Esprit de Bigot Kyoto ★ 4.3
Philippe Bigot's Kyoto offshoot, the man who introduced French baking to Japan in 1965. Beurre croissants, tarte tatin and brioche on Shijo.
Worth the queue: Beurre croissant; tarte tatin
Kuriya Suzuki is a bakery in Karasuma Kawaramachi, Kyoto.
A chestnut-and-cream bakery on Tominokoji in Kyoto. House-made marron cream pan, mont-blanc seasonal pastries and the local autumn pilgrimage shelf.
Address: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8077, Japan
Philippe Bigot's Kyoto offshoot, the man who introduced French baking to Japan in 1965. Beurre croissants, tarte tatin and brioche on Shijo.
Worth the queue: Beurre croissant; tarte tatin
A black-fronted French bakery on Oike, Kyoto, that anchors the city's croissant scene. Levain breads, viennoiserie and a respectable pain au chocolat.
Worth the queue: Beurre croissant
A neighbourhood bakery near Kyoto City Hall, on Oike. Mentaiko bagels, black-tea panini and the morning queue that everyone in Nakagyo recognises.
Worth the queue: Mentaiko bagel
A stone-milled grain bakery on Sanjo, Kyoto, baking denser, longer-fermented loaves. Whole-grain croissants and the city's slow-bread reference shelf.
Worth the queue: Whole-grain croissant
Kyoto's original French bakery, founded 1913 by a baker trained in Paris. The Kitayama branch sells the karasu dark loaf and old-style country baguettes.
Worth the queue: Karasu pan dark loaf
Philippe Bigot's Kyoto offshoot, the man who introduced French baking to Japan in 1965. Beurre croissants, tarte tatin and brioche on Shijo.
Worth the queue: Beurre croissant; tarte tatin
The Higashiyama outpost of the national melon-pan chain in Kyoto, a quick-walk default off Yasui-dori. Cream pan and the always-fresh melon-pan shelf.
Worth the queue: Custard cream pan
A black-fronted French bakery on Oike, Kyoto, that anchors the city's croissant scene. Levain breads, viennoiserie and a respectable pain au chocolat.
Worth the queue: Beurre croissant
A neighbourhood bakery near Kyoto City Hall, on Oike. Mentaiko bagels, black-tea panini and the morning queue that everyone in Nakagyo recognises.
Worth the queue: Mentaiko bagel
A stone-milled grain bakery on Sanjo, Kyoto, baking denser, longer-fermented loaves. Whole-grain croissants and the city's slow-bread reference shelf.
Worth the queue: Whole-grain croissant