Candy Store Spots in Around Gion Area

  • Gion Komori
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    4.0
    91 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    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...

  • Saryo Tsujiri Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Shijyodori Gion-cho Northern side 573-3 Gion Tsuji-cho head office 2.3 F
    A café opened in 1978 with the aim of sharing knowledge and the experience of tea with younger generations by Gion Tsujiri, a producer and seller of high class Uji tea founded in the city of Uji in 1860. In addition to uji matcha green tea, the café also serves green tea sweets, drinks, and light meals like matcha soba noodles. Visitors can also buy souvenirs here, like shiratama anmitsu (flour dumplings in syrup) and matcha jelly.
  • Kagizen
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 264
    This long-standing Japanese confectioner located in the Gion shopping district in Kyoto City was first established during the mid Edo-period. Their confections are made with carefully selected ingredients and tools which continues to offer the same carefully preserved flavors. Their specialties include their sugar sweet that looks like a chrysanthemum flower as well as the Kuzukiri which uses Okinawan brown sugar and arrowroot from the Morino-Yoshino-Kuzu Honpo. Kuzukiri is also offered in the teahouse tucked away on the first floor. They also have affiliated stores in the Gion area including the modern styled ZEN CAFE and the Kodai-ji Temple shop.
  • Gion Tokuya
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    4.5
    107 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 570-127
    This cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets located in Gion’s Hanamikoji-dori Street is well-known as a place where lines can form. Its famous product is the Tokuya’s Hon Warabimochi, made with domestically-produced hon-warabiko (bracken starch) and refined Japanese sugar. Despite its jiggling appearance, the appeal lies in its smooth, thick texture that melts in the mouth. The Omatcha’s Hon Kuzumochi, which uses real Yoshino-produced kuzu and high quality matcha green tea, is also popular and one can try a mix of that with the Hon Warabimochi. In addition, they also offer sweets that bring out the delicious taste of the raw materials such as zenzai (red bean soup) and shaved ice made with tea. One can fully enjoy their Japanese sweets that make the most of the ingredients’ flavors amidst a pure Japanese atmosphere. The closest station is Gion-Shijo Station.

    HORRIBLE!! THE TALL MALE WAITER TOLD US OVER 2 HOUR WAIT PERHAPS AND IT WAS VERY SUNNY AND HOT SO WE WENT BACK OUE HOTEL INSTEAD OF WAITING OUTSIDE AND CAME BACK BY TAXI TO EAT HERE. THEY REFUSED TO...

  • Gion Kinana
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 570-119
    "A seven-minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station and a 10-minute walk from Kawaramachi Station. This cafe specializes in kinako toasted soybean flour ice cream; the simple white sign with black Japanese characters out front reads ""Kyo Kinana."" The establishment uses no eggs whatsoever, making this a safe dining destination for those allergic to eggs. Customers can enjoy the kinako flavor of the standard plain ice cream or choose from among five other varieties - black sesame, sweet azuki bean, kuromitsu brown sugar syrup, matcha powdered green tea, and Japanese mugwort. Also a plus: the cafe uses no artificial colorings or preservatives in its ice cream and its ice creams are reduced fat and low calorie. The staple ""Dekitate Kinana"" ice cream is made in a different flavor daily. The cafe also sells gifts and souvenirs to take home, including its ice cream as well as Japanese ame hard candies."
  • Gion Koishi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 286-2
    A Japanese confectionary shop located in Gion-machi Kitagawa which was founded in 1936. The shop is famous for its Kyo-ame, Kyoto-style hard candies made according to a traditional method passed down since its establishment, and the shop sells a variety of other delicious items, such as the seasonal “Gion saijiki,” candy, a different flavor of which is offered each month. The shop also offers sweets made with a “secret” brown sugar cane syrup from the adjoining café.
  • Tsujiri Kyoto Branch
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    4.0
    28 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Shi Higashiyama Ward Shijyori Yamato Oji Nishi Nakano 215
    A café and shop located in the Gion Shijo neighborhood operated by the venerable Uji tea shop Tsujiri. The café area serves drinks and sweets made with matcha green tea. The shop area sells high quality tea leaves, tea bags, and sweets such as matcha rusks.

    I cant go past a Matcha soft serve in Kyoto from Tsujiri, strong matcha flavour, soft creamy ice cream, perfection.

  • Zen Cafe
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 570-210
    Zen Cafe is operated by Kagizenyoshifusa, a Japanese confectionary established during the Edo period (1615-1867), and is noted for its modern interior design. Customers enjoy Japanese sweets with tea or coffee in a relaxed atmosphere. It is especially famous for its kuzukiri, arrowroot noodles in a sweet sauce, but it also has a number of unique menu items that are not available in the retail shop. Next door to the cafe is a gift shop that sells traditional dry sweets.
  • Gion Tamejiro Gion Restaurant
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 576 Ohka Building 2F
    This Japanese sweets cafe in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City is operated by the NishioYatsuhashi store, which started Yatsuhashi. Visitors can enjoy parfaits and cakes made with matcha, as well as zenzai or oshiruko bean desserts. Light meals such as Kyoto style ramen, soba, chicken soba or bowls can also be enjoyed here. There are other branches of this store, but some items on the menu are only available at this Gion store.
  • Kansendo
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 344-6

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  • Ishihatu
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Miyakawasuji 4-chome 314
  • Imasa
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 570-121
  • Kawa Nami
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Miyagawasuji 5-chome 327
  • Kikumasa
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Miyakawasuji 5-chome 345-9
  • Kyoya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 570-141
  • Sakaemasa
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 347
  • Shigeri no Ya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 347
  • Sugikimi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Miyakawasuji 5-chome 328
  • Seki Hon
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 570-106
  • Take Da
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 570-118

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