Spots in Around Gion Area

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Around Gion

Category

Gion Izuju

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 292-1

A venerable sushi restaurant located in front of Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto City’s Higashiyama Ward founded in the late Meiji period. Specializing in Kyoto sushi, a unique variety of sushi which evolved in an area far from the sea, the restaurant’s saba mackerel sushi, made with cub mackerel from Tsushima Bay, is particularly famous. The thick, fatty meat of the shimesaba vinegar soused mackerel goes perfectly with the sumeshi vinegared rice. Other excellent choices include the makizushi rolled sushi, inarizushi fried tofu sushi, and hamonoko young pike conger narezushi fermented sushi. Diners even travel from overseas to enjoy a meal at this popular establishment.
Gion Gyuzen

4.0

103 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 323 Gion Hall 4F

This Japanese cuisine restaurant close by the Kyoto sightseeing spot of Yasaka Shrine mainly serves shabu-shabu, sukiyaki and other nabe (hot pot) dishes. They are choosy about the quality of their meat, and offer a set where guests can simultaneously enjoy shabu-shabu and sukiyaki. There are plenty of all-you-can-eat options from reasonably priced menu offerings to those which allow you to eat Japanese Black beef to your heart’s content, while the course offerings where guests can try food including Kyoto’s obanzai cuisine and fried foods are popular. Despite the fact that the interior has been designed with a Japanese ambience, the ceilings are high to provide a sense of spaciousness. They also have private rooms with horigotatsu (recessed, heated floor seats) and counter seats available. The closest station is Gion-Shijo Station.

A bit difficult to find as they located inside the building, they do variety of beef selection with combination of Suki-Shabu. I think its worth the price you pay, but nothing special.
Kyo-Kaiseki Minokichi Main Restaurant: Takeshigero

4.5

55 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Awataguchitorichou 65

Takeshigero has specialized in traditional Kyoto cuisine featuring fresh water fish since its founding over 300 years ago. It is also renowned for having river fish dishes accompany its kaiseki (traditional Japanese cuisine brought in courses). Elegant and inviting, the restaurant consists of a sukiya-zukuri style main building and gassho-zukuri annex.

We went to Kyoto in mid October to celebrate my birthday and we picked this restaurant to have our first ever Kaiseki cuisine. The restaurant looks very traditional Japanese style, decorated with...
Gion Mametora

4.0

25 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 570-235

A traditional Japanese ryotei restaurant located in front of the Kaburenjo Theater on Hanamikoji Street in Gion. Diners here can enjoy traditional kaiseki course cuisine made with seasonal ingredients such as mamezara ryori designed to be enjoyed a little at a time and bite-sized sushi made to be eaten even by maiko without disrupting their makeup. At lunch, the restaurant serves bite sized sushi and sushi/mamezara sets meals.

Gion Mametora is everything you wished for and a little bit more. I had the most mesmerizing dining experience with them earlier in May 2023. I had found the Restaurant on this platform itself and...
Gion Shopping street Shinko Union

Shopping

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gion 4 Jodori
Gion Muraji Ramen

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Kiyomotochou 373-3

Gion Muraji Ramen in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward offers customers rich, white-broth ramen made with straight noodles and chicken bone stock. Simmered for a long time, the broth contains collagen and is made to be appealing even to people with smaller appetites. This restaurant does not look like a typical ramen shop and is on the second floor of machiya town house that seems hidden away from the rest of the city. Its traditional-style Japanese interior decor is also noteworthy.
Kodaiji Temple Kyoto Cuisine Manjiro

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Higashiyama-ku Kodaiji temple Kitamon-dori Shimogawara east entrance Washio-machi 518

This is a Japanese-style restaurant located near Kyoto Kodai-ji Temple. It offers traditional Japanese course dishes called Kaiseki which change according to the season, and visitors can enjoy hamo dishes using special hamo (sea eel) from April to October. In the back there is a luscious garden and the cuisine can be enjoyed in a calm space. In the tatami room you can call for Maiko and Geiko (traditional entertainers) and enjoy a unique evening that can only be experienced in Kyoto. There is also a casual lunch menu available. Visitors can enjoy eating a mini-Kaiseki course in the tatami room seated on the floor.
KIMONO rental Gion Nishiki (Gion Main Store)

Life / Living / Hospital

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 347 Furei Building 1F

KIMONO rental Gion Nishiki (Gion Main Store) rents high quality kimonos at amazing prices. You can stroll from there through Kyoto to Yasaka Shrine or Kiyomizu-dera Temple while dressed up in kimono or yukata. Pros fit the kimono and do your hair and makeup to match, helping you make the most of your kimono sightseeing experience. A wide variety of kimono are available, including classic and retro patterns.
Gion Kyokagami Rental Kimono

Life / Living / Hospital

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Kiyomotochou 353-1 Hanami Alley Building 3F

Gion Kyokagami Rental Kimono is located about two minutes' walk from Gion Shijo Station in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward. There are a variety of options available, including one for couples. Customers may choose from a variety of colorful kimono, and the employees help with dressing and hair styling. Since the shop is near famous sightseeing areas, many Japanese and foreign tourists come with the intention of walking around in costume.
Kyoto Gionya

Life / Living / Hospital

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 5842F

A kimono rental shop a three minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station. Patrons can select their favorite from among some 300 kimonos together with a dedicated kimono advisor and, after having their hair and makeup performed by professionals, enjoy walking the streets of Kyoto. You can also bring your own kimono. Visitors staying at hotels inside Kyoto City can choose the “Rakuraku Course” and return their kimonos at their hotel front desk when they are done.
Cacao Market by Mariebelle Kyoto

4.0

41 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Tokiwachou 165-2

Cacao Market by Mariebelle Kyoto is a chocolate shop near Gion Shijo Station. The founder of the business is from Honduras and carefully selects cacao beans from that country to be shipped to New York for processing. The company supervises the entire process, from growing the beans to creating the final product. The shop's main business is bulk sale of chocolate but customers can enjoy chocolate drinks and other treats on a take-out or eat-in basis.

Extremely overprice for a tiny hot chocolate that was of medium quality. It was around 1500 yen for a hot chocolate in a cup the size of a shot glass. The decorations are nice though which upped my...
Traditional Dining Saami

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto prefecture Kyoto shi Higashiyama kuyama park

This kaiseki course dining restaurant is located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. From this restaurant situated in the elevated grounds of Maruyama Park many of the Japanese Gardens in the Kyoto vicinity can be seen. You can indulge in the exquisite Kyoto cuisine, discriminatingly prepared using fresh ingredients, while enveloped in refined authentic Japanese ambience. Many patrons use the grand hall, floor seating for up to 200, for weddings or receptions.
Imobo Hiranoya Honten

4.0

48 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto prefecture Kyoto city Higashiyama ku Maruyama park Chirene In front of the Minamige

Imobo Hiranoya Honten is a venerable Kyoto-style restaurant located near Maruyama Park and Chion-in Temple in a quiet, atmospheric building surrounded by shrines and temples. A long tatami room with a narrow street facade, as is typical of Kyoto, the restaurant has been serving kaiseki cuisine centered on imobo for 300 years. A traditional Kyoto dish, made by boiling taro with dried cod, it is simple but has a rich flavor, which brings customers back time and again for more. An Imobo Tray, with imobo and side dishes such as Gion tofu, is very popular and serves as an easy introduction to this dish.

A good choice to eat Kyoto traditional Imobou in an authentic Japanese Restaurant. I ate the summer limited edition set and I was not disappointed.
Kisshokaryo Kyoto (Gion Main Shop)

4.0

31 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Ishibashichou 306

This Japanese and Western sweet shop in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City is about five minutes on foot from the Tozai Subway Line's Higashiyama Station. They offer a variety of sweets dusted with kinako soy flour that they roast themselves, including their Honwarabi Mochi and Scorched Kinako Parfait. The second floor is a cafe where you can enjoy their sweets on the spot.

We ordered Kogashikinako parfait and Warabimochi, including a cup of black tea. The sweetness was just alright and not too heavy. Konako flour has a very delicate taste with its special fragrance...
Kyoto Gion Anon (Main Shop)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Kiyomotochou 368-2

Anon has a long history of perfecting its techniques for making anko (sweet bean paste), and it uses this anko to develop new kinds of sweets. The store in, Kiyomoto-cho, Higashiyama Ward is located inside a remodeled machiya townhouse and includes a 29-seat eat-in space. It produces a wide range of Japanese-Western fusion sweets, including anpone, which takes grainy anko made with azuki beans from Tokachi in Hokkaido and a creamy filling made in-house from mascarpone cheese and combines them into a sort of sandwich.
Grand Marble Gion

3.0

2 Reviews

Shopping

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa

Grand Marble Gion is a bakery specializing in Danish pastry, located three minutes' walk from Gion Shijo Station on the Keihan Line in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward. It carries more than ten varieties, including Kyoto Sanshoku, made with matcha green tea from Gion Tsujiri and special varieties available for only a limited time. There is a cafe on the second floor where customers can enjoy things like French toast and champagne.

八坂神社の近くにありました。フロアの一角には畳の小上がりが設けられ、和カフェの雰囲気がありました。店内のいたるところに、オブジェや絵画が展示してあって、ギャラリーのようです。1階のショップで、マーブルデニッシュを購入しました。京都三食は、抹茶・苺・プレーンがミックスされたうつくしいマーブル。京都らしいお土産を購入できました。
Issen Yoshoku

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 238
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 Maicoto

4.0

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 244

Yes this is what I would call a typical souvenir place that sold many local Kyoto items for the Tourist Trade and had a wide variety of goods on sale
Sakamoto Ryoma & Nakaoka Shintaro Statue

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Maruyamacho 473

This is a statue of Sakamoto Ryoma & Nakaoka Shintaro, two great figures of the Bakumatsu period, inside Maruyama park.

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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.