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Ayu Chaya Hiranoya

Arashiyama, Kyoto

Address
16 Saga-Toriimoto Sennou-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 〒616-8437 京都市右京区嵯峨鳥居本仙翁町16

Source: ayuchaya-hiranoya.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.

Hiranoya has stood at the foot of Atago Shrine's first torii for about 400 years, dealing in sweetfish from the Hozu River and serving tea to pilgrims on their way up the mountain. Stop for shinko, twisted rice-flour dumplings in three colours shaped like the winding path to the summit, steamed over a wood-fired kamado and dusted with kinako and brown sugar.

Nearest station Toriimoto bus stop (Kyoto Bus 62, 72)
Cost ¥
Time needed 45 min
Best time Mid-afternoon

Insider tip

Shinko with tea is ¥1,200 (in winter it's yuzu shigure, and in spring there's sakura mochi too). Ayu meals start at ¥11,000 for lunch plus tax and service, and wild ayu are in season from June to mid-October. Closing days change every month and go up on its website.

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What's on near Ayu Chaya Hiranoya

Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Ayu Chaya Hiranoya, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.

Festival

Sento Kuyo Candle Service at Adashino Nenbutsu-ji

千灯供養（化野念仏寺）

28 to 29 Aug (dates to be confirmed) Adashino Nenbutsu-ji, Arashiyama

Time 17:30 to 21:00 (last entry 20:30), sutras from 18:00 Station Saga-Arashiyama (JR Sagano Line)

On the last weekend of August, candles are lit at dusk among the temple's stone Buddhas and stupas, which local people gathered from the old Adashino burial ground in the Meiji era, for the souls nobody remembers. Sutras start at 18:00, and lanterns line the old Atago road outside on the same evenings.

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Rows of small stone Buddhas and a stone pagoda at Adashino Nenbutsu-ji in Sagano, Kyoto Zairon, CC BY 4.0

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Nearby

Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple · 3 min walk Adashino was a burial ground from the Heian period on, and in the middle of the Meiji era local people gathered up the stone markers scattered across... Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple · 4 min walk About 1,200 stone rakan crowd the hillside at Otagi Nenbutsu-ji, at the top end of the Saga-Toriimoto road, each with its own expression. Saga-Toriimoto Preserved Street Neighbourhood · 6 min walk Saga-Toriimoto grew up as both the gateway town for pilgrims heading to Atago Shrine and a farming village, and the road still shows both. Gio-ji Temple · 9 min walk Gio-ji is a small thatched nunnery hidden in bamboo and maples, with a story straight out of The Tale of the Heike. Nison-in Temple · 12 min walk Nison-in is named for its two main images, a Shaka who sends souls off and an Amida who welcomes them, a gilded pair carved in the mid-Kamakura... Jojakko-ji Temple · 14 min walk Jojakko-ji climbs the lower slope of Mount Ogura in flights of stone steps under the maples.

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 Ayu Chaya Hiranoya?
16 Saga-Toriimoto Sennou-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市右京区嵯峨鳥居本仙翁町16).
How do I get to Ayu Chaya Hiranoya?
The nearest station is Toriimoto bus stop (Kyoto Bus 62, 72). Ayu Chaya Hiranoya is in Arashiyama, Kyoto.
How much does Ayu Chaya Hiranoya cost?
Ayu Chaya Hiranoya is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Ayu Chaya Hiranoya?
Plan for 45 min.
When is the best time to visit Ayu Chaya Hiranoya?
Mid-afternoon.

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