。花の中のカマキリは、Ki-Yanがこの壁画の構想を練っていたとき、偶然自宅に飛び込んできた珍客。そのままモデル採用?! となりました。

 Gontaro prides itself in its dashi-a homemade soup stock made of carefully selected kombu and mackerel flakes prepared freshly every morning. Enjoy the umami taste of this dashi in the Famous Gontaro Hot Pot, udon noodle soup or soba buckwheat noodle soup. This main branch of Gontaro is located in Kyoto’s busy shopping area in a modern building with an authentic sukiya-zukuri (an architectural style based on tea house aesthetics) style interior. The restaurant features both table seating as well as Japanese style tatami rooms. You can find Ki-Yan’s paintings of buckwheat flowers on the walls and the sliding doors on the third floor. These paintings are based on sketches Ki-Yan drew while in Gontaro’s own buckwheat fields. You can also find the motif of a praying mantis sitting on a buckwheat flower. While thinking about the composition of the paintings for Gontaro, a praying mantis jumped into Ki-Yan’s house, and he spontaneously decided to feature the insect as well.

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 「百獣の王と百花の王」をテーマにした、迫力満点のライオンと牡丹が出迎えてくれる「Wine 蔵しおり」は、約90種のワインと創作料理が気楽に楽しめるダイニングバー。京町家の趣きをそのままに、掘りごたつ式の個室やテーブル、カウンターなど様々なスタイルで過ごすことができます。壁の角から見つめるライオンや天井まで広がる牡丹など、枠にとらわれないKi-Yan スタイルがあちこちに。2階の白い箱庭にあるブドウが眺められる席は絶対おすすめ。心地よいほろ酔いを誘います。

 Home to Ki-Yan’s dynamic mural ‘The Kings of Beasts and Flowers’ , Wine Kura Shiori is a dining bar serving over 90 types of wine alongside inventive international and Japanese inspired dishes. Located in a renovated kyo-machiya (traditional Kyoto townhouse), the bar provides a variety of seating styles, including the popular horigotatsu seating style (seating at a table over a sunken floor) in the private room. Ki-Yan’s paintings of red lions and peonies that dominate the staircase walls represent the artist’s signature style of ‘painting without boundaries’. Don’t forget to check out Ki-Yan’s ‘Grape Terrace’ on the second floor-a blue mural on the white walls surrounding a miniature Japanese rock garden.

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上質の肉をじっくりと味わいたい人が通う焼肉店。国産和牛は産地にこだわらず、その日の最高のものを仕入れるスタイルがうまさの秘訣です。おすすめはミスジとサンカク。またテール蒸しやハルサメなど韓国惣菜のサイドメニューも見逃せません。焼肉→韓国→トラという連想から、「食べ物屋にはあたたかさがないとうまい料理が味わえない」という考えで描かれた赤いトラ。「枠からはみ出るほうがKi-Yanらしい」という友人の一言をうけ、尻尾は後から柱を超えて描き延ばしたそうです。

  If you are looking for fresh and high quality meat in Kyoto, opt for the yakiniku (authentic Japanese BBQ) restaurant Gyū Ōta. The restaurants superior flavours come from its choice of quality meat-the best Japanese wagyu beef of the day, regardless of region of origin. And don’t forget to try the misuji (oyster blade) and sankaku (chuck ribs), both highly recommended by the owners. Along with carefully selected meats, the restaurant also offers various Korean side dishes including steamed oxtail and harusame noodle salad. The idea of the red tiger painting for this yakiniku restaurant comes from a popular association in Japan among grilled meat, Korea and tigers, as well as Ki-Yan’s desire to paint the tiger in warm colours in order to enhance guests’ dining experience. Following a friend’s suggestion, the artist later repainted the tiger’s tail over the corner pillar.

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