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Best Cafes In Kyoto

With dozens of fantastic cafes across the city, Kyoto's cafe culture is well worth exploring. Here is a short list of our favorites, all personally tasted and enjoyed! Kyoto might be well known for t

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Best Child Friendly Restaurants In Kyoto

Food tends to be the biggest issue for families traveling to Japan. Sure, the food and drinks are hygienic and safe, but you'll probably find that children are "challenged" by some of the unfamiliar i

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Best Coffee In Kyoto

Looking for a great cup of coffee in Kyoto? Need a break from the international coffee chains? Here is a list of the best independent coffee shops in Kyoto. ![Animal en el café](https://photos.smugmu

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Best Japanese Tea And Sweet Shops In Kyoto

Tea reigned supreme in Japan long before coffee-drinking became popular here. As the reigning cultural capital for over a thousand years, Kyoto was at the heart of tea culture and its myriad developme

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Best Izakaya In Kyoto

Izakaya and sake specialists (they're almost the same thing) are everywhere in Osaka. Spending an evening in an izakaya is one of the best ways to really experience this city -- you'll sample great fo

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Best Gyoza In Kyoto

Every culture has its own version of the dumpling. In Japan, this is the gyoza or pot sticker. While gyoza originated from China -- where it's known as 'jiaozi' -- they've become a popular and ubiquit

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Best Kaiseki Japanese Haute Cuisine In Kyoto

Consisting of multiple small dishes served one by one, kaiseki cooking is highly seasonal and rarefied. This style of Japanese fine dining is what inspired nouvelle cuisine and degustation menus. For

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Best Kissaten In Kyoto

Kissaten are retro cafes -- rather like Japanese-style European coffee houses -- and they're an interesting alternative to more contemporary indie cafes. Here are some of our favourite kissaten in Kyo

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Best Okonomiyaki In Kyoto

Often called "Japanese pizza", okonomiyaki is actually very different! Here's our recommended okonomiyaki restaurants in Kyoto to try it yourself. ![Okonomiyaki in Kyoto. Editorial credit: TheNUshutt

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Best Restaurants In Kyoto

Discover Kyoto’s culinary treasures with our curated list of the best restaurants in the city, categorized by cuisine type, location, and price range. Whether you're craving sushi, ramen, or kaiseki,

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Best Ramen In Kyoto

Ramen in Japan doesn't mean the same thing it does in North America. These soulful bowls of noodles are lovingly made by masters of their craft, and are a far cry from the instant stuff students subsi

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Best Shojin Ryori Japanese Buddhist Vegetarian Cuisine

You don't have to be vegetarian to enjoy shojin ryori, or Zen temple vegetarian cuisine. These multi-course plant-based meals are an essential culinary experience when visiting Kyoto. Check out our li

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Best Resutoran Gai In Kyoto

Resutoran-gai or shokudo-gai are the Japanese equivalent of food courts. They're a great way to have lots of different food choices. Here's our list of the best resutoran-gai in Kyoto. Resutoran-gai

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Best Shokudo All Round Restaurants In Kyoto

Shokudo are all-round restaurants, and they're a good way to have lots of different food choices in a single place. Here's our list of the best shokudo in Kyoto. Whether it's tempura, sushi, sukiyaki

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Best Soba Udon In Kyoto

Japanese cuisine has a number of fabulous noodles worth eating when you're visiting the country. Soba, or buckwheat noodles, is one of the most popular around. Udon, or wheat flour noodles, is another

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Best Sukiyaki In Kyoto

If you love beef, there are few better places on the planet to eat it than in Japan.'Wagyu' is typically associated with Kobe beef outside of Japan, but the word literally just means 'Japanese beef.'

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Best Tempura In Kyoto

While tempura is considered quintessentially Japanese, this dish actually arrived in Japan via the Portuguese during the 16th century! Today, tempura is one of the most beloved dishes in the national

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Best Tofu Cuisine In Kyoto

Eating tofu in Japan is a vastly different and superior experience to most tofu found in Western supermarkets -- it's elevated to a veritable art form here. Kyoto has some fantastic tofu restaurants i

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Best Tofu Cuisine

Eating tofu in Japan is a vastly different and superior experience to most tofu found in Western supermarkets -- it's elevated to a veritable art form here. Kyoto has some fantastic tofu restaurants i

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Best Tonkatsu In Kyoto

Tonkatsu refers to a popular dish of breaded, deep-fried pork cutlets. Here are our recommended tonkatsu restaurants in Kyoto. ![Tonkatsu in Kyoto. Editorial credit: sasaken / Shutterstock.com](https

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Best Unagi In Kyoto

If you're familiar with sushi, you might have encountered unagi on the menu. That's the word for freshwater eel in Japan, and it's a real delicacy. In fact, there are entire restaurants dedicated to s

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Best Vegan Vegetarian In Kyoto

Japan is not an easy place for vegans and vegetarians. Most dishes usually contain dashi -- a skipjack bonito broth -- while vegan and vegetarian eating, whether it's a lifestyle choice or religious a

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Best Yakitori In Kyoto

Kyoto has dozens of fantastic yakitori restaurants. Here is our pick of Kyoto yakitori restaurants that are affordable, friendly, and delicious. ![Yakitori in Kyoto. Editorial credit: decoplus / Shut

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Cafe Bibliotic Hello

Even if it didn't have this marvelously quirky name, I'd still love this uber-hip Kyoto café. It's built into an machiya and the owner has some wickedly good design sense. A street or two north of th

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Chibo Kyoto Avanti Branch Shop

Located in the Kyoto Avanti mall south of Kyoto Station, Chibo is a reliable, failsafe option for okonomiyaki. The pancakes are awesome, they have a kid's menu, and it's English-friendly too. Though

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Choice Northern Higashiyama

Choice restaurant is a great place to enjoy Japanese-style vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free food. It's at Sanjo-Keihan, very close to Downtown Kyoto. Opened by a Japanese doctor who is keenly aware

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Daigin Shokudo Northern Higashiyama

Daigin Shokudo is a great shokudo near Ginkaku-ji Temple. It serves the standard noodle and rice favorites. It's a good choice for a meal when exploring Northern Higashiyama. If you're looking for a

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Daimaru Basement Food Floor Kyoto

Daimaru Department Store's basement food floor is arguably the best food market in the entire city. Japan's department stores are famed for their "depachika," a word formed from the English word "dep

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Daimaru Kyoto

Daimaru is one of Kyoto's two largest and most opulent department stores, with everything from elite international brands to one of the best food floors in all of Japan. Like [Takashimaya](takashiyam

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Daimaru Resutoran Gai

The Daimaru Department Store Resutoran-gai (restaurant floor) is a good collection of Japanese and international restaurants in the heart of downtown Kyoto. If you find yourself in need of a meal whi

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