Where the Kamo and Takano rivers meet, anchored by Shimogamo Shrine. University-town tone with Demachi Futaba mochi queues, kissaten and well-priced kappo rooms.
Top-rated food experience in Kyoto
Award-Winning Authentic Ramen Making Experience in Kyoto
Order Yudofu set with dengaku miso-glazed tofu skewers
Nanzenji Sando Kikusui in Sakyo in Kyoto is a sukiya inn near Nanzenji with a Jihei Ogawa garden, yudofu kaiseki featuring Hattori tofu, seasonal courses.
Order Seabura Special Shoyu Ramen
The flagship of Kyoto's Ichijoji ramen street, a stretch with multiple ramen shops competing on a Sakyo-ku block. Light chicken-shoyu, Kujo-negi piled on top.
Order Weekenders blend pour-over
A husband-and-wife cafe near Ichijoji in north Kyoto, with a no-laptops policy. Weekenders beans on the pour-over and homemade cakes refreshed daily.
Try Mame mochi
A wagashi shinise on Kawaramachi north of Imadegawa in Kyoto, famed for its mame-mochi: salted black soybeans pressed into sweet azuki paste-filled mochi.
Saturday-morning farmers market on the Kamogawa riverbank by Demachiyanagi, Kyoto. 50-grower lineup of Kyoto-vegetable farmers, pickle makers and tofu makers.
A short Kawaramachi arcade in Demachiyanagi, Kyoto, anchored by Demachi Futaba mochi at the south end. 40 small shops including bento, coffee and grocers.
Taro's home cooking class in his Kyoto home near Shimogamo Shrine since 2010. Vegetarian, Kobe-beef or Nishiki-walk variants of obanzai dashi-based teaching.
Try Mame mochi sweet
Salted-bean and azuki mochi for 220 yen at the city's most famous wagashi shinise in Demachiyanagi, Kyoto. Eat fresh on a Kamogawa bench across the road.
Order Pour-over with daily-changing homemade cake
Akatsuki Coffee's no-laptops brunch room in Sakyo, Kyoto, husband-and-wife run. Daily cakes, a single Weekenders pour-over and a quiet morning room.