"Three French-inspired restaurants - L'Auberge de Plaisance Sakurai, La Terrasse irisée and La Trace - offer subtle fusions of local ingredients from Nara's best producers with French techniques and flavours. One of the specialities at L'Auberge Plaisance Sakura - a vegetable dish with miso tapenade - is a perfect illustration of the culinary cross-fertilisation of these three restaurants." - MICHELIN Guide Japan