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Starbucks Coffee Kyoto Ninenzaka Yasaka Chaya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Kodaiji South Gate Dori Shimogawara Higashiiri Masuyacho 349
Demachi Futaba

4.5

34 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto-shi, Kamigyo-ku Ichimachi-dori Imadegawa Kamiru Aerosecho 236

Located along Kawara-machi Street, this Japanese confectioner was founded in 1899. Their famous “nadai mamemochi” features red bean jam and red peas wrapped in freshly-made mochi. It has been around since the founding, and is a standard Kyoto souvenir, popular enough to see people lining up to get some.

テレビの番組で、外国人シェフが選ぶ和菓子ランキングで出町ふたばの豆大福が2位入っていたので、京都に行った時に訪れました。テレビでは、売り切れて買えないこともあるとの事でしたが、コロナの移動制限が解除された直後の金曜の昼頃ですが、10人程の列で10分ほど待ちましたが買えました。豆餅、黒豆大福など購入し、夜に頂きましたが、あんこが甘過ぎず、柔らかな触感で美味しくいただきました。賞味期限は1日のため、地...
Inoda Coffee main shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Sakaicho-dori Sanjo Down Le Dogusa cho 140

A venerable coffee shop located in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture that was established in 1940. Outside, the shop looks like a Kyoto merchant’s house; inside, the Western-style, retro atmosphere resembles the lounge of a high-class hotel and looks like a scene out of a movie. The fragrant, nel drip brewed coffee is a point of pride for the café. On request, the shop’s popular Arabian Pearl blend can be served with the perfect amount of sugar and milk. Open from 7 am, the Kyoto Breakfast served until 11 is one of the shop’s specialties and attracts many a repeat customer.
Nanzenji Junsei

4.0

292 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Nanzenji Front of the gate

The Nanzen-ji Zen Temple is the head temple of Rinzai Buddhism. This restaurant located in front of the temple serves traditional Kyoto kaiseki course cuisine such as its famed boiled tofu. Diners can enjoy seasonal kaiseki dishes and boiled tofu while enjoying the view of the restaurant’s garden. After your meal, why not take a stroll in the garden of the Junsei Shoin, a registered Tangible Cultural Property originally built as a space for the study of medicine in the Edo period.

I really dont like writing this, but this restaurant was such a disappointment. Just not the care and quality you come to expect in Japan. The tofu was nice, but Bream was very overcooked and...
Hirobun

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kuramakibunechou 87

A restaurant and traditional inn just a minute's walk away from a sub shrine belonging to the Kifune-jinja Shrine famed as a power spot which brings luck with love. The inn has a total of eight rooms available to parties of two or larger. The inn takes particular pride in its highly seasonal cuisine, and diners can enjoy “riverbed cuisine” while listening to the murmurs of a stream fed by the Kifune River in summer. In winter, the inn serves wild boar hot pot rich in collagen and nutrients said to give beauty and good health. No matter what season you visit, you are sure to find unique seasonal charms.
% Arabica Kyoto Higashiyama

4.5

456 Reviews

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Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Hoshinochou 87-5

A coffee shop in Higashiyama. The first location in Japan for this chain which has shops in Hong Kong, Dubai, and Kuwait. Here patrons can enjoy coffee made with high quality equipment using beans from company farms in locations like Hawaii. One of the shop’s baristas is a former world latte art champion!

Very tiny and rather crowded Cafeon even mis weekday. The coffee was really great and so was the sparkling lemonade!
Gion Tsujiri (Kyoto Station Hachijoguchi Store)

4.0

59 Reviews

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Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Ward Shimogyo-ku Kyoto Station Hachijoguchi Kyoto Hachijo Asty Road

This is a tearoom in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City. This tearoom sells Kyoto's famous uji tea, as well as castella cake, tea crackers, and confections. This shop is not only endeared by the locals, but visitors come from afar to purchase their Kyoto souvenirs. Matcha and hojicha flavor softy creams are one of their dessert specialties.

After dinner, we were looking for a place to get dessert. We found this place on the website but could not figure out how to get here. We were so lucky that when we asked a local couple how to get...
Ippodo Tea (Kyoto flagship shop)

4.5

214 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Teramachi-dori Nijo Le Ru

A venerable Japanese tea specialty shop founded in 1717 facing Teramach-dori Street in Kyoto City. The shop mainly carries renowned Kyoto teas characterized by a delicate fragrance, refined sweetness, and mild flavor. From teas which require a whisk and teapot to teabags, the shop carries a wide array of products, and customers can taste before they buy. The shop also provides a takeout service, making it the perfect place to stop by while strolling along Teramachi-dori Street of the Kamo River on a sunny day. You can also enjoy making your own tea in the adjoining Kaboku tea room.

They have a small bar where you can choose premium green tea types alongside matcha. There’s usually a wait so be prepared to wait around 20 mins before seating. The teas offered are absolutely...
Kyoto Uji Tea, Itohkyuemon Main store

4.0

201 Reviews

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Kyoto Prefecture Uji City Hojimami Araki 19-3

An Uji tea specialty shop founded in 1830 which sells high class teas made with hand-picked, first-grade tea leave, as well as other tea varieties. Past the distinctive white noren curtains, patrons can enjoy matcha green tea, gyokuro high quality green tea, sencha green tea, and sweets made with fresh ground matcha in a Japanese modern atmosphere. At the sample counter, shoppers can also taste wares they are interested in purchasing. The adjoining teahouse space serves unique, Uji sweets such as Uji matcha parfaits made with high quality Uji tea and matcha anmitsu sweet beans covered with syrup and green tea powder. Closest stations: Uji Station and Mimurodo Station.

This restaurant came up as recommended on TripAdvisor while planning my day trip to Uji. I am so glad I found this place because it is delicious! The cold soba matcha noodles are unbelievable... You...
Wajo Ryomen Sugari

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nakagyou-ku Kannondouchou 471-1

Wajo Ryomen Sugari, about two minutes' walk from Shijo Station on the Kyoto Metro Karasuma Line, serves a much-talked-about tsukemen (noodles with dipping sauce). The restaurant looks like an insignificant traditional machiya-style house from the outside, but inside, it has spacious counter seating. Whole wheat noodles, good sources of vitamins and dietary fiber, are dipped in savory broth made with pork bones and seafood and no chemical additives. The concept underlying the restaurant is three benefits. The use of natural ingredients insures peace of mind, safety, and cleanliness, so it benefits the buyer. Warm-hearted customer service benefits the seller. Rehabilitating an old machiya townhouse benefits the community.
Kyogoku Kaneyo

3.5

209 Reviews

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Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Hexagon Tong New Shin Kyogendo Entrance Matsukeba-machi 456

A venerable eel restaurant founded at the end of the Taisho period located in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. The warm and retro looking exterior looks the same as when the restaurant was established and stands out all the more amongst the throngs of buildings in Shinkyogoku. The key to the shop’s flavor is a secret sauce passed down for one hundred years which brings out the savory deliciousness of plump eels from Lake Hamana. Particularly popular are the standard eel rice bowl and the restaurant’s famous “kinshi-don”—eel rice bowl topped with an egg fried Kyoto style. One of the restaurant’s customs is the “Kaneyo Yose” held each month, an event which includes live entertainment with a meal.

The grilled eel was absolutely fantastic. Tastes great! The food presentation was top notch. Quality service, nice food and traditional decoration, it is worth to visit!
Arashiyama Yoshimura

4.0

216 Reviews

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Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto-shi Ukyo-ku Arashiyama Togetobashi Kita-nishi West second elephant

A handmade soba noodle restaurant standing near the Togetsukyo Bridge, a popular spot in Kyoto City’s Arashiyama area. The shop’s handsome sign, decorated with characters that read “Busho” written by the great artist Rosanjin, welcomes diners. Inside, you can look out over the Togetsukyo Bridge and enjoy the beauty of the season while savoring the flavor of buckwheat noodles crafted by a culinary artisan. The shop’s Kyoto vegetable soba is particularly popular with women customers.

Felt like a nice home cooked meal by my grandma (it’s a compliment). In the cool weather, enjoying the warm soba, with perfectly salted herring. I’m not a fan of tofu but the tofu is so light and...
Tenka Ippin Main Shop

4.0

103 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Ichijoujitsukudachou Maison Shirakawa 1F

Tenka Ippin started its life as an outdoor ramen stand in 1971. It owes its continuing popularity to its broth, which is rich but with a clean aftertaste. The restaurant has grown and now has many branches, but the original branch has some unique menu items, and you will find yourself wondering which of the many varieties to choose.

I had a stopover for lunch here during my time in Kyoto. I must admit that Tenkaippin is among the best that serves good ramen. I went to this place twice! I just love it.
Gion Komori

4.0

91 Reviews

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Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gion Shinbashi Motoyoshicho 61

Sweet shop and café located in Gion Shirakawa at the intersection of Shirakawa-minami Dori street and Shinbashi-dori street. The shop offers sweets made with select ingredients such as Tokachi dainagon adzuki beans roasted only in sufficient amounts for the day each morning and kudzu with anmitsu syrup made with Yoshino kudzu to order. In addition to standards such as warabi mochi bracken starch dumplings, anmitu sweet beans in syrup, ice cream, and zenzai sweet bean soup, the shop also serves dinstinctive choices such as matcha green tea bavarois parfait. Visitors can buy sweets for souvenirs and even mix and match selections.

Quaint traditional Japanese dessert shop facing the river. The warabi mochi was very chewy and nice. Would have liked to try the parfait. Be prepared to queue. Only cash is accepted. Also have to...
Honke Owariya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nakagyou-ku Kurumayachou Junichiro Niro

Honke Owariya is a soba (buckwheat) confectionery shop located north of Kurumayacho-dori Street from Karasuma Oike Station. It has a long history dating back from the Muromachi period, and in 1465 moved from Owari to Kyoto as a confectionery shop. The shop is built with a charming wooden construction from the early Meiji period, and as it is in a place removed from the hustle and bustle one can enjoy a relaxing moment here. The signature dishes are “Hourai Soba” made in the spirit of “buckwheat is a fortuitous food” and “Soba Mochi” which is a sweet made with soba flour.
Pontocho Robin

3.5

32 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Pontono-machi 137-4 Wakamatsu-machi

A restaurant housed inside a 150 year old Kyoto townhouse in a back alley along the Kamogawa River in the Ponto-cho neighborhood serving Japanese cuisine prepared with select, seasonal ingredients from around the country. The restaurant’s signature kamameshi vegetable and meat rice pots make a perfect closer to any evening and are prepared in special order earthenware pots with koshihikari rice and high quality dashi. In May and September, the restaurant prepares a traditional wood deck on the bank of the river for diners to enjoy their meals from. Patrons can dine on delicious seasonal cuisine while gazing out over the Kamogawa River.

Thousands of miles away from Hong Kong compare over 20’s restaurants. I thought it was a fine dining dinner, but unfortunately from the second course was not finished. The waiters keep catching up...
Sweets Paradise (Shijo Kawara-machi Branch)

4.0

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nakagyou-ku Komeyachou 392 Cotocross Hankyu Kawaramachi 6F

An all-you-can-eat sweets and light meal buffet restaurant located in Kawara-machi, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City. The restaurant is replete with the largest cake showcase in the Kansai area and patrons here can enjoy a wide array of sweets. As befits an establishment in Kyoto, the restaurant is decorated with a Japanese-style interior and patrons can eat while surrounded by an atmosphere quite different from similar establishments.

Although the place is called Sweets Paradise and is known for their buffet of cakes and desserts, they also serve savoury meals like Japanese curry rice and pasta -- great value for money, amazing...
Menbakaichidai

4.5

1050 Reviews

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Kyoto Kyoutoshi Kamigyou-ku Minamiseyachou 757-2

This ramen shop is located in Kamigyo Ward of Kyoto City. This unique Negi Onion Ramen is made with spring onions harvested right in Kujo, Kyoto and heaps of the shop's own spring onion oil. Also called, Fire Ramen, flames erupt when pouring the spring onion oil onto the ramen. Making this a multi-sensory experience of entertainment and taste, which many enjoy.

Fire ramen is simply a fun experience. The ramen is tasty but not spicy, the portions are filling, and the beer is very cold (if you like beer). Fire remen is an experience, and we will take that...
Smart Coffee

4.0

182 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Teramachi-dori Sanjo Kameru 537 Tianari-cho Mae

This venerable café located in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture was founded in 1932. The flavor of the coffee, which has been roasted in-house since the shop was first opened, goes perfectly with the café’s fluffy pancakes and French toast. The shop’s retro and relaxing atmosphere backed by the warmth of brick and wood is also part of its charm. A Western-style restaurant is located on the second floor; the Smart Lunch, which gives you a choice of two main dishes, is its feature menu item. Smart Coffee is popular not only with regulars but tourists as well.

Pancakes were definitely my favourite, the sandwiches were good too but if you have a sweet tooth definitely go for the pancake! You can also get it in a set with a drink.
MACCHA HOUSE Kyoto Kawaramachi

3.5

81 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Kawaramachi Dori 4 rice Yoneya Town rising 382-2

This store specializing in matcha green tea is located in Kyoto's Shijo Kawaramachi, and among the nine branches they have opened mainly in Asia they provide an original menu that has arranged items reimported from the matcha green tea culture that has developed overseas. Known for using matcha from Kyoto's long-established shop Morihan, on off-days it is so popular that there will be lines several hours long. The most popular item is the matcha tiramisu, in which mascarpone cheese and sponge cake are placed into a masu (traditional square measuring cup) and given a sprinkling of matcha on top. The thick texture with the fragrance of the matcha makes for an exquisite combination and is one of their specialty sweets. The closest station is Kawaramachi Station.

A quick stop at a Maccha House, why not? I discovered the chocolate maccha ice cream for myself and I was positively surprised. So for any maccha fan a definite must stop and for people like myself...

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Kyoto Areas

Its wooden tea houses, shuffling geisha, and spiritual sights have seen Kyoto hailed as the heart of traditional Japan, a world apart from ultramodern Tokyo. Despite being the Japanese capital for over a century, Kyoto escaped destruction during World War II, leaving behind a fascinating history which can be felt at every turn, from the fully gold-plated Kinkakuji Temple down to traditional customs such as geisha performances and tea ceremonies, which are still practiced to this day.