Kagizen Yoshifusa
Gion, Kyoto
- Tue to Sun
- 9:30 to 18:00
- Mon
- Closed
Tea room 10:00 to 18:00, last order 17:30. When Monday is a public holiday, it closes the next weekday instead.
Source: kagizen.co.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Kagizen Yoshifusa has made Kyoto sweets in Gion since the Kyoho era (1716 to 1736). Its tea room is where you try the kuzukiri, made to order from Yoshino kudzu and water and eaten with black sugar syrup, a dessert the shop first delivered to teahouses and Minamiza in the early Showa years. To take home, the Kikujuto, small chrysanthemums of wasanbon sugar, have been made for over 150 years.
Insider tip
The tea room doesn't take reservations, and last orders can come earlier when it's busy. Boxes of Kikujuto start at ¥1,700. Closed Mondays, or the next weekday when Monday is a public holiday.
What the guides say about Kagizen Yoshifusa
In Gion, order the kuzukiri at Kagizen Yoshifusa. It's made to order from Yoshino kudzu and eaten with black sugar syrup, and the tea room's closed on Mondays. Gion Tsujiri, an Uji tea merchant since 1860, serves matcha parfaits upstairs for ¥1,600 to ¥3,000. On the walk from Yasaka Shrine to Kiyomizu-dera, Bunnosuke Chaya is the only shop that serves Mubi, a warabimochi you've got to eat the day it's made.
What's on near Kagizen Yoshifusa
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kagizen Yoshifusa, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Miyako Odori
都をどり
Time 12:30, 14:30 and 16:30 daily (the 12:30 show on 23 and 24 April is booked out) Station Gion-Shijo (Keihan Line), about 8 min walk from exit 6
Gion Kobu's geiko and maiko dance through the four seasons in one act without the curtain once coming down, with geiko singing and playing shamisen on one side of the stage and maiko on flutes and drums on the other. The ¥8,000 ticket includes tea, served from an hour before the show.
Ninja Show NARUTO at Minamiza
忍劇「NARUTO-ナルト-」
Time 19:00 on 1 and 2 February, then 15:00 and 19:00, no shows on Mondays Station Gion-Shijo (Keihan Line), right outside exit 6
A long-run Naruto ninja show with no dialogue, so you don't need any Japanese: live action, acrobatics, aerial work and projection mapping, using every bit of stage machinery in Kyoto's old kabuki theatre. It follows Naruto's boyhood story in the Hidden Leaf Village and runs from February to June.
kajikawa, CC BY 3.0 Gion Shirakawa Cherry Blossom Light-up
祇園白川宵桜ライトアップ
Time 18:00 to 22:00 Station Gion bus stop (City Bus 206), 5 min walk
The cherries over the Shirakawa canal are lit from Kawabata-dori to Tatsumi bridge, about 220 m, with lanterns along the lane past the old teahouses.
mrhayata, CC BY-SA 2.0 Kanikakuni-sai Tea Gathering in Gion
かにかくに祭
Time 11:00 to 15:30, seatings every 30 minutes (last entry 15:00) Station Gion-Shijo (Keihan), 10 min walk
Gion Kobu remembers the poet Yoshii Isamu at his stone by the Shirakawa stream, where white chrysanthemums are laid each year, and you can book a seat at the tea served by geiko and maiko. Each group gets one photo with them, and it goes ahead in rain.
mrhayata, CC BY-SA 2.0 Miyako no Nigiwai: Five Hanamachi Joint Performance
京都五花街合同公演「都の賑い」
Time 11:00 and 14:30 Station Gion-Shijo (Keihan)
The one stage where geiko and maiko from all five Kyoto hanamachi dance together, about 70 of them, with a number by maiko from every district. Seats ran from ¥6,500 to ¥14,000 in 2026 and went on sale in April.
kajikawa, CC BY 3.0 Nearby
Around Gion
The teahouse streets below Yasaka Shrine, best early or at dusk
Gion grew up as the town at the gate of Yasaka Shrine, and it's still where Kyoto's geiko and maiko live and work. Gion Kobu, the largest of the city's five geiko districts, keeps its teahouses along Hanamikoji-dori, and the Shirakawa canal runs through Gion Shinbashi to the north. Go early for the shrine and the temples behind it. Come back at dusk for the streets.
Gion has 25 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 6 shrines and temples, 4 shops, 4 neighbourhoods, 3 cafes, 2 landmarks, 2 restaurants, 1 bar, 1 museum, 1 park or garden and 1 bathhouse. Read the Gion guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Kagizen Yoshifusa?
- 264 Gionmachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市東山区祇園町北側264番地).
- What are the opening hours of Kagizen Yoshifusa?
- Tue to Sun 9:30 to 18:00; Closed Mon. Tea room 10:00 to 18:00, last order 17:30. When Monday is a public holiday, it closes the next weekday instead.
- How do I get to Kagizen Yoshifusa?
- The nearest station is Gion-Shijo (Keihan). Kagizen Yoshifusa is in Gion, Kyoto.
- How much does Kagizen Yoshifusa cost?
- Kagizen Yoshifusa is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Kagizen Yoshifusa?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit Kagizen Yoshifusa?
- Weekday afternoons.
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