DINE&DELIGHTS
Dine
TRANSCENDENTALLY A USED-TO-BE KANG XI PERIOD TEMPLE IN EAST JAVA WAS BROUGHT ALL THE WAY TO CANGGU TO HOUSE A JAPANESE FUSION RESTAURANT…
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furniture, statues, and an obscure atmosphere that blends with warm yellow lights.
ARTIFACTS GALORE t is not common to find a
sipping some creative cocktails while
Everything at Ji is eccentric,
place like Ji in the surfer
enjoying the golden sunsets and
especially the construction. The
neighborhood of Canggu, so
having scrumptious Japanese dishes
building used to be a Chinese
when it opened a few months
followed by crafty desserts. There
temple in East Java during the
ago, Ji was a fresh alternative
are a lot of Japanese restaurants on
Kang Xi period of the 1700s. The
for the ‘Gu people and everyone
the island already but Ji is different
owner of the Tugu Hotel fell in love
in Bali. Located right next to Hotel
from the others due to its strong
with it and decided to bring it all
Tugu Bali and accessible from the
character, which consists of hundred-
the way to Bali in the ‘90s. It was
hotel’s compound, Ji is perfect for
year-old artifacts and antique
then reconstructed and transformed
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