I don’t watch the show, but it sounds like a fun place to visit. I wonder if the creator just really liked that restaurant or if the restaurant asked to be in the show.
My late Octobers are booked for the foreseeable future, but if things don’t work out, I’ll see if I can do the festival
I visited a couple more shrines on my trip last month. Not a huge number, admittedly - most of my daily activities involved traipsing through various bits of countryside rather than visiting shrines or temples - but once I’ve got my travel blog all written up, I can come here and post about them.