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    Chef and Owner

    Yuzo Nakao'

    Chef and Owner, Mirei

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    Chef and Owner
    Portrait of Yuzo Nakao'

    Portrait of Yuzo Nakao'

    i. Biography

    Yuzo Nakao is the chef and owner of Mirei in Kyoto’s Nakagyo Ward, where he has run the restaurant since 2016 with an à la carte format uncommon in Kyoto kaiseki dining. Nakao is building a menu shaped by his Nagasaki background and Western cultural influence.