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Strains of chamber music from hidden speakers guide customers from a parking lot to peaceful little Kaygetsu. Though one would not expect to find a Japanese restaurant that specializes in $95 kaiseki meals next to Safeway and Long's Drugs, Kaygetsu is positioned in a small enclave of Asian shops on the perimeter of the Sharon Heights Shopping Center.

Once inside, a different sensibility takes over. Kaygetsu's esthetic closes off the outside and focuses attention inward, on the poetry of a ritualized meal.

Most patrons make the pilgrimage to Kaygetsu for the prescribed courses of restaurant-style kaiseki - a progression of small dishes, organized by cooking technique, that celebrate the season. The meal starts with a decorative cold starter, moves through a slow cooked dish; then, sashimi; then, a steamed dish; a grilled dish; a rice dish; then dessert.

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