Food at Kyoto Station
Kyoto Station is enormous, and it is packed with all sorts of souvenir shops. I took a good long walk around. Sandwiches and the like Shinshindo, a long-running Kyoto bakery, seems to be the popular one here….
Kyoto Station is enormous, and it is packed with all sorts of souvenir shops. I took a good long walk around. Sandwiches and the like Shinshindo, a long-running Kyoto bakery, seems to be the popular one here….
Horiuchi Fruit Farm is a place I remember enjoying in Osaka a while back. I heard the main store was in Nara, so I went to check it out, and it turned out to be right in the middle of the shopping arcade. Nara…
There’s a shopping street around Nara Station, so I went and wandered that part of town. Probably a ryokan Starbucks The shopping street A bar If Kyoto is packed with polished places to eat, Nara see…
It had been a while since I last made it out to Nara. Well… as everyone knows by now, this is the town of “shika no ko no ko no ko koshitantan” — that deer-anime earworm — so there isn’…
Daiichi Asahi is a famous ramen shop near Kyoto Station. It opens first thing in the morning, and it’s famous for its long queues. A queue like this They open at six, so I turned up around 6:20 to find …
After a good meal, I headed back to the hotel. An okonomiyaki place Snapped this on the way. English menu It says “irasshaimase” — welcome. A seriously stylish restaurant near Kyoto Station The sign says 2e…
Yasohachi is a Kyoto izakaya I’ve probably become a regular at by now. A place like this The second floor This was my first time going up to the second floor, and the atmosphere is rather nice. Today&#…
We ate well, so now it’s time for a walk. The view The view A potato and craft beer place Kyoto is packed with places that have this kind of effortless atmosphere. A back alley No idea what this one …
There is a gelateria run by Babbi along the Kamo River, which runs through Kyoto, so I stopped by. The place Babbi is of course known for its chocolate. It is a brand you see all the time in department stores…
After a very good meal at the pizzeria en boca, I set off to wander around and do some sightseeing. There was another pizza place right nearby… I’m sure somewhere like this is good too, but if I e…
I made it to Kyoto again this year. I feel like I go there rather often, but however many times I go there is always somewhere left to see. The front of en boca I came by taxi, and someone who doesn’t k…
A place called Patisserie Mirage opened up, so I went along. I’ve been several times now, so I’m putting it all in one post. Roughly what the place looks like The door is huge and hefty, and it lo…