Restaurants tend not to encourage you to play games while you eat. Customers usually pay for a solemn experience that includes an unwritten rule: The more expensive the meal, the more solemn the experience.

That being said, here's a game you should indulge in at Savory, a downtown Kyoto restaurant on the roof of the Yaoichi Honkan complex: See how many plants and vegetables you can name growing in the rooftop garden beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows. The garden is almost in touching distance of the tables closest to the windows.

The second part to this guessing game is deciphering which plants and vegetables have made the short trip to your table via the kitchen. Luckily, Savory takes the guesswork out of this — friendly serving staff will tell you exactly where your food was procured from, whether it's the nearby garden or a faraway farm.