Home > Iron Chef Japan Gourmet Tour 2010 visiting places
 | Rokuon-ji (Kinkakuji Temple, Golden Pavilion) Originally a villa of the Saionji family on the hills of Kitayama, but offered to the third Shogun in 1397. After deth of Shogun, the villa was converted into Rokuonji Temple. The Golden Pavilion, a gilded three-storied reliquary hall, is situated at the margin of a large pond named Kyokochi Pond. It is typical architecture of the Muromachi Period. |
 | Nishiki Food Market Kyoto's 400-year-old Nishiki market, about 400 meters long and just a little over two meters wide, has about 135 stores along its length that sell everything from fish, Kyoto vegetables and seaweed to tea sweets, tofu, and tempura. On Nishiki street you will always know what season it is from what is being sold. |
 | Nijo Castle The Castle was built by the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, in 1603 as his residence in Kyoto. The Castle comprises the Honmaru (main compound), originally Katsura-no-miya Palace, and a magnificent Ninomaru Palace; a Momoyama style architecture full of gorgeous decorations. |
 | Kiyomizu Temple Temple was erected in 798. Many of the present buildings were reconstructed between 1631 and 1633 by order of Shogun Iemitsu Tokugawa. The main hall (National Treasure) has a platform projecting over a precipice, which commands a panoramic view of Kyoto. |
Restaurants visiting in Kyoto
- Misono (Teppanyaki)(Japanese site only)
- Ganko Takasegawa Nijo-en (Shabu Shabu with Maiko performance)
 | Osaka Castle Osaka Castle is deep-rooted in the minds of citizens of Osaka as the symbol of Osaka, as is the "Taiko-han" (founder of Osaka Castle, Hideyoshi Toyotomi). This site introduces the history of the Castle and shows the interior of the Main Tower, which has been renovated as a History Museum. |
Restaurants visiting in Osaka
- Experience of making Okonomiyaki (Japanese Pancake)(Japanese site only)
- SUNTORY Beer Kyoto Factory
- Saami (Japanese authentic Kaiseki)
 | Tsukiji Fish market(No Guiding Service) Worlds biggest fish market. It has developed into a vast food market that serves all of Tokyo, surrounded by several shopping streets. |
 | Imperial Palace Formerly called Edo Castle. There are palaces used for formal ceremonies and a residence of Emperor and Empress in the total area of 100ha. The east side of the residence is open to the public as Kokyo Higashi Gyoen. |
 | Asakusa Kannon Temple, Nakamise Shopping Arcade, Ameyoko Shopping Street 1300 years ago two fishermen brothers found a Kannon (Godess of Mercy) statuette caught in a fishing-net. The Kannon statue was consecrated in a small temple by the landlord. During the Kamakura period, about 800 years ago, The temple, Sensouji grew and prospered together with the surrounding district of Asakusa. |
 | Kappabashi Both sides of this 800m long street are lined with shops selling various restaurant products such as lacquerware, pottery, small decorative objects.You can find traditional Japanese paintings as well as the menu stands of traditional Japanese restaurants and the plastic food models used in many modern Japanese restaurants and coffee shops. |
 | Shinjuku Well known as the city of entertainment that never sleeps, the west area is neatly lined with skycrapers and the east exit boasts an endless row of department stores, specialtly shops and restaurants and a bustling nightlife especially attractive to the young. It is also home to famous Shinjuku -gyoen Park, a tradtional japanese garden which consist of a French formal garden with rows of beautiful sycamore trees, rising trees, an English landscape garden with vast extending lawn, and a Japanese traditional garden with iris ponds and teahouse , placed ideally to harmonize perfectly with each other. |
Restaurants visiting in Tokyo
- Iron Chef Chinese - Mr. Chen ‘s restaurant “Sczechwan”
- Tsukiji Kiyomura Sushizanmai Okunoin
- Iron Chef French - Mr. Sakai ‘s restaurant “La Rochelle”
