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KYOTO , JAPAN One of 24 Michelin Green Star restaurants in Japan , Two Michelin Star Kyoto-based Kodaiji Wakuden delivers a minimalist Japanese menu that limits unnecessary elements and uses seasonal flavours and own-grown ingredients . Owner Yuko Kuwamura and her team initiated a tree-planting exercise to revive the surrounding forest and here she grows wild vegetables , pepper , fruit and other crops used in her three restaurants . Her employees plant rice each year and use no pesticides or chemical fertilisers . “ We spread crab shells supplied by a ryotei over the paddy fields , thereby returning them to the earth as nutrients .” says chef Shinsuke Tsuruta

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98 July 2022