Local guide
A store specializing in Japanese tea. Inside the store, they sell carefully selected Japanese teas from various production areas, with a focus on Kyoto and Uji teas, and you can enjoy tea and sweets together at the counter. On the gallery floor, we also sell tableware and tools made by artists and craftsmen from all over the country.
CAFE
A gallery on Teramachi Street that focuses on pottery and cloth. Focusing on ``Taizo Kuroda's white porcelain'' and ``Yuichi Inoue's calligraphy,'' we exhibit a wide range of artists, including ceramic, glass, and lacquer vessels and objects, body-wrapping clothing, and two-dimensional works, that touch the heart of the shopkeeper, including solo exhibitions and collection exhibitions. We are holding and selling.
GALLERY
Japan's oldest well-established soba restaurant, founded 599 years ago. The restaurant is housed in a wooden building from the early Meiji period, and serves soba noodles that have remained unchanged for generations, using only top-quality ingredients for water and soup stock.
RESTAURANT
A specialty coffee shop located in Nakagyo Ward, located in a renovated Kyomachiya that was built nearly 100 years ago. We listen to each customer's preferred coffee preferences and offer original blended coffee.
CAFE
A traditional event held on August 16th every year to send the spirits that were welcomed during Obon back to the underworld. Kyoto Basin
Okuribi in the shapes of ``Daimonji,'' ``Myoho,'' ``Fune-gata,'' ``Hidaidaimonji,'' and ``Torii-gata'' appear on the surrounding mountains.
“Daimonji Okuribi” can be viewed from RAKURO’s ROOFTOP TERRACE. Photo: Kyoto Gozan Okuribi Association
LOCAL EVENTS
A contemporary art gallery in a renovated storehouse that is over 100 years old. We hold solo exhibitions by various artists, and you can also enjoy original sweets and coffee at the cafe at the entrance, which connects viewers with the works.
GALLERY
A botanical garden celebrating its 100th anniversary. The greenhouse, where you can admire tropical and alpine plants, is one of the largest in Japan, and you can enjoy seasonal plants such as over 180 types of cherry blossoms and roses in the spring, and maples in the fall.
SIGHTSEEING
A flower shop with a coffee shop attached. The inside of the store is lined with brightly colored flowers and rare plants that look like art. Enjoy a blissful time with coffee and floral soft serve ice cream.
SHOP
A shrine familiar to locals as "Boar Shrine." The enshrined deity is Wake Kiyomaro, who also contributed to the construction of Heiankyo. Based on the anecdote that Kiyomaro was saved from hurting his leg while traveling by a boar, there is a rare Komaino lion standing in the shrine grounds. It is deeply believed as a guardian deity of the feet and hips.
SIGHTSEEING
A French restaurant located in a renovated Kyomachiya. The interior of the store is a comfortable space with high ceilings and a modern feel, yet still retains a homely atmosphere. You can enjoy a beautiful Japanese-Western fusion course meal prepared by a French chef using domestic ingredients as much as possible and seasonal ingredients from Kyoto. There is also a course menu for children, so it is recommended for families.
RESTAURANT
