Fukujuen Kyoto Honten Brunch ★ 4.2
Fukujuen Kyoto's six-floor tea house on Shijo serves morning matcha-and-soba sets in Kyoto. Tea-blending workshop downstairs, brunch upstairs.
Order: Matcha-and-soba breakfast set with hojicha creme brulee
Kissa Soiree is a brunch spot in Karasuma Kawaramachi, Kyoto.
Soiree's 1948 Showa kissaten on Nishikiyamachi in Kyoto. Iconic blue-soda jellies, cheesecakes and the city's most-photographed kissaten neon since the 1960s.
Must order: Blue-jelly soda set with cheesecake
Address: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8016, Japan
Fukujuen Kyoto's six-floor tea house on Shijo serves morning matcha-and-soba sets in Kyoto. Tea-blending workshop downstairs, brunch upstairs.
Order: Matcha-and-soba breakfast set with hojicha creme brulee
Le Petitmec Oike opens at 08:00 in Kyoto with the anchor French boulangerie morning. Beurre croissants, pain au chocolat and take-away coffee at the door.
Order: Beurre croissant and pain au chocolat with a coffee
A 1932 kissaten in Kyoto's Teramachi arcade. Pillow-thick hotcakes, house-roasted coffee and a tamago sando at the city's reference Showa-era breakfast.
Order: Hotcakes with house-roasted blend and a tamago sando
Inoda's 1940 machiya kissaten in Karasuma, Kyoto, opens at 07:00. The Kyoto Morning set with egg, sausage, toast and Arabian Pearl blend at 1,100 yen.
Order: Kyoto Morning set with egg, sausage and Arabian Pearl blend
Fukujuen Kyoto's six-floor tea house on Shijo serves morning matcha-and-soba sets in Kyoto. Tea-blending workshop downstairs, brunch upstairs.
Order: Matcha-and-soba breakfast set with hojicha creme brulee
Le Petitmec Oike opens at 08:00 in Kyoto with the anchor French boulangerie morning. Beurre croissants, pain au chocolat and take-away coffee at the door.
Order: Beurre croissant and pain au chocolat with a coffee
Blue Bottle's Kyoto cafe by Nanzen-ji serves morning pour-overs in a converted machiya. Single-origin brews and a wagashi-pairing programme at counter.
Order: Pour-over and wagashi-pairing breakfast
Iolite in Nakagyo in Kyoto opens early; the morning is a hand-drip and toast set, cedar-beam machiya counter, single-origin pour-over from the in-house roast.
Order: House-blend espresso with seasonal milk pastry
A 1932 kissaten in Kyoto's Teramachi arcade. Pillow-thick hotcakes, house-roasted coffee and a tamago sando at the city's reference Showa-era breakfast.
Order: Hotcakes with house-roasted blend and a tamago sando
Inoda's 1940 machiya kissaten in Karasuma, Kyoto, opens at 07:00. The Kyoto Morning set with egg, sausage, toast and Arabian Pearl blend at 1,100 yen.
Order: Kyoto Morning set with egg, sausage and Arabian Pearl blend