The environment is great, it is a traditional family-style Japanese food, the kind that needs to take off your shoes to enter. The waiter is a well-dressed middle-aged woman who speaks a little English, the menu is English and can be paid by credit card. Tofu is a must to eat in Kyoto, tempura is not bad, the outer oysters are tender and not greasy, and the stew soup in the tempura package is the best.