‘Tan’ comes from the city of Kyotango in Kyoto Prefecture. Naturally, the food hails from the Tango region too: rice grown by staff members; vegetables from the region’s farmers. Gohan is cooked in clay pots, timed to be ready just as guests arrive, and served alongside aemono using seasonal vegetables generously dressed with sesame. Seated around a large table called ‘daidokoro’, meaning ‘kitchen’, you feel invited into a circle of friends, so just relax and savour the blessings of nature.