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Alain Ducasse: ‘The Kyoto customer wants refinement’

Pictured in his Kyoto kitchen, Alain Ducasse has the largest collection of Michelin stars of any chef alive — not that he puts much stock in such accolades.

Pictured in his Kyoto kitchen, Alain Ducasse has the largest collection of Michelin stars of any chef alive — not that he puts much stock in such accolades. | COURTESY OF MUNI KYOTO

By Tim Hornyak
Contributing writer

Sep 3, 2023

Kyoto – “Just a little more,” Alain Ducasse says, looking at one of my wine glasses.

The waiter immediately corrects his pour, adding a splash more Chateau Minuty rose. Inside , the world-class chef’s restaurant in Kyoto, he is at turns critical of some missed detail, and then ebullient, praising the Kyoto wagyu with broccoletti and black truffle.

“闯’补诲辞谤别,” Ducasse says, sniffing his wine.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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