Sure, nobody will specially go there from across the city, but if you’re visiting Kiyomizu-Dera Temple or are walking from Gojo street up to Shijo street along Higashiooji street, then this is certainly a good option. The place is pretty standard, but the food is cheap, copious and good.
Michelin one star Unagi restaurant in Gion, where the eels are cooked by a living national treasure, Mr. Kiyoshi Nakagawa. A very small shop housed in a traditional machiya, located on a very quiet street, next to Hanami Koji, in Gion …
“Kaiseki Ryori” is an elaborate dining style popular among aristocratic circles and Kyoto style kaiseki ryori (kyo kaiseki) is particularly refined, placing an emphasis on subtle flavors and local and seasonal ingredients.
Akiko selected Tempura Endo Yasaka, a place in Gion, just south of the Kennin-Ji Temple . It’s an old place located into a machiya. We chose to be seated in a private room (an old tea room) opened to an inside garden.
Michelin 1 star French-Japanese restaurant.
If you’re looking for something different, we’d recommend you to try Stephan Pantel. It’s a good French restaurant with Japanese taste.
While we have not actually use this bus ourselves, we thought this information could be of interest to a number of our guests. This may be a good option to easily get to see a number of these Unesco sites. Read on!
From the Kansai International Airport (KIX), there are four ways to reach Kyoto: by taxi, by train, by limousine bus and by shuttle service. Your choice will depend on your budget and the timetable. As usual, confirm the information beforehand…
I didn’t try many Sushi restaurants in Kyoto. For me Sushi is “Edomae” which means a “Tokyo dish”, and it has to be fresh, very fresh. Kyoto is far from the sea, so they developed a different kind of Sushi
A very traditional Japanese restaurant. High class. Running business since 1659 (more than 350-year!).
If you want to try real Kyoto dishes, this is a very good address.
