If you are open to travelling slightly outside of Kyoto, a number of the monestaries at Koyasan have excellent traditional shojin ryori meal options.
The largest temples often have restaurants in the grounds – beautiful setting, often reasonably priced, Buddhist food. I’m not sure if that qualifies as shojin ryori but to my (possibly untrained) eye its not too far. I have eaten in Daitokuji, Nanzenji and Ryoanji
Ikkyu at Daitokuji is the obvious choice, but you may not get much out of it if you are not very deep into Japanese cuisine. It’s intentionally plain for reasons of shibumi.
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If you are open to travelling slightly outside of Kyoto, a number of the monestaries at Koyasan have excellent traditional shojin ryori meal options.
The largest temples often have restaurants in the grounds – beautiful setting, often reasonably priced, Buddhist food. I’m not sure if that qualifies as shojin ryori but to my (possibly untrained) eye its not too far. I have eaten in Daitokuji, Nanzenji and Ryoanji
Ikkyu at Daitokuji is the obvious choice, but you may not get much out of it if you are not very deep into Japanese cuisine. It’s intentionally plain for reasons of shibumi.
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