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Bar Rocking Chair's late-night cocktail counter in Nakagyo, Kyoto, open until 02:00. Smoked old fashioned and a single-malt back-bar, nine seats.
Try: Smoked old fashioned
Bee's Knees Kyoto is a late-night spot in Karasuma Kawaramachi, Kyoto.
A Prohibition-styled speakeasy in Nakagyo Kyoto open until 02:00. Cocktails built on local spirits, jazz on vinyl, hidden behind a yellow 'Book Store' door.
Address: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0961, Japan
Bar Rocking Chair's late-night cocktail counter in Nakagyo, Kyoto, open until 02:00. Smoked old fashioned and a single-malt back-bar, nine seats.
Try: Smoked old fashioned
A rare Kyoto izakaya open through 05:00 most days near Sanjo-Kawaramachi. Toroton slow-cooked pork trotter, oden, and the post-shift Pontocho counter crowd.
Try: Toroton pork trotter
Azumaya's late-night yakitori counter on Kiyamachi in Kyoto runs until 01:00, Saturdays to 02:00. House tare on its 20th year of topping-up and three sauces.
Try: Kushikatsu and yakitori
Ponshya Santoku's standing oden counter in Shimogyo, Kyoto, runs until 01:00. Chicken-paitan broth and a 30-sake glass list; standing-only, no reservations.
Try: Chicken-paitan oden
Bar Rocking Chair's late-night cocktail counter in Nakagyo, Kyoto, open until 02:00. Smoked old fashioned and a single-malt back-bar, nine seats.
Try: Smoked old fashioned
Kyoto's reference shoyu-tonkotsu ramen counter, open until 01:00 since 1947. Five-minute walk from Kyoto Station, queues thin out around midnight.
Try: Shoyu-tonkotsu ramen
A rare Kyoto izakaya open through 05:00 most days near Sanjo-Kawaramachi. Toroton slow-cooked pork trotter, oden, and the post-shift Pontocho counter crowd.
Try: Toroton pork trotter
Azumaya's late-night yakitori counter on Kiyamachi in Kyoto runs until 01:00, Saturdays to 02:00. House tare on its 20th year of topping-up and three sauces.
Try: Kushikatsu and yakitori
Senmonten's one-item gyoza counter on Hanamikoji stays open through 01:00 in Kyoto. Pan-fried gyoza orders paired with cold beer, cash only.
Try: Pan-fried gyoza
Ponshya Santoku's standing oden counter in Shimogyo, Kyoto, runs until 01:00. Chicken-paitan broth and a 30-sake glass list; standing-only, no reservations.
Try: Chicken-paitan oden