Kitcho is perhaps the most famous of the traditional kaiseki establishments in Kyoto. It is situated in the western outskirts of town, near the bottom of a hillside overlooking Kyoto, near the river Oi in an area called Arashiyama. Chef Kunio Tokuoka (born 1960) took over the family reins as head chef, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, who set the original restaurant up Osaka in 1930. The Kyoto establishment was founded in 1938. Kunio Tokuoka was the first chef ever awarded the national Medal Of Honour With Purple Ribbon from the Japanese government in 1981, and in 1988 was the first chef to receive the Prize For Distinguished Cultural Merit. He is noted as an expert on the tea ceremony, which is where the kaiseki cuisine sprang from.
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