Coffee House Jittoku
Nijo, Kyoto
- Daily
- 17:30 to 23:00
Opening times vary with the show, and some days are closed. Check the monthly schedule.
Source: jittoku.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Jittoku has put on live music since 1973 in a converted sake storehouse on Omiya-dori, north of Nijo Castle, with room for 80 to 100 people. It's mostly rock and jazz, plus an open-mic acoustic night, mostly on Mondays, and rakugo at noon on the first Sunday of the month.
Insider tip
Tickets run from about ¥1,000 to ¥4,000, plus a drink or food order, and the open-mic nights are free. Shows usually start at 18:30 or 19:00. The monthly schedule on the website lists the closed days, and you can reserve there too.
What the guides say about Coffee House Jittoku
24. A small bar. Sake Bar Yoramu has eight or nine seats and pours sake by the 60 ml glass, Wednesday to Saturday from 18:00. Shinme, on Senbon-dori since 1934, is said to be Kyoto's oldest izakaya. For live music, Coffee House Jittoku has put on shows in an old sake storehouse since 1973.
What's on near Coffee House Jittoku
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Coffee House Jittoku, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Nijo-jo Matsuri and Autumn Light-up
二条城まつり
Time Light-up 18:00 to 22:00 (last entry 21:00) Station Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), 1 min walk
Nijo Castle's autumn festival, with a Kyoto specialty goods fair and other events by day, and an evening light-up and art show in the grounds. In 2026 the night ticket was ¥2,000 Monday to Thursday and ¥2,400 Friday to Sunday, separate from day entry, and free for junior high students and under.
Pom', CC BY-SA 2.0 Nijo Castle Autumn Light-up (NAKED meets Nijo-jo 2026)
二条城まつり2026 NAKED meets 二条城 2026
Time 18:00 to 22:00 (last entry 21:00) Station Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), 1 min walk
For the 400th anniversary of the Kan'ei imperial visit, the castle's night light-up is an art show by NAKED built around Tokugawa Masako and Kan'ei-era design, with maples, ginkgo and cherry trees lit along the way. Tickets are ¥2,000 Monday to Thursday and ¥2,400 Friday to Sunday and on holidays (¥400 less if bought by 22 Oct), and children up to junior high school get in free.
Pom', CC BY-SA 2.0 Nijo Castle Cherry Blossom Festival
二条城桜まつり
Time 8:45 to 17:00 (last entry 16:00), light-up 18:00 to 22:00 Station Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), right outside the station
About 300 cherry trees of 50 kinds flower in turn through the festival. By day there's a stamp rally and a fair of Kyoto products, and the evening light-up runs on its own ticket.
Pom', CC BY-SA 2.0 Cherry Festival at the Old Kyoto Prefectural Office
京都府庁旧本館 観桜祭
Time 10:00 to 17:00, light-up 18:00 to 20:00 to 5 April Station Marutamachi (Karasuma Line), 10 min walk
Seven cherries fill the courtyard of the old prefectural office, an Important Cultural Property, among them a grandchild of Maruyama Park's first weeping cherry and the rare Katamori-zakura. It's lit up in the evenings for the first week.
J o, CC BY-SA 3.0 Nearby
Around Nijo
The shogun's castle, with the Shinsengumi's Mibu a walk south
Most people come for Nijo Castle, and it's worth its two hours. Tokugawa Ieyasu built it in 1603, and its Ninomaru Palace is the only palace complex still standing inside a Japanese castle. Then walk south, past a pond garden first laid out in 794 and an 800 m covered shopping street, to the temple in Mibu where the Shinsengumi trained.
Nijo has 17 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 5 shrines and temples, 3 landmarks, 3 shops, 2 restaurants, 1 bar, 1 cafe, 1 museum and 1 bathhouse. Read the Nijo guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Coffee House Jittoku?
- 815 Hishiya-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市上京区大宮通下立売下ル菱屋町815).
- What are the opening hours of Coffee House Jittoku?
- Daily 17:30 to 23:00. Opening times vary with the show, and some days are closed. Check the monthly schedule.
- How do I get to Coffee House Jittoku?
- The nearest station is Horikawa Marutamachi bus stop (City Bus 9, 10, 12). Coffee House Jittoku is in Nijo, Kyoto.
- How much does Coffee House Jittoku cost?
- Coffee House Jittoku is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Coffee House Jittoku?
- Plan for an evening.
- When is the best time to visit Coffee House Jittoku?
- After dark.
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