Kyo-ryori - Ogata (Kyoto Restaurant). Photos By Gozen Etsuda

Ogata, a Japanese restaurant, was opened in 2008 by Toshiro Ogata, who previously worked as Head Chef at the distinguished Kyo-ryori restaurant Muromachi Wakuden. The restaurant has won two Michelin stars and is currently one of the most difficult to reserve in Kyoto. The cuisine - using the finest seasonal ingredients from across Japan and, naturally, Kyoto vegetables - is making a deep impression on gourmands with its reputation. This books is a collection of pictures by Gozen Etsuda, a photographer with an established reputation in food photography, communicating Ogata's delicately and daringly interpreted genuine Japanese cuisine of the modern age, and its philosophy.