Daimaru Kyoto
Shijo-Karasuma, Kyoto
- Daily
- 10:00 to 20:00
Hours for B2 to 2F, which take in the food floors. Floors 3 to 7 close at 19:00 and the 8th-floor restaurants open 11:00 to 22:00. Closed 1 and 2 January.
Source: daimaru.co.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Daimaru is the department store on Shijo-dori just west of Takakura-dori, and its food halls fill both basement floors. Le Petitmec, the Kyoto bakery, has a counter on B1. The eighth floor is restaurants, open later than the rest of the store.
Insider tip
Underground passages connect it to Karasuma Station (Hankyu) in a minute and Shijo Station (subway) in two, so you can arrive on a wet day without going outside. It's closed only on 1 and 2 January.
What the guides say about Daimaru Kyoto
Daimaru Kyoto fills both its basement floors with food halls. By Kyoto Station, the basement food hall of Kyoto Tower Sando runs to 23:00, and every Saturday at 12:00 its conveyor-belt sushi bar cuts up a whole tuna.
What's on near Daimaru Kyoto
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Daimaru Kyoto, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Gion Matsuri Yoiyama (first procession)
祇園祭 前祭宵山
Time Evenings Station Shijo (Karasuma Line) or Karasuma (Hankyu)
The floats of the first procession stand built in the streets round Shijo-Karasuma, lit by komagata lanterns with Gion-bayashi music played on top. Old townhouses in the float districts open to show their folding screens, and the float associations display their figures and tapestries.
Medalist Exhibition
メダリスト展
Time 10:00 to 18:00, Fridays to 19:30 (last entry 30 min before) Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 3 min walk from exit 5
An exhibition on Tsurumaikada's figure skating manga Medalist, with new illustrations drawn for it, famous scenes from the manga, sets that recreate its world and picks from the TV anime. It fills the museum's third and fourth floor galleries.
Photograph by Mike Peel www.mikepeel.net., CC BY-SA 4.0 KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival 2027
KYOTOGRAPHIE 京都国際写真祭 2027
Time Hours and closing days vary by venue Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line)
A month of photography shows in machiya, galleries, museums and temples around the city, in exhibition spaces designed with architects and craftspeople. The 2027 theme, artists and venues are still to be announced.
Kan'ei: Beauty Nurtured by Peace
特別展「寛永 太平がはぐくむ美」
Time 10:00 to 18:00, Fridays to 19:30 (last entry 30 minutes before) Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 3 min walk
Marking 400 years since Emperor Go-Mizunoo's visit to Nijo Castle, the museum shows the Kan'ei culture of Hon'ami Koetsu, Tawaraya Sotatsu and Nonomura Ninsei, with scrolls and screens of the imperial procession and a Kano Sanraku hawk painting from Nijo Castle. It's closed on Mondays (open 12 Oct) and 13 Oct, and the ticket covers the permanent galleries too.
Photograph by Mike Peel www.mikepeel.net., CC BY-SA 4.0 The Indomitable Power of Go Nagai
令和6年能登半島地震復興祈念 不滅の力 永井豪 -永井豪記念館リバイバル-
Time 10:00 to 18:00, Fridays to 19:30 (last entry 30 minutes before) Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 3 min walk
When the 2024 Noto earthquake burned the Go Nagai Memorial Museum in Wajima, 108 original drawings and figures by the creator of Mazinger Z, Devilman and Cutie Honey were found intact inside. They're shown here with original manuscripts and a new manga he drew for the show, and the museum is closed on Mondays (open 11 Jan) and from 28 Dec to 4 Jan.
Photograph by Mike Peel www.mikepeel.net., CC BY-SA 4.0 Nearby
Around Shijo-Karasuma
Kyoto's old bank corner, with kimono streets one block back
Shijo-Karasuma is the crossing where the subway meets the Hankyu line from Osaka, and by 1915 three of the big banks stood on it. It doesn't look much like the Kyoto on the posters. Walk one block west, though, and you're on Muromachi-dori, the old kimono wholesalers' street, near the lanes where the Gion Matsuri floats are built every July.
Shijo-Karasuma has 16 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 4 shops, 3 shrines and temples, 3 cafes, 3 museums, 1 restaurant, 1 bar and 1 neighbourhood. Read the Shijo-Karasuma guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Daimaru Kyoto?
- 79 Tachiuri-nishimachi, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市下京区四条通高倉西入立売西町79番地).
- What are the opening hours of Daimaru Kyoto?
- Daily 10:00 to 20:00. Hours for B2 to 2F, which take in the food floors. Floors 3 to 7 close at 19:00 and the 8th-floor restaurants open 11:00 to 22:00. Closed 1 and 2 January.
- How do I get to Daimaru Kyoto?
- The nearest station is Karasuma (Hankyu). Daimaru Kyoto is in Shijo-Karasuma, Kyoto.
- How much does Daimaru Kyoto cost?
- Daimaru Kyoto is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Daimaru Kyoto?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Daimaru Kyoto?
- Lunchtime.
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