Kyoto 京都府

The old capital and its hinterland: a thousand years of temples, gardens and craft workshops set against hills that turn red in November. Beyond the city, the tea fields of Uji, the thatched villages of Miyama and the Sea of Japan coast at Amanohashidate belong to the same prefecture.

Yasaka PagodaThe five-storey pagoda above the lanes of Higashiyama

Seasonal calendar

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Autumn foliage 10 NOV – 06 DEC

Cherry blossom 08–20 APR

Notable places

Notable place	Why
大覚寺 25–27 SEP · Nature · Moon-viewing Moon-viewing — Daikaku-ji 大覚寺 Kyoto A former imperial villa in Sagano, whose Osawa Pond was dug in the ninth century so the moon could be watched from a boat. The temple's moon-viewing evenings, Kangetsu no Yube, are held on the nights around the harvest moon: dragon-headed boats cross the pond and the moon rises twice, once in the sky and once on the water. Dates 25–27 SEP Where KyotoGoogle Maps Open 9:00–17:00 · last entry 16:30 · ¥500 Survive Heavy. In 2026 the evenings are 25–27 September, starting on the night of the harvest moon: gates 17:30–21:00, last entry 20:30, and the evening is ticketed separately, so daytime visitors are asked to leave first. The boat ride with tea was sold by advance lottery, ¥7,000, applications 6–24 July, now closed; without it you can still walk the pond and watch from the shore. The temple decides at 11:00 each day whether the evening goes ahead. The dates move with the lunar calendar: check the temple's site each year. Access Kyoto Bus 28 or 91 to Daikakuji, about 50 min from Kyoto Stn; or a 20 min walk from JR Saga-Arashiyama Stn. Heritage Place of Scenic Beauty · Osawa Pond, 1922 大沢池附名古曽滝跡名勝 Source Official site Moon-viewing page · checked 2026-09-21 Photos 3 photos · credits ttshr1970 · CC BY 3.0 m-louis .® · CC BY-SA 2.0 ignis · CC BY-SA 3.0 2 h · Open in Google Maps	A former imperial villa in Sagano, whose Osawa Pond was dug in the ninth century so the moon could be watched from a boat. The temple's moon-viewing evenings, Kangetsu no Yube, are held on the nights around the harvest moon: dragon-headed boats cross the pond and the moon rises twice, once in the sky and once on the water. Place of Scenic Beauty · Osawa Pond, 1922	Photo · ttshr1970 · CC BY 3.0
夢コスモス園 01 OCT – 08 NOV · Nature · Cosmos Cosmos — Kameoka Yume Cosmos Garden 夢コスモス園 Kyoto About eight million cosmos of 20 varieties on 4.2 hectares outside Kameoka, 20 minutes from Kyoto by train. It pairs with the Sagano scenic railway, which ends in Kameoka, and with the Hozu river boats, which start there. Dates 01 OCT – 08 NOV Where KyotoGoogle Maps Open 1 Oct – 8 Nov 2026, 9:00–16:30, last entry 16:00 · ¥800 on weekdays, ¥1,000 at weekends and on holidays Survive Open only in the season, every day: 1 October – 8 November in 2026. Holidays Sports Day, Culture Day · long weekend: expect full trains and hotels Access JR Sagano Line rapid from Kyoto to Kameoka, about 20 min, then a Keihan Kyoto Kotsu bus, about 10 min, to Undo-koen-mae. Source Official site Cosmos page · checked 2026-09-20 Photos Photo credit Kumamushi · CC BY-SA 3.0 1–2 h · Open in Google Maps	About eight million cosmos of 20 varieties on 4.2 hectares outside Kameoka, 20 minutes from Kyoto by train. It pairs with the Sagano scenic railway, which ends in Kameoka, and with the Hozu river boats, which start there.	Photo · Kumamushi · CC BY-SA 3.0
北野天満宮 01 FEB – 25 MAR · Nature · Plum blossom Plum blossom — Kitano Tenmangu 北野天満宮 Kyoto The head shrine of Tenjin, the deified scholar Sugawara no Michizane, whose flower is the plum: about 1,500 trees of 50 varieties flower here from January to late March. On 25 February, the day of his death, geiko and maiko of the neighbouring Kamishichiken district serve tea in the open air at the Baikasai. In autumn the shrine opens its maple garden on the Odoi, the earth rampart Hideyoshi raised round the city in 1591: about 350 maples above the Kamiya river. Dates 01 FEB – 25 MAR Where KyotoGoogle Maps Open Precinct open daily, free · plum garden in 2026: 1 Feb – 24 May, 9:00–20:30 · maple garden 31 Oct – 6 Dec 2026, 9:00–16:00, lit from mid-November until 20:00 Survive On the 25th of every month the Tenjin-san flea market fills the approaches: come for it or avoid it. In 2026 the plum garden cost ¥3,000 and was lit every evening; the maple garden is ¥1,500 with tea and a sweet. Holidays National Foundation Day, Emperor's Birthday, Vernal Equinox Day, Substitute holiday · long weekend: expect full trains and hotels Access City bus to Kitano Tenmangu-mae, about 30 min from Kyoto Stn; or the Randen tram to Kitano-Hakubaicho, then 5 min on foot. Heritage National Treasure · main halls 北野天満宮本殿・石の間・拝殿・楽の間国宝Historic Site · the Odoi earthwork of the maple garden, 1930 御土居史跡 Source Official site · checked 2026-09-20 Photos 4 photos · credits Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 Tmv · CC BY-SA 4.0 くろふね · CC BY-SA 4.0 pcs34560 · Public domain 10 NOV – 06 DEC · Nature · Autumn foliage Autumn foliage — Kitano Tenmangu 北野天満宮 Kyoto The head shrine of Tenjin, the deified scholar Sugawara no Michizane, whose flower is the plum: about 1,500 trees of 50 varieties flower here from January to late March. On 25 February, the day of his death, geiko and maiko of the neighbouring Kamishichiken district serve tea in the open air at the Baikasai. In autumn the shrine opens its maple garden on the Odoi, the earth rampart Hideyoshi raised round the city in 1591: about 350 maples above the Kamiya river. Dates 10 NOV – 06 DEC Where KyotoGoogle Maps Open Precinct open daily, free · plum garden in 2026: 1 Feb – 24 May, 9:00–20:30 · maple garden 31 Oct – 6 Dec 2026, 9:00–16:00, lit from mid-November until 20:00 Survive On the 25th of every month the Tenjin-san flea market fills the approaches: come for it or avoid it. In 2026 the plum garden cost ¥3,000 and was lit every evening; the maple garden is ¥1,500 with tea and a sweet. Holidays Labour Thanksgiving Day · long weekend: expect full trains and hotels Access City bus to Kitano Tenmangu-mae, about 30 min from Kyoto Stn; or the Randen tram to Kitano-Hakubaicho, then 5 min on foot. Heritage National Treasure · main halls 北野天満宮本殿・石の間・拝殿・楽の間国宝Historic Site · the Odoi earthwork of the maple garden, 1930 御土居史跡 Source Official site Autumn foliage page · checked 2026-09-20 Photos 4 photos · credits くろふね · CC BY-SA 4.0 pcs34560 · Public domain Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 Tmv · CC BY-SA 4.0 1–2 h · Open in Google Maps	The head shrine of Tenjin, the deified scholar Sugawara no Michizane, whose flower is the plum: about 1,500 trees of 50 varieties flower here from January to late March. On 25 February, the day of his death, geiko and maiko of the neighbouring Kamishichiken district serve tea in the open air at the Baikasai. In autumn the shrine opens its maple garden on the Odoi, the earth rampart Hideyoshi raised round the city in 1591: about 350 maples above the Kamiya river. National Treasure · main halls Historic Site · the Odoi earthwork of the maple garden, 1930	Photo · Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert · CC BY-SA 4.0
三室戸寺 01 JUN – 05 JUL · Nature · Hydrangea Hydrangea — Mimuroto-ji 三室戸寺 Kyoto A hillside temple in Uji, the tenth stop of the Saigoku pilgrimage, with about 20,000 hydrangeas of 50 varieties planted under cedars below the main hall. The garden opens for five weeks from the end of May, and on some June weekends it reopens after dark. Dates 01 JUN – 05 JUL Where KyotoGoogle Maps Open Hydrangea garden in 2026: 31 May – 5 Jul, entry 8:30–15:10, gate shut at 16:00 · ¥1,000, children ¥500 Survive Heavy. In 2026 the garden was open 31 May – 5 July. The evening opening, Saturdays and Sundays 13–28 June, 19:00–21:00, is a separate ¥1,000 ticket for the garden only, and the day visitors are cleared first. Access Mimurodo Stn on the Keihan Uji Line, 15 min on foot. Source Official site · checked 2026-09-20 Photos 2 photos · credits Naokijp · CC BY-SA 4.0 Naokijp · CC BY-SA 4.0 1–2 h · Open in Google Maps	A hillside temple in Uji, the tenth stop of the Saigoku pilgrimage, with about 20,000 hydrangeas of 50 varieties planted under cedars below the main hall. The garden opens for five weeks from the end of May, and on some June weekends it reopens after dark.	Photo · Naokijp · CC BY-SA 4.0
美山かやぶきの里 20 JAN – 25 FEB · Nature · Snow Snow — Miyama Kayabuki-no-Sato 美山かやぶきの里 Kyoto A farming hamlet in the mountains north of Kyoto where 39 of the 50 houses keep their thatched roofs, a national preservation district since 1993. Under snow, from late January through February, it is the old countryside intact. For the eight evenings of the winter lantern festival, 30 January – 6 February in 2027, the lanes and houses are lit from 17:00 to 19:00 with about 80 paper lanterns and 200 more. Dates 20 JAN – 25 FEB Where KyotoGoogle Maps Open Village open at all hours, free · lantern festival 30 Jan – 6 Feb 2027, lit 17:00–19:00 Survive During the lantern festival every car needs a parking reservation made in advance, on all days. Snow tyres are required on the road in. The winter fireworks of earlier years are not held. Holidays National Foundation Day, Emperor's Birthday · long weekend: expect full trains and hotels Access About 80 min by car from Kyoto. By public transport, the JR Sagano Line to Hiyoshi and then the Nantan city bus to Kita; check the last bus back before you go. Heritage Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings · 1993 南丹市美山町北重要伝統的建造物群保存地区 Source Official site Snow page · checked 2026-09-20 Photos 2 photos · credits 経済特区 · CC BY-SA 4.0 経済特区 · CC BY-SA 4.0 2 h · Open in Google Maps	A farming hamlet in the mountains north of Kyoto where 39 of the 50 houses keep their thatched roofs, a national preservation district since 1993. Under snow, from late January through February, it is the old countryside intact. For the eight evenings of the winter lantern festival, 30 January – 6 February in 2027, the lanes and houses are lit from 17:00 to 19:00 with about 80 paper lanterns and 200 more. Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings · 1993	Photo · 経済特区 · CC BY-SA 4.0
仁和寺 08–20 APR · Nature · Cherry blossom Cherry blossom — Ninna-ji 仁和寺 Kyoto The last cherry blossom in the city. The Omuro cherries, about 200 trees, most of a variety called Omuro-ariake, grow only about two metres tall, so the blossom hangs at eye level with the five-storey pagoda behind it. They reach full bloom in mid-April, after the rest of Kyoto has finished. Dates 08–20 APR Where KyotoGoogle Maps Open 9:00–17:00 March to November, last entry 16:30; 9:00–16:30 December to February, last entry 16:00 · Goten garden ¥800, students free · during the flower festival a special admission of ¥800, students free Survive Heavy. During the Omuro flower festival, 27 March – 6 May in 2026, the grounds charge ¥800; high school students and younger are free. Mid-April weekends queue at the gate from opening. Access Randen tram to Omuro-Ninnaji, 3 min on foot; or city bus 26 from Kyoto Stn, about 40 min. Heritage World Heritage · Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, 1994 古都京都の文化財世界遺産National Treasure · Kondo hall 仁和寺金堂国宝 Source Official site Cherry blossom page · checked 2026-09-20 Photos 2 photos · credits Bergmann · CC BY 3.0 KimonBerlin · CC BY-SA 2.0 1–2 h · Open in Google Maps	The last cherry blossom in the city. The Omuro cherries, about 200 trees, most of a variety called Omuro-ariake, grow only about two metres tall, so the blossom hangs at eye level with the five-storey pagoda behind it. They reach full bloom in mid-April, after the rest of Kyoto has finished. World Heritage · Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, 1994 National Treasure · Kondo hall	Photo · Bergmann · CC BY 3.0

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Events

Event	What it is
ずいき祭 In 7 days · 1–5 Oct Matsuri 1–5 Oct · Matsuri Zuiki Matsuri ずいき祭 Kitano Tenmangu and its otabisho in Nishinokyo, Kyoto The autumn thanksgiving of Kitano Tenmangu, on the same five days every year. The farmers of Nishinokyo build a mikoshi whose roof is thatched with zuiki, taro stems, and whose ornaments are all made of vegetables, grains and dried flowers. On the 1st the deity is carried in procession to the otabisho, its resting place in Nishinokyo; on the 4th it returns, and the zuiki mikoshi parades by a route of its own. Dates 1–5 Oct Where Kitano Tenmangu and its otabisho in Nishinokyo, KyotoGoogle Maps Open Thu 1 Oct · Shinko-sai: the procession leaves the shrine in the afternoon for the otabishoSun 4 Oct · Kanko-sai: the procession leaves the otabisho at 13:00 and reaches the shrine about 17:00 Tickets Free. The zuiki mikoshi stands on view at the otabisho from the 1st to the 4th and is taken apart on the 5th. Source Official site · checked 2026-09-20 Photos Photo credit lumoplank · CC0	A portable shrine roofed with taro stems and hung with vegetables	Photo · lumoplank · CC0
時代祭 In 28 days · 22 Oct Matsuri 22 Oct · Matsuri Jidai Matsuri 時代祭 Kyoto Imperial Palace to Heian Shrine, Kyoto A two-kilometre procession of two thousand people in costume, walking backwards through a thousand years of Kyoto: Meiji soldiers first, Heian courtiers last. The costumes are researched to the dye recipe. It leaves the palace at noon and reaches Heian Shrine mid-afternoon. Dates 22 Oct Where Kyoto Imperial Palace to Heian Shrine, KyotoGoogle Maps Open Procession leaves Kyoto Gyoen at 12:00; about two hours to pass any point Tickets Paid seats at the palace, on Oike-dori and Jingu-michi, ¥5,000–7,500, sold through Kyoto City Tourism Association; free anywhere along the route. On sale since 8 SepBuy tickets Source Official site · checked 2026-09-12 Photos 4 photos · credits Peter 111 · Public domain Corpse Reviver · CC BY-SA 3.0 Corpse Reviver · CC BY-SA 3.0 Corpse Reviver · CC BY-SA 3.0	Two thousand people in costume walk a thousand years of Kyoto history	Photo · Peter 111 · Public domain
鞍馬の火祭 In 28 days · 22 Oct Matsuri 22 Oct · Matsuri Kurama Fire Festival 鞍馬の火祭 Yuki Shrine, Kurama, Kyoto The same evening as Jidai Matsuri, an hour up the Eizan line: villagers carry pine torches up to five metres long through a single mountain street until the shrine steps are a wall of fire. It starts at 18:00 and peaks around 21:00; trains back run past midnight. Dates 22 Oct Where Yuki Shrine, Kurama, KyotoGoogle Maps Open From 18:00 into the night Tickets Free, but the small station is capacity-controlled — arrive before 17:00 or expect to queue. Source Official site · checked 2026-09-08 Photos 3 photos · credits Indiana jo · CC BY-SA 4.0 Indiana jo · CC BY-SA 4.0 Indiana jo · CC BY-SA 4.0	Villagers carry five-metre pine torches through a single mountain street	Photo · Indiana jo · CC BY-SA 4.0
京都非公開文化財特別公開 In 36 days · 30 Oct – 6 Dec Exhibition 30 Oct – 6 Dec · Exhibition Special Opening of Non-Public Cultural Properties 京都非公開文化財特別公開 32 temples and shrines across Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto Each autumn since 1965 a preservation foundation opens buildings and treasures that are otherwise not shown. The 62nd edition has 32 sites across the prefecture, among them the lecture hall and five-storey pagoda of To-ji, the Sanmon gate of Chion-in, Kamigamo and Shimogamo shrines, and the Kitayama Kaikan of the Omotesenke tea school, open for the first time. Dates differ from site to site within the period. Dates 30 Oct – 6 Dec Where 32 temples and shrines across Kyoto Prefecture, KyotoGoogle Maps Open Open every day · Reception 9:00–16:00 at most sites Tickets ¥1,000 per site, ¥500 for junior high and high school students; a few sites differ. No reservation: pay at each gate. Holidays Culture Day, Labour Thanksgiving Day · long weekend: expect full trains and hotels Source Official site · checked 2026-09-22 Photos 2 photos · credits ONO Masanobu · CC0 Andrevan · CC BY-SA 4.0	Thirty-two halls, gates and treasures that are normally closed	Photo · ONO Masanobu · CC0
祇園をどり In 38 days · 1–10 Nov Show 1–10 Nov · Show Gion Odori 祇園をどり Gion Kaikan, Kyoto Four of Kyoto’s five geisha districts stage their public dances in spring; Gion Higashi alone dances in autumn, on the same ten days every year. About an hour of dance by its geiko and maiko, twice a day, with a tea-ceremony seat beforehand for those who take the dearer ticket. Dates 1–10 Nov Where Gion Kaikan, KyotoGoogle Maps Open Open every day · Performances at 13:30 and 16:00, about one hour; doors open an hour before Tickets ¥7,000 with the tea-ceremony seat, ¥6,000 without; sold through the district’s own online shop. Buy tickets Holidays Culture Day · long weekend: expect full trains and hotels Source Official site · checked 2026-09-20 Photos Photo credit Kirakirameister · CC BY-SA 3.0	The only autumn dance season of Kyoto’s geiko and maiko	Photo · Kirakirameister · CC BY-SA 3.0
吉例顔見世興行 In 68 days · 1–24 Dec Show 1–24 Dec · Show Kaomise kabuki at Minamiza 吉例顔見世興行 Minamiza, Shijo, Kyoto Kaomise, face-showing, is the December run in which the leading actors of Tokyo and Osaka kabuki share one bill at Minamiza, the theatre beside the Kamo river on the ground where kabuki began. From late November the facade carries the maneki, wooden boards with each actor’s name brushed in thick black script, which Kyoto reads as the start of winter. Dates 1–24 Dec Where Minamiza, Shijo, KyotoGoogle Maps Tickets Seat prices, closed days and the general sale date are posted by Shochiku; its members’ pre-sale comes first. Heritage UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage · kabuki, 2008 歌舞伎（ユネスコ無形文化遺産代表一覧表） Source Official site · checked 2026-09-20 Photos 2 photos · credits Conveyor belt sushi · CC BY 2.0 Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0	The December run in which kabuki’s leading actors of east and west appear together	Photo · Conveyor belt sushi · CC BY 2.0
KYOTOGRAPHIE 京都国際写真祭 2027 In 205 days · 17 Apr – 16 May Art 17 Apr – 16 May · Art KYOTOGRAPHIE 2027 KYOTOGRAPHIE 京都国際写真祭 2027 Temples, machiya and galleries across Kyoto, Kyoto An international photography festival, held every spring since 2013, that hangs its exhibitions in places you would otherwise not enter: temple halls, machiya townhouses, old industrial buildings. A month of main exhibitions, with a fringe programme, KG+, of smaller shows around them. Dates 17 Apr – 16 May Where Temples, machiya and galleries across Kyoto, KyotoGoogle Maps Tickets The programme, the venues and the passport price for 2027 are not announced yet. Holidays Showa Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day, Children's Day · long weekend: expect full trains and hotels Source Official site · checked 2026-09-20 Photos 2 photos · credits Toyotsu · CC BY-SA 4.0 Toyotsu · CC BY-SA 4.0	An international photography festival hung in temples and townhouses	Photo · Toyotsu · CC BY-SA 4.0
祇園祭 In 293 days · 14–24 Jul Matsuri 14–24 Jul · Matsuri Gion Matsuri 祇園祭 Yasaka Shrine and the float districts of central Kyoto, Kyoto Kyoto’s festival of July, begun in 869 as a rite against plague. Thirty-four floats, the tallest about 25 metres and hung with tapestries from as far as Persia and Flanders, are pulled through the centre in two processions: the Saki Matsuri on the 17th and the smaller, quieter Ato Matsuri on the 24th. On the three evenings before each, the floats stand lit in their home streets. In 2027 both processions fall on Saturdays, and the 24th leaves time to reach the boats of Osaka’s Tenjin Matsuri the next evening. Dates 14–24 Jul Where Yasaka Shrine and the float districts of central Kyoto, KyotoGoogle Maps Open Wed 14 Jul · Yoiyama evenings of the Saki Matsuri, 14–16 July: floats lit in their streetsSat 17 Jul · Saki Matsuri procession from 9:00, 23 floatsWed 21 Jul · Yoiyama evenings of the Ato Matsuri, 21–23 JulySat 24 Jul · Ato Matsuri procession from 9:30, 11 floats Tickets Free from the pavement; paid seats usually go on sale in June. Rooms for 14–17 July sell out months ahead. Holidays Marine Day · long weekend: expect full trains and hotels Heritage UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage · 2009 京都祇園祭の山鉾行事（ユネスコ無形文化遺産代表一覧表）Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property · 1979 京都祇園祭の山鉾行事 Source Official site · checked 2026-09-20 Photos 3 photos · credits Edomura no Tokuzo · CC BY-SA 4.0 Edomura no Tokuzo · CC BY-SA 4.0 Sakurai Midori · CC BY-SA 3.0	Two processions of towering floats, both on Saturdays in 2027	Photo · Edomura no Tokuzo · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Meibutsu & craft

Meibutsu & craft · Kyoto

Nishijin weaving 西陣織

にしじんおり

Figured silk woven from threads dyed before weaving, often with gold and silver: the brocade of kimono sashes, priests’ robes and Noh costumes. The district is named after the Western Army camp of the Onin War, where the weavers resettled.
Meibutsu & craft · Kyoto

Kyo-yuzen dyeing 京友禅

きょうゆうぜん

Kimono silk painted by hand with pictures, flowers and landscapes, using a line of rice paste that keeps each colour inside its outline. The method is named after a fan painter of the late 17th century; the cloth used to be rinsed in the Kamo River.
Meibutsu & craft · Kyoto

Kyoto and Kiyomizu ware 京焼・清水焼

きょうやき・きよみずやき

Pottery and porcelain from the slopes below Kiyomizu-dera: tea bowls, cups and plates, often finely painted in overglaze enamel colours and gold. Kyoto potters have made it since the 17th century, to the taste of the court and the tea masters.
Meibutsu & craft · Kyoto

Kyoto folding fans 京扇子

きょうせんす

Folding fans of bamboo ribs and paper or silk, made for dance, the tea ceremony and gifts as much as for cooling. The folding fan is a Kyoto invention of the early Heian court, and a fan is still said to pass through craftsmen’s hands 87 times.
Meibutsu & craft · Kyoto

Tango crepe 丹後ちりめん

たんごちりめん

Silk crepe with a fine, crinkled surface that takes colour deeply and softly: the base cloth for most dyed kimono. It has been woven on the Sea of Japan side of the prefecture since the 1720s.

Food

Food · Kyoto

Uji tea 宇治茶

うじちゃ

Green tea from Uji and the hills around it, above all matcha, the powdered tea of the tea ceremony, and gyokuro, both from leaves shaded before picking. In Uji it also goes into soft-serve ice cream, noodles and sweets.
Food · Kyoto

Pike conger 鱧

はも

A long white fish full of fine bones, which the cook scores every millimetre or so so that they can be eaten; blanched for a moment, it opens like a flower and is eaten with sour plum. It is the fish of July and the Gion Matsuri.
Food · Kyoto

Mackerel sushi 鯖寿司

さばずし

Salted, vinegared mackerel pressed onto a thick bar of rice, often under a sheet of kelp, and cut into slices. In Kyoto it is the food of festival days.
Food · Kyoto

Senmaizuke 千枚漬け

せんまいづけ

Paper-thin slices of large white Shogoin turnip pickled with kelp, mild, sweet and a little sticky; made from November to February. The name means a thousand slices.
Food · Kyoto

Yudofu 湯豆腐

ゆどうふ

Blocks of soft tofu warmed in kelp stock at the table and dipped in soy sauce with spring onion and ginger. It is the classic meal near Nanzen-ji and in Arashiyama, best in winter.