Kibune, the Okuzashiki(destination area) of Kyoto, is about a 40-minute drive north of Kyoto Station.  There are many culinary inns along the Kibune River, which runs between Mt. Kibune and Mt. Kurama, and in the summer it is flooded with people and cars.  At “Kawadoko”, which is located above the Kibune River, cool summer guests who visit to avoid the hot and humid summer of Kyoto enjoy cool summer dishes.  As autumn deepens, the people of Kibune move away, and only Mogaribue(the tiger-falling whistle), played by wind from Mt.Kurama and trees with completely fallen leaves, and the murmuring of the river echo in the isthmus.  At dusk, only one house is lit, and steam is rising from the open-air bath surrounded by bamboo fences.

京都の奥座敷、貴船は京都駅から北へ車で約40分の所にあります。貴船山と鞍馬山に挟まれて流れる貴船川沿いには料理旅館が立ち並び、夏季には人と車で溢れ返ります。貴船川の上に設けられた『川床』では、蒸し暑い京都の夏を避けて訪れた納涼客達が涼しい夏料理に舌鼓を打ちます。その貴船も秋が深まるにつれ人は遠ざかり、葉もすっかり落ちた木々が奏でる鞍馬下ろしの虎落笛と、川のせせらぎだけが地峡に響いています。夕暮れ時、一軒だけ明かりが灯り、竹垣で囲った露天風呂から湯気が立ち上っています。