Candy Store Spots in Katsura / Nishiyama Area

  • Nakamuraken
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    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nishikyou-ku Katsurasaharachou 61
    This is a historic Japanese confectionery store established in 1883 located right where you disembark at the Katsurarikyu-mae bus stop. This confectionery carries on the meticulous historic method of sweets making, sparing no expenses and using only discriminatingly selected domestic ingredients only, including making the bean paste in an earthen hearth. The specialty, Mugitemochi, was historically eaten by the local farmers as a snack through which the name is derived harkening back to times when wheat was a trade commodity. In the store space is shared as tea cafe also. In the summer, somen noodles and shaved ice is on the menu, while in the fall and winter they serve sweet zenzai and oshiruko bean soup.

    店頭には8名程並んでいましたが、10分程で順番が来ました。スッキリ爽やかな「すだちそうめん」と「しそご飯」が、まだ暑い9月にはピッタリです。同じく9月限定の「いちじく氷」は少し小振りのサイズです。白玉団子をトッピングしました。 8月に楽しめる「くず桜」は京都高島屋で買いました。冷やして食べるとより美味しいです。 今回は、桂離宮見学後の週末昼頃に訪れました。宮内庁の桂離宮までの交通アクセス図では...

  • Sanmaian
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    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nishikyou-ku Matsumurojikechou 35-1

    Avoid at all cost. They have placed an appetising plastic sample of the daily lunch in front of the shop but you get something very different. The food is mediocre. No place to wash your hands, no...

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