The Katsura Gardens

The Katsura Gardens are a small restaurant on the edge of town that is run by Porter's high school friend Hiroshi's family, Kyoko is his mother and also the cook. They are like a second family to him.

You have to go through a Serene Japanese Garden that surrounds a one level Japanese style home. They have hibachi style tables to sit at. It is very authentic and guests are given kimonos to wear over their clothes and Kyoko puts on a show of cooking their meal for them. It is like dinning in Tokyo.

It isn't just a restaurant the dinning room opens up to a extensive back garden and a Dojo that Porter and his friends trained at all through grade school. The Katsura Gardens also have a hot thermal springs at the end of the property that has curative properties that people come to bath in.