Lion Kitchen

　The Demachi Masugata Shopping Arcade is a place we always visit when showing guests around our guesthouse. Lion Kitchen is located at the west entrance. Originally based in Osaka, they moved here five years ago.

　It’s a Western-style restaurant where the hamburg steak is a popular dish, but I also recommend popping in for a coffee. My personal favourite is the yuzu ginger ale. Yuzu is a typical Japanese citrus fruit, characterised by its tart flavour and pleasant aroma. It contains little juice, and the peel is mainly used to add fragrance to Japanese cuisine.

　The murals of animals, painted by picture book author Tomonori Taniguchi, create a wonderfully cosy atmosphere.