Ippodo Tea
Kawaramachi, Kyoto
- Daily
- 10:00 to 17:00
- 2nd Wed
- Closed
Kaboku Tearoom last call 16:30.
Source: global.ippodo-tea.co.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Ippodo's main store has stood on Teramachi-dori, just north of Nijo, since 1864, when it was rebuilt here after the fire of the Hamaguri Gate Incident. The business began in 1717 as Omiya, selling tea and ceramics, and Prince Yamashina gave it the name Ippodo in 1846. Inside there's a big counter under a board listing every tea, a wall of old tea jars and the 44-seat Kaboku Tearoom.
Insider tip
In the tearoom the staff can talk you through making the tea yourself. Take-away matcha and gyokuro are ¥972, sencha ¥864. It's closed on the second Wednesday of each month.
What the guides say about Ippodo Tea
For tea to take home, Ippodo Tea has been on Teramachi since 1864, and in its Kaboku Tearoom the staff can talk you through making the tea yourself. Take-away matcha is ¥972. Uji is 17 minutes from Kyoto Station on the JR Miyakoji Rapid, and the approach to Byodo-in is about 160 m of tea shops. It's one of the day trips from Kyoto.
What's on near Ippodo Tea
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Ippodo Tea, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
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 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.
Nearby
Around Kawaramachi
Downtown Kyoto, between Nishiki Market and the Kamo River
Kawaramachi is downtown Kyoto, the shopping streets round the Shijo-Kawaramachi crossing. The Teramachi and Shinkyogoku Arcades run north from Shijo-dori, Nishiki Market runs west from them, and east of Kawaramachi-dori the Takase canal and Pontocho squeeze in before the Kamo River. You'll come here to eat, mostly. Some of the tea, incense and paper shops date from the Edo period.
Kawaramachi has 26 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 5 shops, 4 cafes, 4 restaurants, 3 shrines and temples, 3 landmarks, 2 bars, 2 neighbourhoods, 1 park or garden, 1 market and 1 bathhouse. Read the Kawaramachi guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Ippodo Tea?
- 52 Tokiwagi-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市中京区寺町通二条上ル常盤木町52).
- What are the opening hours of Ippodo Tea?
- Daily 10:00 to 17:00; Closed 2nd Wed. Kaboku Tearoom last call 16:30.
- How do I get to Ippodo Tea?
- The nearest station is Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae (Tozai Line). Ippodo Tea is in Kawaramachi, Kyoto.
- How much does Ippodo Tea cost?
- Ippodo Tea is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Ippodo Tea?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit Ippodo Tea?
- Mid-afternoon.
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