Food in Kyoto
13 places across 8 neighbourhoods, 13 of them free to enter, the most featured first.
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Food · Kyoto Station
Kyoto Ramen Koji 京都拉麺小路
A corridor of ramen shops on the 10th floor of the Kyoto Station building, south of the grand stairway, with shops serving regional styles of ramen from around Japan.
Kyoto (JR lines, Karasuma Line, Kintetsu Kyoto Line), 5 min walk · Free entry · 45 min
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Food · Kyoto Station
Shinpuku Saikan (main shop) 新福菜館 本店
A ramen shop that began as a street stall in 1938 and stands on Takakura-dori a few minutes east of Kyoto Station.
Kyoto (JR lines, Karasuma Line, Kintetsu Kyoto Line), 4 min walk · Free entry · 30 min
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Food · Kyoto Station
Honke Daiichi Asahi (Takabashi main shop) 本家第一旭 たかばし本店
A long-established Kyoto ramen shop at the Takabashi corner east of Kyoto Station, serving soy sauce ramen with sliced pork.
Kyoto (JR lines, Karasuma Line, Kintetsu Kyoto Line), 4 min walk · Free entry · 30 min
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Food · Kawaramachi
Mishima-tei (main restaurant) 三嶋亭 本店
A sukiyaki restaurant founded in 1873 at the corner of the Teramachi arcade and Sanjo-dori, with a butcher counter at the front selling beef to take home.
Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae (Tozai Line), 6 min walk · Free entry · 1 h 30 min
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Food · Gion
Gion Izuju 祇園 いづ重
A Kyoto-style sushi shop founded in the Meiji era at the corner facing the stone steps of Yasaka Shrine.
Gion-Shijo (Keihan Main Line), 8 min walk · Free entry · 40 min
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Food · Okazaki
Yamamoto Menzou 山元麺蔵
A small handmade udon restaurant on the south side of Okazaki, a few minutes from Heian Shrine, with a ten-seat counter and two tables.
Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 11 min walk · Free entry · 1 h
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Food · Okazaki
Omen (Ginkakuji main shop) 名代おめん 銀閣寺本店
The original shop of an udon restaurant founded in 1967 in front of Ginkaku-ji, known for udon eaten dipped in a kelp and bonito broth, with a plate of eight condiments such as kinpira burdock, sesame, green onion, ginger and seasonal vegetables.
Ginkakuji-michi bus stop (Kyoto City Bus 5, 17), 6 min walk · Free entry · 50 min
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Food · Arashiyama
Arashiyama Yoshimura 嵐山よしむら
A handmade soba restaurant at the north end of Togetsukyo Bridge with 50 seats, many facing the Oi river and the bridge.
Arashiyama (Keifuku Arashiyama Line), 4 min walk · Free entry · 45 min
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Food · Nijo Castle
Menbaka Fire Ramen めん馬鹿一代
A ramen shop on Marutamachi-dori open since 1984, where staff pour flaming oil over a bowl of shoyu ramen topped with green onions at the table.
Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), 12 min walk · Free entry · 45 min
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Food · Imperial Palace
Demachi Futaba 出町ふたば
A Japanese sweets shop founded in 1899 on Demachi-dori, west of the Kamo river, known for mame-mochi: soft rice cakes studded with red peas and filled with smooth red bean paste.
Demachiyanagi (Keihan Oto Line, Eizan Main Line), 6 min walk · Free entry · 15 min
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Food · Fushimi
Kizakura Kappa Country キザクラカッパカントリー
A complex run by the Fushimi sake brewer Kizakura, with the Kizakura Sakaba restaurant serving its sake and Kyoto beer brewed on site, and a free museum on sake making and on the kappa, the water creature that is the brewer's mascot.
Chushojima (Keihan Main Line), 7 min walk · Free entry · 1 h 15 min
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Food · Fushimi
Torisei (main restaurant) 鳥せい 本店
A chicken restaurant run by Yamamoto Honke, the Fushimi brewer of Shinsei sake founded in 1677, opened in 1976 inside a former sake storehouse.
Fushimi-Momoyama (Keihan Main Line), 5 min walk · Free entry · 1 h 15 min
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Food · Fushimi
Nezameya 祢ざめ家
An eatery on the approach to Fushimi Inari Taisha that traces its origins to 1540, serving inari-zushi, saba-zushi and kitsune udon, with eel and quail grilled at the shop front.
Inari (JR Nara Line), 2 min walk · Free entry · 40 min
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- Free things to do in Kyoto 58 places
Places with free entry, from temple grounds and shrines to markets and riverside walks.
- Kyoto on a rainy day 70 places
Museums, covered arcades and halls that stay dry when it rains.
- Kyoto early in the morning 28 places
Places at their best early, at opening time or before the day crowds.
- Kyoto at night 30 places
Places to go after dark: lit streets, shrines open at night and evening views.
- Autumn leaves in Kyoto 23 places
Places known for their autumn colour.
- Cherry blossoms in Kyoto 17 places
Places known for their cherry blossom.
- Kyoto with kids 21 places
Places that work well with children.