Wagashi is a signature dish of Japan; we have verified places to eat it in Kyoto. Kyoto's seasonal Japanese sweets, shaped to match the tea ceremony and the changing flowers, codified at Kagizen Yoshifusa since the 18th century. Start with where to eat Wagashi in Kyoto.
Wagashi · Kyoto
Kyoto's seasonal Japanese sweets, shaped to match the tea ceremony and the changing flowers, codified at Kagizen Yoshifusa since the 18th century.
Wagashi crystallised in Kyoto around the tea ceremony in the 17th and 18th centuries. The form prioritised seasonal shape, colour and ingredient over sweetness; nerikiri sculpted-bean sweets, kashiwa-mochi spring leaves, mizu-yokan summer jellies, and Demachi Futaba's mame-mochi all read the calendar. Kagizen Yoshifusa from the 1700s, Sasaya Iori from 1716, and Kanshundo from 1865 are the city's reference wagashi makers. Today Kyoto wagashi is the country's reference form, supplying the imperial tea houses and the city's matcha-and-sweet sets.
Where to eat in Kyoto:
- Kagizen Yoshifusa
- Demachi Futaba
- Marukyu Koyamaen Nishinotoin
- Demachi Futaba Mame-Mochi
Where to eat Wagashi in Kyoto: the editor picks