Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2012

Feeling bored with international cuisine and pseudo-Western restos? To partake of traditional Japanese cuisine in a stunning setting worthy of a lavishly-budgeted NHK period romance about a samurai, slip on your kimono and shuffle over to Enju (1-1-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku; www.happo-en.com/english). This new washoku restaurant in Shirokane’s luxuriously landscaped Happoen Garden allows you to nibble and sip while pondering Japanese cedars, manicured bonsai and a koi-stuffed pond. Time to give your zen some love.