Tofu

03.13.2015 Authentic Japanese tofu, served the traditional way in Kyoto.

Japanese tofu is popular worldwide thanks to its soft texture, subtle flavor, low calories and numerous health benefits. It is typically made by adding a natural coagulant called nigari (magnesium chloride) to strained soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds. While there are dozens of delicious ways to serve Japanese tofu, we recommend trying yudofu (simmered tofu) made the traditional way in Kyoto, a city historically obsessed with tofu.

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Kirakutei 喜楽亭

Kyotogosho/Nishijin, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / General / Donburi (rice bowl)

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Average price: Dinner: 3,000JPY / Lunch: 750JPY

Open: 17:00-01:00, last order for food at 23:30, last order for drinks at 00:30 Lunch from 11:30-14:00

Closed: None

English services: English menu available.

Access: A 1-minute walk from Marutamachi station on the Karasuma subway line

Address: Christer Plaza M1F , 215 Karasu Maru Takeya-cho Agaru Okura-cho, Chukyo-ku,Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

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Kakuredokoro Shunsai Sengyo Sanji 隠れどころ　旬菜鮮魚さんじ

Kyotogosho/Nishijin, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sushi

Reservation 1 recommendation

1 recommendation

Average price: Dinner: 3,500JPY / Lunch: 800JPY

Open: [Tuesday - Sunday] Dinner: 5pm - 12 midnight (last order 11:30pm) [Tuesday - Friday] Lunch: 11:30am - 1:30pm *Lunch service is not available on public holidays.

Closed: Sundays

English services: English menu available.

Access: Four minute walk from Karasuma Oike Station. Head down Karasumadori street toward Marutamachi, turn right at Nijodori street, and it will be a little ways down on the left. The sign is a chinese paper lantern.

Address: Nijo Coop 1F, 40 Matsuya-cho, Nijodori, Takakura Nishi-iru , Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto

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Kyoto Gion Tempura Yasaka Endo 京都祇園「天ぷら八坂圓堂」

Gion, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Japanese,Japanese / General / Tempura (battered, fried seafood and vegetables) / Kyoto Cuisine

Reservation 2 recommendations

2 recommendations

Average price: Dinner: 10,000JPY / Lunch: 5,500JPY

Open: Lunch 11:30 am - 4:00 pm / Dinner 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:15 pm)

Closed

English services: English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Access: Approximately 10 minutes by foot southeast of exit 6 of the Keihan Shijo Station

Address: 566 Komatsu-cho , Higashiyama, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

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Roppakuya KADO Roppakuya　KADO

Shijo Karasuma/Karasuma Oike, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / General / General / Wine

Reservation

Average price: 3,500JPY

Open: Normal hours: 5:00 pm - 12:00 am (last order 11:30 pm)

Closed: Sundays

English services: Unknown.

Access: A 5-minute walk from Exit 26 of Hankyu Karasuma Station. Turn right at the crossing by the Sumitomo Life Kyoto Building and go straight; it will be on your left.

Address: 453 - 1 Muromachi Shinmachi no Aida Shijo Agaru Kannondo-cho , Chukyo-ku,Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

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Gayagaya 我家我家

Shijokawaramachi/Teramachi, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Dining Bar,Dining bar / Yuba (tofu skin) / Kyoto Cuisine / Wine

Reservation

Average price: 3,500JPY

Open: Normal hours: 5:30pm-4:30am (last order for Food at 3:30am). (We take reservations and inquiries by phone from 10:00am-3:00am) Open year-round!

Closed: None

English services: Unknown.

Access: Take the small road on the north side of the Kyoto BAL Building in Kawaramachi 100 meters to the east, and it is on the 3rd floor of the Sano Building on the north side. East side of Tanaka Coffee.

Address: Sano Bldg. 3F , Kawara Machi Sanjo Sagaru BAL Kitadori Higashi Iru Kitagawa, Chukyo-ku,Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

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Teramachi Yoshikura 寺町　よしくら

Kyotogosho/Nishijin, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Kaiseki (course menu),Japanese / General / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes)

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Average price: Dinner: 5,300JPY / Lunch: 1,350JPY

Open: [Monday, Wednesday - Sunday, national holidays, and the day before national holidays] Lunch 11:00 - 14:00 (last order 14:00) / Dinner 17:00 - 21:00 (last order 21:00)

Closed: Tuesdays

English services: Unknown.

Access: A 3 minute walk from the Kyoto City bus stop Kawaramachi Imadegawa. A 10 minute walk if you take exit 3 at Imadegawa station on the Karasuma Subway line.

Address: Corpo Shimoyama 1F, 102 Shin'nyodo Mae-cho , Kamigyo-ku,Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

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Kyo no Korean Home-style Restaurant Hamke 京の韓国家庭料理　ハムケ

Shijokawaramachi/Teramachi, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Korean,Other Asian / Korean / Bibimbap / Naengmyeon (Korean cold noodle)

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Kyo no Korean Home-style Restaurant Hamke

Average price: 2,500JPY

Open: Normal hours: 17:30-00:00 (last order 23:00)

Closed: None

English services: Unknown.

Access: Get off at Kawaramachi Station, head three minutes on foot toward Takashimaya. Near the CoCo Ichiya.

Address: Kawaramachi Apex Bldg. II B1F, 240-1 Ichino-cho, Kawaharamachidori-sagaru, Shijo, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto

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Shinkiro 蜃氣楼

Gion, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Japanese,Japanese / General

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Average price: Dinner: 4,000JPY / Lunch: 1,000JPY

Open: [Monday-Wednesday, Friday-Sunday, Holiday, Before Holiday] Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (last order 2:30 p.m.) / Dinner: 5:30 p.m.-midnight (last order 11:00 p.m.)