[Awaji, Hyogo] Heartwarming local cuisine made with ingredients from the sea and mountains of Awaji Island. Enjoy a blissful time in the countryside, sitting around the hearth of an old house and looking out at the garden and rice terraces.

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• Kairi is a renovated traditional house nestled in the inland landscape of Awaji Island, where a traditional, unspoiled landscape remains. Enjoy carefully prepared dishes, each one carefully crafted using the owner's carefully selected local ingredients, tableware, and atmosphere, while the scenery soothes the soul. The owner's focus is on seasonal ingredients in line with Awaji Island's seasons! He uses locally grown and harvested produce whenever possible. Each dish is meticulously and delicately presented, from produce lovingly cultivated to seafood harvested with great effort and hard work. If produce is unavailable, the owner even goes out and forages for wild vegetables or makes tea himself. The owner's attention to detail is evident not only in the ingredients, but also in the tableware, forks, knives, chopsticks, temperature, and space for the food. Kairi does not have a set menu; instead, he designs his menu based on the local ingredients available at the time. A handwritten menu by the owner is posted daily at the entrance of Kairi. Looking out from the entrance, you will see a nostalgic landscape unfolding before your eyes. The interior of this old house feels one with the scenery, and you can relax in a space that evokes the beauty of traditional Japan, with features such as an irori hearth, a veranda, nostalgic yet beautiful patterned glass windows, and a transom at the top of the room that acts as a partition while still allowing air and light to pass through.
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• [Gossakaito Ruins] A four-minute drive from the dining area leads to ruins overlooking the sea, set 200 meters above sea level and 3 kilometers from the coast, dating back to the late Yayoi period, when maritime transportation was the norm. While the Yayoi period is often associated with idyllic rice farming, this site was in fact a "blacksmith village" where no agricultural tools were found. Ironworks such as arrowheads and axes from the Korean peninsula have been excavated. The blacksmith's workshop building has now been restored. [Rice Terraces in the Ikuta Area] A five-minute drive from the dining area leads to the rice terraces of the Ikuta area, a pristine Japanese landscape. The Ikuta area is made up of three small mountain villages. Amidst aging and depopulation, momentum for revitalizing the area has grown. The Ikuta Area Revitalization Council has been formed, maintaining the beautiful rice terraces and further promoting the sale of soba noodles, a local resource. Furthermore, initiatives include a soba cafe utilizing the former nursery school and the restoration of a watermill. In the evenings during the rice planting season, the scenery is mesmerizing.