Fruit Parlor Cricket
Kinkakuji, Kyoto
- Daily
- 10:00 to 18:00
Last orders 17:30. Closed on some Tuesdays and on 31 December.
Source: cricket-jelly.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Fruit Parlor Cricket has been a fruit specialist since 1974, opened by an owner who traded at Kyoto's central wholesale market. Order the jelly served in a hollowed-out grapefruit, orange or lemon, with the peel as its lid. It's made less sweet on purpose, so you eat it with the whipped cream on the side and squeeze the lid over the top.
Insider tip
A jelly is ¥900 on the shop's price list, and they'll ship gift boxes too. It's on the west side of Nishioji-dori, across from Hirano Shrine. Some Tuesdays it's closed.
What's on near Fruit Parlor Cricket
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Fruit Parlor Cricket, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Okasai Cherry Blossom Festival at Hirano Shrine
桜花祭（平野神社）
Time Rite 10:00, procession 13:00, back about 15:00 Station Kinugasako-mae bus stop (City Bus 50, 205), 3 min walk
A procession of about 200 people in period costume, weaving maidens and a column of court poets among them, leaves the shrine at 13:00 and tours the neighbourhood. It's held on 10 April every year.
lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0 Meigetsu-sai at Hirano Shrine
名月祭（平野神社）
Time Rite 18:30, performances from 19:00 Station Kinugasako-mae bus stop (City Bus)
A harvest moon rite at 18:30, then folk song, dance, koto, shakuhachi and gagaku from 19:00, with matcha served for a fee.
lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0 Tenjin-san Market at Kitano Tenmangu
天神市（北野天満宮）
Time 7:00 to sunset Station Kitano Tenmangu-mae bus stop (City Bus), 1 min walk
Kitano Tenmangu's market on the 25th, the date tied to Sugawara no Michizane's birth and death, is Kyoto's other big fair alongside To-ji's, strong on antiques, old tools and secondhand clothes. On market days the shrine buildings are lit after dark.
z tanuki, CC BY 3.0 Kitano Tenmangu Momiji-en Maple Garden
史跡御土居のもみじ苑
Time 9:00 to 16:00 (last entry 15:40), to 20:00 during the light-up from 13 Nov (last entry 19:40) Station Kitano Tenmangu-mae bus stop (City Bus 50), 1 min walk
About 350 maples grow on the Odoi, the earth rampart Toyotomi Hideyoshi built round Kyoto, and the garden opens for the season with a light-up after dark from 13 Nov. Look out for the vermilion Uguisu Bridge over the Kamiya River, and the ticket comes with a sweet based on fu-no-yaki, said to have been devised by Sen no Rikyu.
z tanuki, CC BY 3.0 Shimai-Tenjin, the Last Tenjin Market of the Year
終い天神
Time 7:00 to sunset Station Kitano Tenmangu-mae bus stop (City Bus), 1 min walk
The year's last Tenjin-san market at Kitano Tenmangu is busier than any other, with antiques, old tools, secondhand clothes and New Year goods. From 13 Dec to about this day the shrine also offers Obuku-ume, pickled plums for the first tea of New Year's Day.
z tanuki, CC BY 3.0 Nearby
Around Kinkakuji
Three World Heritage temples on one road under Mount Kinugasa
Kinkaku-ji, Ryoan-ji and Ninna-ji all sit on Kinukake-no-Michi, a road that climbs about 2.5 km from Omuro-Ninnaji Station up to the Golden Pavilion. Start at Ryoan-ji, which opens at 8:00 from March to November, an hour before Kinkaku-ji. South of the road, Myoshin-ji's grounds don't close at all, and they hold more than 40 subtemples.
Kinkakuji has 14 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 9 shrines and temples, 2 museums, 1 cafe, 1 restaurant and 1 viewpoint. Read the Kinkakuji guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Fruit Parlor Cricket?
- Sunny Heim Kinkakuji 1F, 68-1 Hirano Hacchoyanagi-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市北区平野八丁柳町68-1 サニーハイム金閣寺1F).
- What are the opening hours of Fruit Parlor Cricket?
- Daily 10:00 to 18:00. Last orders 17:30. Closed on some Tuesdays and on 31 December.
- How do I get to Fruit Parlor Cricket?
- The nearest station is Kitano-Hakubaicho (Randen Kitano Line). Fruit Parlor Cricket is in Kinkakuji, Kyoto.
- How much does Fruit Parlor Cricket cost?
- Fruit Parlor Cricket is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Fruit Parlor Cricket?
- Plan for 30 min.
- When is the best time to visit Fruit Parlor Cricket?
- Afternoon.
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