Warabi-mochi is a signature dish of Japan; we have verified places to eat it in Kyoto. Cold bracken-starch mochi dusted in kinako and drizzled with kuromitsu, the city's summer wagashi sold cup-by-cup at Nishiki Market and tea houses. Start with where to eat Warabi-mochi in Kyoto.
Warabi-mochi · Kyoto
Cold bracken-starch mochi dusted in kinako and drizzled with kuromitsu, the city's summer wagashi sold cup-by-cup at Nishiki Market and tea houses.
Warabi-mochi has roots in Heian-era Kyoto, originally made from wild-foraged warabi (bracken fern) starch, expensive enough that Emperor Daigo (897-930) was said to favour it. The modern Nishiki Market form, sold cup-by-cup dusted in kinako roasted soybean and drizzled with kuromitsu syrup, codified in the Showa era. Counter stands at Nishiki Market still press fresh warabi-mochi by the cup; the form is now Kyoto's most-photographed summer snack.
Where to eat in Kyoto:
- Warabimochi Kamakura Kyoto
- Kagizen Yoshifusa
- Demachi Futaba
Where to eat Warabi-mochi in Kyoto: the editor picks