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Daitokuji Ikkyu

For great shojin ryori, look no further than Daitokuji Ikkyu. This Zen temple vegetarian restaurant is the oldest existing one of its kind in Kyoto -- it's over 500 years old! Compared to other citie

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Donguri Kyoto Ekimae

If you're craving a hearty meal, hit up Donguri Kyoto Ekimae in front of Kyoto Station. This restaurant has been serving okonomiyaki to the hungry masses since 1977, with a special emphasis on using l

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Falafel Garden Restaurant Northern Higashiyama

A great vegetarian restaurant in northern Kyoto, Falafel Garden specializes in the eponymous falafel, but there's plenty more on the menu to keep things interesting. With a hippy vibe and a friendly

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Fujii Daimaru Department Store

Fujii-Daimaru is a small department store in downtown Kyoto with a strong focus on youth fashion. The basement food floor (known as Tavelt) is quite good here. Overshadowed by the larger stores nearb

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Ganko Sanjo Honten Restaurant Kyoto

A vast downtown sushi specialist, Ganko Sushi is one of the most approachable and reasonably priced sushi places in Kyoto. There's nothing subtle about Ganko Sushi: The windows are crammed with gaudy

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Gion Owatari

2-star kaiseki restaurant Gion Owatari is a favourite with Japanese gourmands, and no wonder -- the cooking here is at once soulful and impeccable. Kaiseki can be an intimidating affair -- a parade o

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Gion Uokeya U

Forget eel rice bowls -- have you ever had an eel rice bucket? At 1-starred Gion Uokeya U, their signature dish is a wooden bucket filled with rice and eels. What an experience! ![Gion Uokeya U](http

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Gluten Free Kyoto

If you're gluten intolerant, you can still eat very well in Kyoto. It just takes a little caution and effort. Here is our complete guide to gluten-free Kyoto. ![Sushi bowl](https://photos.smugmug.com

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Goya Restaurant Northern Higashiyama

A great place to eat near Ginkaku-ji Temple, Goya is an Okinawan-themed restaurant with excellent food, cool music and comfortable seating. Goya i

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Guilo Guilo Hitoshina

Located in a renovated warehouse south of Gion-Shijo Station, Guilo Guilo Hitoshina offers a delicious, modern take on kaiseki cuisine at ridiculously affordable prices. Kaiseki -- traditional multi-

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Gyoza Hohei

Located smack in the middle of the geisha district of Gion, Gyoza Hohei serves fabulously garlicky dumplings to fuel you up after a long day of sightseeing. As a bonus, you might even see a local maik

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Hinode Udon Northern Higashiyama

Hinode Udon is a fine lunch restaurant near Nanzen-ji Temple and the Path of Philosophy. As the name suggests, udon noodles are the specialty of the house. My father used to say that you can judge th

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Hiranoya Restaurant Arashiyama

They simply do not make restaurants more attractive than this old teahouse near Atago Torii in Arashiyama. It's a teahouse that doubles as a proper restaurant. With an atmospheric thatched roof, this

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Hirobun Kibune

Hirobun is one of the more laid-back riverside restaurants in the quaint village of Kibune. ![Cool dining in Kibune image copyright Jeffrey Friedl](https://photos.smugmug.com/Kyoto/Kyoto-Photo-Of-The

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Hisago

Hisago is a good restaurant near Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kodai-ji Temple and Ishibei-koji. It's not much to look at, but the noodles and rice dishes are tasty. The Higashiyama Sightseeing district is p

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Honke Owariya Restaurant Kyoto

Located in an atmospheric old wooden building, Honke Owariya is arguably the best soba restaurant in all of Kyoto. ![Restaurant Honke Owariya Downtown Kyoto](https://photos.smugmug.com/Kyoto-Restaura

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Honke Owariya

This revered old soba restaurant is a good place to try Japan's own noodle dish in atmospheric old Kyoto surroundings. ![machan & densans sobaya](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-9XWppTc/0/0050f97

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Hyotei Restaurant Northern Higashiyama

One of Kyoto's Michelin three-star restaurants, Hyotei is one of the most attractive restaurants in Kyoto. It's a kaiseki restaurant that makes few concessions to foreign palates. Located in an incre

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Inoda Coffee Honten

I love this old coffee shop in Kyoto mostly because it's not a chain. Well, it is a chain, but it's not one that's morphed over the whole world. It's a good chance to see what Japanese coffee shops we

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Inoichi

Inoichi is a tiny 10-seater ramen joint in downtown Kyoto that's completely worth the wait. ![Classic Shina Soba with extra nori topping.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Inoichi/i-J6TGV3d/0/2c8b356a/L/In

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Ippodo Kyoto

Ippodo is the best place in Kyoto to buy green tea, including both leaf tea and powdered tea (matcha). The store is incredibly atmospheric and samples are available. Kyoto is the home of most of Japa

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Izusen

Looking for a vegan meal in beautiful surroundings? Try a shojin-ryori lunch at Izusen in Daitoku-ji Temple. Their gorgeous and elaborate meals are sure to be a highlight of your visit to Kyoto. ![I

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Isetan Department Food Floor Kyoto Station

The two food floors below Isetan Department Store are a wonderland of culinary delights. They're the best high-end supermarket in the Kyoto Station Area. The two Isetan Department Food Floors are cla

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Jojo Kyoto

A good casual izakaya (Japanese-style dining pub) within walking distance of Kyoto Station, Jojo is one of our favorite restaurants in the Kyoto Station area. This slick modern izakaya is a good plac

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Kagizen Yoshifusa Southern Higashiyama

Kagizen Yoshifusa is a traditional sweet shop in the heart of Gion with a serene tea room where you can enjoy traditional sweets with cups of thick matcha tea. Sure, there's a Starbucks in Gion. We a

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Kanei

Kanei makes the best soba in Kyoto and soba otaku (freaks) make the pilgrimage here from all over Japan to sample these sublime noodles. We tend to avoid the word "artisanal" like the plague. To us,

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Kasagiya Southern Higashiyama

The most atmospheric little tea house in Kyoto, we never pass this way without stopping in for a hot cup of matcha tea and a sweet. On your left a few steps after starting down from the top of Sannen

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Katsukura Sanjo Main Shop

Widely known as Katsukura, this restaurant's tonkatsu is a cut above many places: the pork is excellent, and the sauce is homemade. Plus, the Sanjo main shop in downtown Kyoto serves tasty crab croque

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Kerala Restaurant Kyoto

Kerala is one of the best Indian restaurants in Kyoto, and its downtown location make it the perfect place to fuel up while doing some shopping. While it's not much to look at -- little more than a c

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Kikkoya

Eating out in Kyoto doesn't have to be fancy, multi-course affairs all the time. We love obanzai places like Kikkoya in downtown Kyoto, which serve up homestyle cooking that's heavy on the vegetables

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