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….
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&#…
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…
The plan was to take the hotel shuttle bus to Kyoto Station, buy some omiyage, and then head home. The hotel had a small bar-like space set up where you could wait for the shuttle bus. It has a cafe-like atmo…
I picked a proper restaurant for lunch too. Getting a reservation wasn’t easy. Here’s the place A notice saying they’re fully booked with reservations today Soy milk La France I ordered a …
After a good meal in Karasuma, I headed back early to the hotel in Gion. Here are the photos I took along the way. Mirinae Yang Gopchang I never expected to find a Busan-style beef tripe joint in Kyoto –…
Jumelles 29 is a French restaurant, and in Japanese the name is read “Jumelles nijukyu”. It has been on my Kyoto restaurant list for ages, and since it has kept a high ranking year after year I fig…
Inoda Coffee is a slightly upscale kind of cafe. It has branches all over the city, and there’s a queue at every one of them. This time I went to the one on the first floor of the Daimaru department stor…