Cafe

Kameya Yoshinaga

Shijo-Karasuma, Kyoto

Address
17-19 Kashiwayacho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 〒600-8498 京都市下京区四条通油小路西入柏屋町17-19
Hours
Daily
9:30 to 18:00

The tearoom serves 11:00 to 17:00. Closed 1 to 3 January.

Source: kameya-yoshinaga.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.

Kameya Yoshinaga has been making Kyoto sweets since 1803, and its main shop is on Shijo-dori near Horikawa. Ubatama, a jet-black sweet that looks like a blackberry lily seed, has been made since the shop was founded. The newer slice yokan is red bean jelly cut into thin sheets that you lay on bread and toast.

Nearest station Shijo-Horikawa bus stop (City Bus 9, 50, 101)
Cost ¥
Time needed 30 min
Best time Early afternoon

Insider tip

The shop opens 9:30 to 18:00 and its small tearoom 11:00 to 17:00. Book on the website for the 14:00 sweets class (¥3,300), where a confectioner shows you how and you make two namagashi, eating one with matcha. It's at the Shijo-Horikawa end, about ten minutes' walk west of Shijo Station.

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Gion Matsuri Yoiyama (first procession)

祇園祭 前祭宵山

14 to 16 Jul (dates to be confirmed) Float streets round Shijo-Karasuma, Shijo-Karasuma

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.

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Nearby

Kyoto Art Center Museum · 6 min walk Kyoto Art Center took over the 1931 building of Meirin Elementary School, which opened in 1869 and closed in 1993. Maeda Coffee Cafe · 8 min walk Maeda Coffee's main shop opened in 1981 in a former kimono merchant's building near Shijo-Karasuma, and it seats 100. Coffee Kobo Teramachi Cafe · 8 min walk Coffee Kobo Teramachi roasts its own beans in a hot-air roaster, in a two-storey row house about 110 years old on the Sanjo-kai arcade. Kyoto Shibori Museum Museum · 9 min walk The Kyoto Shibori Museum opened in 2001 and calls itself the only museum in Japan devoted to shibori tie-dye. Takenobu Inari Shrine Shrine · 9 min walk Takenobu Inari is a shrine founded in 859, a few steps south of the Sanjo-kai arcade, where people pray for business and for winning. Tron Onsen Inari-yu Sento · 9 min walk Inari-yu is a neighbourhood sento just south of Sanjo-dori, a short walk south of Shinsen-en garden and Nijo Castle.

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 Kameya Yoshinaga?
17-19 Kashiwayacho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市下京区四条通油小路西入柏屋町17-19).
What are the opening hours of Kameya Yoshinaga?
Daily 9:30 to 18:00. The tearoom serves 11:00 to 17:00. Closed 1 to 3 January.
How do I get to Kameya Yoshinaga?
The nearest station is Shijo-Horikawa bus stop (City Bus 9, 50, 101). Kameya Yoshinaga is in Shijo-Karasuma, Kyoto.
How much does Kameya Yoshinaga cost?
Kameya Yoshinaga is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Kameya Yoshinaga?
Plan for 30 min.
When is the best time to visit Kameya Yoshinaga?
Early afternoon.

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