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Japanese restaurant chain
Kitcho (Kanji: 吉兆 Hiragana: きっちょう lit. "good omen") is a kaiseki (Japanese haute cuisine) restaurant chain group and one of the most famous ones in Japan. It was founded by Teiichi Yuki in 1930 in Osaka, and today runs restaurants in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Fukuoka and Tokyo.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Kitcho (Kanji: 吉兆 Hiragana: きっちょう lit. "good omen") is a kaiseki (Japanese haute cuisine) restaurant chain group and one of the most famous ones in Japan. It was founded by Teiichi Yuki in 1930 in Osaka, and today runs restaurants in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Fukuoka and Tokyo.2
Founded by Teiichi Yuki.1
The founder Teiichi Yuki was also known as an expert in the Japanese tea ceremony and a great collector of tea utensils, not only dishes for Kaiseki cuisine. He wrote many books about cuisine and tea ceremony. The current executive chef of Kyoto Arashiyama Kitcho is Kunio Tokuoka (徳岡邦夫), grandson of Teiichi Yuki.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kitcho, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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