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Cuisine
Traditional Japanese / Kaiseki / Kappo
Average cost
Lunch: ¥10,000 - ¥15,000
Dinner: ¥20,000 - ¥30,000
Try to figure out what makes the cuisine at this two-Michelin-starred restaurant so different as to be unable to be put into words.
Restaurant Details
Like many words in Japanese, “yugen” is difficult to translate into English. In fact, the best possible way in which to express it in English is through a French loanword: je ne sais quoi.
This indescribable quality is what Chef Mifune Keisuke hopes to make his guests feel at his Michelin-starred restaurant Yugen: making his cuisine so subtly different that every diner is instantly struck by it — but they just don’t know what it is.
Having trained at the likewise Michelin-starred Kyoto culinary titan Ajikitcho for 13 years, Chef Mifune knows the basics of kaiseki cuisine like the back of his hand. It is this intimate familiarity and utter mastery of these culinary fundamentals that allows him to make such delicate changes to mainstay kaiseki dishes, bringing out that special “yugen” in each one. Most of these adjustments are closely guarded secrets, but a commonly known one is his substitution of local Kansai rice varieties with Yume Tsukushi rice from his hometown of Fukuoka.
Previously the recipient of a single Michelin star in 2021, Yugen finds itself picking up a second in 2024, with a third potentially on the cards in the future. The Michelin inspectors may not have known exactly how to describe what makes the cuisine at Yugen different, but they certainly have given it due recognition.
Yugen Access Info
Yugen is a 5-minute walk from Osaka-Uehommachi Station, or a 10-minute walk from Tanimachi 9-chome Station.
Yugen Phone Number
050-3628-4385
Yugen Business Days
Sunday
11:00 AM
06:00 PM
Monday
11:00 AM
06:00 PM
Tuesday
11:00 AM
06:00 PM
Wednesday
11:00 AM
06:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM
06:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM
06:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM
06:00 PM
Yugen Address
Japan, 〒543-0031 Osaka, Tennoji Ward, Ishigatsujichō, 14−14 銭屋本舗 西館 101
Yugen Cancellation Policy
Cancel your reservation at least 2 days before the dining start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.
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Restaurant location
Osaka Prefecture is the birthplace of Kansai-style okonomiyaki and many classic Japanese street foods. Centered around Osaka (the prefectural capital), the clash of trade, traditions, and modern technologies contributes to the dynamic energy of this prefecture overlooking Osaka Bay.
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