Kyoto ⛩️🍵👘🏮

  • More cash only spots

WHAT TO EAT IN KYOTO

  • Kaiseki: traditional course menu with mostly seafood and vegetables

  • Yakiniku: wagyu beef

  • Izakaya

  • Yakitori

  • Obanzai

  • Tofu

  • Matcha

WHERE TO STAY

HOTEL

  • Mitsui Hotel

RYOKAN

  • Nazuna Gosho

  • Hanaikada

  • Kyokoyado Muromachi Yutone

3 DAY ITINERARY

DAY 1

  • Kifune Shrine (take train from Damachiyanagi to Kibune and sit on left side, and then bus 33)

  • Lunch at Hiro Bun (nagashi somen noodles) — must go before 1pm

  • Yakiniku dinner at Steak House Yoshida OR XXX

    • Kyoboshi: tempura

  • Drinks at Bar Craft, Talisker OR Eltesoro

  • Walk around Higashimaya + Pontocho Alley

DAY 2

  • Nanzen-ji and Tenju-an Temple (opens at 8:40am)

  • Lunch at Junsei (tofu)

  • Walk to Philosopher’s Path

  • Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple + Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple (closes at 4:30pm)

  • Izakaya dinner at Ponshu-ya Santoku Rokumi (cash only) OR Shokudo Ogawa

DAY 3

  • Train to Uji from Kyoto Station for matcha (30min)

    • Byodo-in Temple

    • Itoh Kyuemon

    • Nakamura Tokichi: maruto matcha parfait

    • Masuda Chaho: green tea soft serve

  • Lunch in Nakagyo:

  • Shop in Nakagyo

    • Aritsugu Nishiki Market: Japanese knives (closes at 5pm)

    • ISSEY MIYAKE

    • OKURA

    • Porter Classic

    • APFR

    • glänta: weld rings

    • Le Labo

  • Yakitori dinner at Wabiya Korekido OR Tori Saki

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