About 90 Tsukemono (Japanese pickles) makers are said to exist in Kyoto. The owner company of Bijuu, Murakamijuu-Honten is also one of these.     The trademark of the company is a cross in a circle. This is an ancient feudal symbol mark of Satsuma (old name of Kagoshima pref.) domain. Murakamijuu-Honten once presented the pickles to the lord of Satsuma, and he liked it so much that he permitted the company to use the mark. That’s why this trademark represents the store. The story tells the precious history of our company.     It’s a frequently asked question: Why did a pickles maker start a hotel? Murakamijuu-Honten is always seeking for another step. Even though we hold about 50 kinds of pickles on the line-up nowadays, the company began only with Senmaizuke (thin sliced Japanese radish pickles). Experiences of challenges for the changing times, made the present Murakamijuu-Honten.     Tsukemono experts are always watching every single condition ...more