Ichiwa
Kitano, Kyoto
- Mon, Tue, Thu to Sun
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Wed
- Closed
When the 1st, the 15th or a public holiday falls on a Wednesday, it opens that day and closes on Thursday instead. Closed at the end of the year.
Source: kyoto-kankou.or.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Ichiwa sells one thing, aburi-mochi. Small pieces of rice cake go onto bamboo skewers, get toasted over charcoal and come dipped in white miso sauce, at a teahouse on the stone path outside Imamiya Shrine's east gate.
Insider tip
You'll pay ¥600 a serving. Kazariya, right across the path, sells the same sweet at the same price. Both close on Wednesdays (Thursday instead when the 1st, the 15th or a holiday falls on a Wednesday) and at the end of the year.
What the guides say about Ichiwa
Round Kitano Tenmangu, Awamochi Sawaya pounds millet cakes through the day, wrapped in red bean paste or rolled in kinako, so yours will likely still be warm. Eat them there, as they don't keep. Outside Imamiya Shrine's east gate, Ichiwa toasts aburi-mochi over charcoal and dips it in white miso sauce for ¥600 a serving.
What's on near Ichiwa
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Ichiwa, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Yasurai Matsuri at Imamiya Shrine
やすらい祭（今宮神社）
Time Processions arrive at the shrine about 14:00 Station Imamiya-jinja-mae bus stop (City Bus 46), right by the stop
Demons in red with wild red or black hair dance through the streets with bells and drums to calm the sickness spirits of spring. Step under the big flower parasol and you're said to be safe from illness for a year.
Torsodog, CC BY 3.0 Daitoku-ji Juko-in 460th Anniversary Special Opening
大徳寺 聚光院 開創460年 特別公開
Time 9:30 to 15:30 (last entry) Station Daitokuji-mae bus stop (City Bus 1, 204, 205, 206), 5 min walk
Sen no Rikyu's family temple at Daitoku-ji opens for the first time in about three and a half years, with copies of the National Treasure wall paintings by Kano Eitoku and his father Shoei, Senju Hiroshi's waterfall panels and the tea room Kan'in-seki. It's cash only, preschool children can't enter, and it's closed on 14, 16 to 18, 27 and 28 Oct and 21, 22 and 27 to 29 Nov.
Eric Salard, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nearby
Around Kitano
Tenjin's head shrine, Kyoto's oldest geisha district and Daitoku-ji
Start at Kitano Tenmangu, head shrine of about 12,000 Tenjin shrines, founded in 947 for Sugawara no Michizane, the scholar students still pray to before exams. Come on the 25th, when the Tenjin-san Market fills the approach and the lanterns are lit after dark. Kamishichiken, Kyoto's oldest geisha district, lines the shrine's east approach, and Daitoku-ji's Zen temples are about 1.7 km north-east.
Kitano has 25 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 10 shrines and temples, 3 cafes, 3 shops, 2 restaurants, 2 bathhouses, 1 viewpoint, 1 neighbourhood, 1 museum, 1 bar and 1 market. Read the Kitano guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Ichiwa?
- 69 Murasakino Imamiya-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市北区紫野今宮町69).
- What are the opening hours of Ichiwa?
- Mon, Tue, Thu to Sun 10:00 to 17:00; Closed Wed. When the 1st, the 15th or a public holiday falls on a Wednesday, it opens that day and closes on Thursday instead. Closed at the end of the year.
- How do I get to Ichiwa?
- The nearest station is Imamiya-jinja-mae bus stop (City Bus 46). Ichiwa is in Kitano, Kyoto.
- How much does Ichiwa cost?
- Ichiwa is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Ichiwa?
- Plan for 20 min.
- When is the best time to visit Ichiwa?
- After the shrine.
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