Watch: Breakfast Is a Multi-Course Meal at This Michelin-Starred Restaurant in Japan | Eater

"Owned by 16th-generation proprietor Qta Asada, this nearly 140-year-old five-star ryokan with four guest rooms and a Michelin star embodies the traditional Japanese inn lineage that dates back to the eighth century A.D. Breakfast is treated as the most important meal — an event rather than a simple meal — featuring many fermented items such as soy sauce, miso soup (fermented soybeans), and tsukemono pickles served with rice. While the inn once served all dishes at once, it has evolved to begin with cold dishes before bringing warm items, a service sequence that it did not invent but which the inn considers a defining and special aspect of its breakfast experience." - Eater Video