Arashiyama Yoshimura
Arashiyama, Kyoto
- Mon to Fri
- 11:00 to 16:00
- Sat, Sun
- 11:00 to 17:00
Also open to 17:00 on public holidays, and 10:30 to 17:00 in the busy seasons. Closed only on 1 January.
Source: yoshimura-gr.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Yoshimura makes its own soba in the former home of the painter Kawamura Manshu, two doors west of the north end of Togetsukyo, with the bridge and the Oi River right in front. Every bowl comes with a small Kyoto obanzai side, plain soba starts at ¥1,440, and the Arashiyama set of zaru soba, buckwheat salad and rice is ¥1,980.
Insider tip
It has 50 seats and an English menu. Families with children under primary school age are seated in the ground-floor family area. In cherry blossom season, Golden Week, Obon, autumn and New Year it switches to a special menu, and from 23 October to 7 December 2026 that's the autumn one.
What the guides say about Arashiyama Yoshimura
At Omen Ginkakuji you dip udon in a kombu and bonito broth and add sesame, ginger, kinpira burdock and seasonal vegetables from a heap of condiments, ¥1,520 hot or cold. Book by phone. Yamamoto Menzou, near Heian Shrine, has ten counter seats and two tables. Book a time slot, online up to three days ahead or by phone from 9:00 on the day. In Arashiyama, Arashiyama Yoshimura makes its own soba by the north end of Togetsukyo, from ¥1,440, with an English menu.
What's on near Arashiyama Yoshimura
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Arashiyama Yoshimura, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Shapes of Love: The Lost Shunga Scroll Chigo no Soshi
「愛のカタチ－幻の春画《稚児草紙》公開－」
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30) Station Arashiyama (Randen), 4 min walk
The museum shows the early 14th-century Chigo no Soshi scroll in public for the first time, with painted shunga by Tsukioka Settei and others, Hokusai's Nami Chidori, made in his 70s, and paintings about love by Uemura Shoen and Kaburaki Kiyokata. Nobody under 18 is admitted, and you may be asked for photo ID.
運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0 Mifune Matsuri Boat Festival
三船祭（車折神社）
Time About 13:00 to 14:15 Station Arashiyama-koen bus stop (City Bus 28)
Kurumazaki Shrine recreates a Heian boating party on the river just above Togetsukyo, with a dragon-headed boat, fans floated on the water and bugaku dance from the decks.
Antonio Campoy, CC BY 2.0 Cormorant Fishing at Arashiyama
嵐山の鵜飼
Time 19:00 and 20:00 to 15 Aug, 18:30 and 19:30 from 17 Aug Station Saga-Arashiyama (JR Sagano Line)
Fishermen work trained cormorants on the Oi River after dark, and you watch from roofed boats alongside. Shared boats were ¥3,000 for about an hour in 2026, cash only and sold at the pier that evening, with none on 16 August, while meal and private boats are booked online.
Arashiyama Momiji Matsuri
嵐山もみじ祭り
Time 11:30 to 17:00 Station Arashiyama (Randen), 2 min walk
Boats on the river above Togetsukyo Bridge re-create the boating parties of Heian nobles, with imayo songs, court music and dance on the water and the banks. It's called off if it rains.
Antonio Campoy, CC BY 2.0 Hogon-in Autumn Opening and Night Viewing
宝厳院 秋の特別拝観・夜間特別拝観
Time 9:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:45), night viewing from 13 Nov 17:30 to 20:30 (last entry 20:00) Station Arashiyama (Randen), 3 min walk
This Tenryu-ji sub-temple opens its Shishiku garden, which borrows Arashiyama as a backdrop, round a lion-shaped rock under heavy maples, and for an extra ¥500 you can see Tamura Noriko's paintings in the main hall. From 13 Nov the garden is also lit at night (17:30 to 20:30, ¥1,000).
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Nearby
Around Arashiyama
Bamboo at first light, then the maple temples under Mount Ogura
Arashiyama is on Kyoto's north-western edge, where Togetsukyo Bridge crosses the Oi River with wooded hills right behind it. You'll want the bridge, Tenryu-ji and the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, and so will everyone else. Go early. Then walk north into Sagano. Its temples line the foot of Mount Ogura, and it's quieter at the far end, which Kyoto's official tourism site calls Okusaga.
Arashiyama has 30 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 14 shrines and temples, 4 landmarks, 3 parks and gardens, 2 restaurants, 2 bathhouses, 1 cafe, 1 museum, 1 viewpoint, 1 shop and 1 neighbourhood. Read the Arashiyama guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Arashiyama Yoshimura?
- 3 Saga-Tenryuji Susukinobaba-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市右京区嵯峨天龍寺芒ノ馬場町3).
- What are the opening hours of Arashiyama Yoshimura?
- Mon to Fri 11:00 to 16:00; Sat, Sun 11:00 to 17:00. Also open to 17:00 on public holidays, and 10:30 to 17:00 in the busy seasons. Closed only on 1 January.
- How do I get to Arashiyama Yoshimura?
- The nearest station is Arashiyama (Randen). Arashiyama Yoshimura is in Arashiyama, Kyoto.
- How much does Arashiyama Yoshimura cost?
- Arashiyama Yoshimura is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Arashiyama Yoshimura?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Arashiyama Yoshimura?
- Right at opening.
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