Japanese Dining KURA (ANA Crowne Plaza Niigata)

Each time a new hue settles over the trees lining the Shinano River, Niigata visitors can look forward to a new menu at Japanese Dining Kura. The ANA Crowne Plaza Niigata’s signature Japanese restaurant’s seasonal menus ensure that guests experience the deepest dive possible into the flavors of the season. Ingredients emblematic of each season star in each edition, from hearty beef in the winter months, to chestnuts and sweet potato in fall, and so on. These menus are planned far in advance, down to weekly set-menu lunches with seasonal curry and comfort classics. It’s perfect for guests planning a visit from overseas, with plenty of advance notice for bookings. Kura’s take on kaiseki extends to its highly rated lunches, where entirely different cooking styles are used depending on the time of year to prepare the highlight of each meal. From leaf-grilling to bento-style meals, arrangements of small plates to drinking-snack add-ons, the menu at Kura is nothing short of remarkable.