Exploring Neighbor
Nearby attractions
Once the main street of Kyoto, Sanjo-dori Street is a convenient urban center lined with both modern buildings and traditional
Japanese buildings in keeping with the city’s status as the ancient capital.
Take just one step outside the hotel and you can see for yourself the connections between this city and its people,
with its famous cafes and breakfast specials, restaurants using local produce, and its unchanged, traditional stores. Japanese sake
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①Bel Amer Kyoto Bettei Sanjo store
A Japanese chocolatier selling chocolates, cakes, and baked cakes. It is located in a converted elegant machiya townhouse with a chic interior. The second-floor Chocolat Bar provides sweet-smelling chocolate drinks and sweets. It is also recommended for gift and souvenir hunters.
-Official website-
https://www.belamer-kyoto.jp/-Access-
66 Masuya-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
075-221-7025
About 2-minute walk from hotel
About 6-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on the Karasuma and Tozai subway lines
About 9-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai subway line
②Smart Coffee shop
Opened in 1932, this cafe’s home-roasted coffee is as popular now as it ever has been. Its nostalgically familiar menu, consisting of a wide selection of sandwiches, pancakes, and homemade custard puddings, can be enjoyed in retro surroundings.
-Official website-
https://www.smartcoffee.jp/-Access-
537 Tenshojimae-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
075-231-6547
About 5-minute walk from hotel
About 1-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai subway line
③Umezono Cafe Sanjo Teramachi branch
Founded in 1972, Umezono is a traditional Japanese sweets shop famous for its square-shaped “mitarashi dango” (skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze). The Teramachi branch is its fifth store. Sweets such as its famous mitarashi dango, anmitsu (bean jam and pieces of fruit served in syrup), and snow cones can be enjoyed in retro western surroundings.
-Official website-
https://umezono-kyoto.com/-Access-
526 Tenshojimae-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
075-211-1235
About 6-minute walk from hotel
About 3-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai subway line
④Daigokuden Head Store “Seien” Rokkaku cafe
A long-established store popular for its traditional sweets, which can be eaten in its charming cafe situated in a 140 year-old machiya townhouse building. Most popular is the agar jelly-like dessert called “kohaku-nagashi”. Its flavor is changed every month. “Aioi zenzai”, which is made with Tanba-Dainagon and Bicchu-white azuki beans, is recommended during the cold seasons.
-Official website-
https://www.instagram.com/daigokuden.seien/-Access-
120 Horinoe-cho, Higashiiru Minamigawa, Rokkaku-dori, Takakura-higashiiru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
075-221-3311
About 3-minute walk from hotel
About 5-minute walk from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line.
⑤Shinshindo Oike Store
Since it was opened in 1913, the bakery cafe, “Shinshindo”, has opened a number of stores in the city. With pleasant music playing in the background, customers can enjoy a wide and varied bread-based menu and aromatic coffees in the cafe area.
-Official website-
http://www.shinshindo.jp/-Access-
1st Fl., Kyoto Oike Souseikan, Yanaginobanba, Oike-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-213-3033
About 5-minute walk from hotel
About 2-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai subway line
⑥MarieBelle Kyoto store
Popular chocolatier that started in New York. The shop interior is a fusion of machiya townhouse and antique style, which is a thrill in itself. In addition to chocolate made with carefully selected cacao beans, its luxuriously wrapped products make wonderful gifts. The cafe provides sweets and drinks made with MarieBelle’s original chocolate.
-Official website-
https://www.mariebelle.jp/-Access-
83 Tsuchiya-cho, Yanaginobanba Sanjo-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-221-2202
About 3-minute walk from hotel
6-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on the Subway Karasuma and Tozai Lines.
⑦omo cafe - Japanese sweets and creative meals
Dining in the stylish interior of this reformed machiya townhouse dating back nearly 100 years, diners can partake of creative dishes and Japanese-style sweets made by the French staff. Diners can enjoy an alcoholic beverage and dine a la carte in the evening, making it easy for people to drop in unaccompanied day or night.
-Official website-
http://www.secondhouse.co.jp/omoya/omocafe.html-Access-
499 Umeya-cho, Nishikikoji Agaru, Fuyacho-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-221-7500
About 9-minute walk from hotel
About 10-minute walk from Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
About 15-minute walk from Shijo Station on the Karasuma subway line
⑧Haccomachi
A cafe that opened in February, 2020 with the motto of “encountering and enjoying hakko (fermentation).” The cafe has a menu full of healthy treats including amazake (sweet mild sake) and vegetables, meat and fish marinated in fermented foods such as Kyoto brand soy sauce and natto.
-Official website-
https://haccomachi.jp/-Access-
78 -1 Masuya-cho, Yanagibaba Sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
075-256-8883
About 3-minute walk from hotel
About 5-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai subway line
About 7-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on the Karasuma and Tozai subway lines
About 7-minute walk from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line.
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⑨Aoi
Obanzai (Kyoto-style side dish) restaurant managed by a cheerful okami-san (proprietress). The side dishes lined up on the counter are all typical of Kyoto and full of warmth and kindness. This famous restaurant is loved by locals and tourists alike.
-Official website-
https://tabelog.com/kyoto/A2601/A260202/26023417/-Access-
1st Fl. (Oku) New Kyoto Bldg., 181-2 Zaimoku-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
075-252-5649
12-minute walk from hotel
6-minute walk from Sanjo Station on the Keihan Main Line
⑩AWOMB Karasuma main restaurant
While the exterior retains the flavor of an olden-time machiya townhouse, the interior has been reformed to give it a modern feel. This cafe provides teori-zushi (hand-woven sushi) and beverages. Against the background of a stylishly white interior, diners can enjoy delightfully colorful teori-zushi. When stocks for the day run out, the cafe closes, so booking ahead may be a good idea.
-Official website-
http://www.awomb.com/-Access-
189 Ubayanagi-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
050-3134-3003
About 12-minute walk from hotel
About 7-minute walk from Shijo Station on the Karasuma subway line
About 7-minute walk from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line.
⑪Misokaan Kawamichiya main restaurant
Long-standing fresh soba noodles restaurant, in business since the Edo period. In this sukiya-style (tea ceremony building) restaurant, exuding history, diners can relax while enjoying a variety of soba noodle dishes including zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce) and nishin-soba (soba served in hot broth topped with a cooked herring). Recommended is the “houkouro” hot-pot, a dish invented by the previous owner two generations back. It serves soba and udon noodles with ingredients including yuba (tofu skin) and kujo-negi (leek from Kujo).
-Official website-
http://www.kawamichiya.co.jp/-Access-
295 Shimohakusan-cho, Fuyacho-dori Sanjo-agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-221-2525
About 4-minute walk from hotel
About 1-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai subway line
About 8-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on the Karasuma and Tozai subway lines
⑫Tsuzuri Ainomachi
A creative Japanese cuisine restaurant where you can enjoy the catch of the day and mountain vegetables gathered by the owner himself. Thanks to its friendly staff, the restaurant has a warm atmosphere, welcoming for both lone diners and groups alike. You can also get a made to order meal featuring your favorite ingredients if you tell them what you like.
-Official website-
http://www.tsuzuri-ainomachi.com/-Access-
1st Fl., Karasuma Elle Building, 528 Watayacho, Oike-sagaru, Ainomachi-dori Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-212-2420
About 3-minute walk from hotel
About 2-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on the Karasuma and Tozai subway lines
⑬Cafe Quarirengue
A cafe tucked away in a narrow cobbled street. The lunch menu includes a spicy keema curry and its homemade sweets made with specially selected ingredients are a customers’ favorite. A wide variety can be enjoyed with the changing of the seasons such as the maccha (powdered green tea) cake and apple dessert pizza. There is a salon upstairs for intaking hydrogen and oxygen.
-Official website-
https://cafequarirengue.wixsite.com/rengue2-Access-
74 -4 Yanagihachimanchou, Anegakoji-agaru, Yanagibaba-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-213-4485
About 1-minute walk from hotel
About 3-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai subway line
About 6-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on the Karasuma and Tozai subway lines
⑭Nihon-no-Italianryoriya fudo
Italian restaurant cooking Japanese ingredients in an Italian style. Using ingredients never seen in regular Italian food such as yatsuhashi (type of sweet made with bean paste) and nukazuke (pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran), this restaurant has a locally-inspired and startling menu . Its stylish interior lends itself to anniversary celebrations.
-Official website-
https://www.fudokyoto.com/-Access-
B1F Kano Bldg., 590 Oikedaitocho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-253-6290
About 4-minute walk from hotel
About 4-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai subway line
About 6-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on the Karasuma and Tozai subway lines
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⑮Rokkakudo (Shiunzan Choho-ji Temple)
Affectionately called “Rokkaku-san” by the locals, this temple is associated with Prince Shotoku and is also famous as the birthplace of ikebana flower arrangement. Pieces of paper with one’s fortune written on it tied to the “rokkaku yanagi” willow tree, which is believed to bring matchmaking luck, and the exquisite “hato-mikuji” pigeon fortune slips are among the many attractions. The head master of the Ikenobo school of Kado flower arrangement is the chief priest.
-Official website-
https://www.ikenobo.jp/rokkakudo/-Access-
Donomae-cho, Higashinotoin-nishiiru, Rokkaku-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-221-2686
About 6-minute walk from hotel
About 3-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway
About 5-minute walk from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
⑯ShinPuhKan
New attraction in Kyoto that opened in June, 2020. It is home to a hotel, shops, and a movie theater. This facility, which is located in a building dating back to the Taisho period (1912-1926), has a number of uniquely Kyoto stores perfect for souvenir-hunters. Just taking a look around this harmony of traditional and modern is pleasure enough.
-Official website-
https://shinpuhkan.jp/-Access-
586-2 Bano-cho, Aneyakoji-sagaru, Karasuma-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
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About 4-minute walk from hotel
Directly connected to the south gate of Karasuma Oike Station on the Karasuma and Tozai subway lines
⑰Horino Kinenkan (sake brewery and machiya townhouse culture)
A museum exhibiting aspects of Kyoto sake breweries and machiya townhouse culture. It was once the sake brewery where the Kinshi Masamune sake was first developed as well as the birthplace of Kyoto’s first local beer. Untouched in its original guise as a traditional sake brewery building passionately protected by the predecessors, beer-making facilities were introduced. Visitors can drink beer brewed in an environment befitting a beer called the beer of Kyoto.
-Official website-
http://kinshimasamune.com/horino/-Access-
554-1 Kamikoya-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City
075-611-5201
About 7-minute walk from the No.7 exit of the Marutamachi subway station
⑱The Museum of Kyoto
Opened in 1988 as a comprehensive cultural facility that introduces the history and culture of Kyoto in a learner-friendly way. It was re-opened after a total renovation in 2011 to become a place to experience “honmamon,” or “the truly authentic things” of Kyoto. Among its many attractions are the annex (former Kyoto branch of the Bank of Japan) which, as a typical historical modern building, was designated an important cultural property, and the Roji Tempo shops which recreate the Kyoto townscape of machiya townhouses.
-Official website-
http://www.bunpaku.or.jp/-Access-
Sanjo Takakura, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
075-222-0888
About 1-minute walk from hotel
About 3-minute walk from Karasuma Oike subway station
⑲Kyoto International Manga Museum
A manga comic book museum located on the former site of the Kagoike Elementary School. It contains a collection of around 300,000 items, including important historical materials such as Meiji-period (1868-1912) magazines and rental books of the postwar period, modern popular comics, and masterpieces from around the world. Enjoy the modern retro feel of this museum, situated in a reformed elementary school.
-Official website-
https://www.kyotomm.jp/-Access-
Karasuma Oike-agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-254-7414
About 10-minute walk from hotel
About 2-minute walk from the Karasuma Oike subway line station
⑳Kaleidoscope Museum of Kyoto
Exhibit themes are set on a seasonal basis. 50 items are constantly on display, selecting works from a collection of about 300 items by domestic and foreign artists. Exhibited kaleidoscopes can all be handled directly and viewed freely. Kaleidoscopes are projected on the ceiling and walls of the exhibition room, creating a fantastic world.
-Official website-
http://k-kaleido.org/-Access-
706-3 Dongeinmae-cho, Higashinotoin-higashiiru, Aneyakoji-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-254-7902
About 10-minute walk from hotel
About 3-minute walk from Karasuma Oike subway station
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㉑Musubi
“Musubi” is a specialty Japanese wrapping cloth store. With Japanese wrapping cloth adorning the walls, this shop will leave an impression on you. The store handles wrapping cloths with a wide range of designs ranging from traditional patterns to modern and stylish ones. Why not see if you can find one to your liking?
-Official website-
https://www.kyoto-musubi.com/-Access-
67 Masuya-cho, Sakaicho-higashiiru, Sanjo-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-212-7222
About 2-minute walk from hotel
About 7-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on the Karasuma and Tozai subway lines
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㉒Takezasa
A shop that handles woodblock print works and washi Japanese paper miscellaneous goods. Popular are its items maximizing the warmth and bright colors unique to woodblock print works. The store has a wide lineup of products that can be used on a daily basis such as book covers, goshuincho (Japanese pilgrimage stamp book), letter sets, and so on. The woodblock print workshop is also recommended. (Inquire beforehand as classes are currently held irregularly)
-Official website-
https://www.takezasa.co.jp/-Access-
737 Shinkamanza-cho, Nishinotoin-higashiiru, Ayakoji-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
075-353-8585
About 18-minute walk from hotel
About 8-minute walk to west gate of Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
About 8-minute walk to west gate of Shijo Station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway
About 1-minute walk to southbound “Shijo Nishinotoin” Kyoto City Bus stop
㉓Kyoto Shabonya
A store that mainly sells organic handmade soap and additive-free cosmetics. Created with specially selected ingredients, the “made in Kyoto” soap produces a nice creamy foam for a gentle wash. The standard “maiko soap” used by maiko (apprentice geisha) has many regular customers.
-Official website-
http://shabonya.com/-Access-
1st Fl., Hakucho Bldg., 55 Masuya-cho, Sanjo-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-257-7774
About 2-minute walk from hotel
About 5-minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station on the Karasuma and Tozai subway lines
㉔Murakami Kaishindo
Long-established popular confectionery shop opened in 1907. Its selection boxes crammed full of 11 types of delicious and subtly flavored cookies are so popular they have to be reserved. The shop has a distinctly retro feel as if one had been transported back in time, and a cafe space is also provided.
-Official website-
http://www.murakami-kaishindo.jp/-Access-
Tokiwagi-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
075-231-1058
About 10-minute walk from hotel
About 4-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai subway line
About 10-minute walk from Marutamachi Station on the Karasuma subway line
About 10-minute walk from Sanjo Station on the Keihan Main Line
㉕Nishiki market
Well-loved by locals, Nishiki Market sells a wide variety of local and seasonal food, and is a treasure trove of delicious ingredients that have driven the traditions and sales of local Kyoto cuisine. Nishiki Market overflows with Kyoto atmosphere, so why not go along and get a taste of the real flavor of Kyoto.
-Official website-
http://www.kyoto-nishiki.or.jp/-Access-
Nishikikoji-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
075-211-3882 (Nishiki Market Shopping District Promotion Association)
About 10-minute walk from hotel
About 3-minute walk from Shijo Station on the Karasuma subway line