Kushikura
Shijo-Karasuma, Kyoto
- Daily
- 11:30 to 14:30, 17:00 to 22:00
Last orders 14:00 and 21:00. Closes on a few days a year, announced on its news page.
Source: kushikura.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Kushikura grills chicken skewers over binchotan charcoal in a Kyoto machiya more than 100 years old, just north of Oike-dori on Takakura-dori. Courses run from ¥3,000 to ¥6,000, and the ¥6,000 Iroori course finishes with tori-soba, noodles in chicken broth. The seasonal dish changes through the year, and this autumn it's hamo and matsutake in a dobin-mushi broth.
Insider tip
Lunch is 11:30 to 14:30 and dinner 17:00 to 22:00, with last orders 30 minutes and an hour before closing. Book through TableCheck from its website. Course prices include tax but not the service charge. Tori-soba is also ¥780 on its own.
What's on near Kushikura
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kushikura, 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.
The Children Who Grew Up with Manga: 40 Years of Manga Culture in Europe
「Mangaと育った子どもたち：ヨーロッパにおけるManga文化の40年」展
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30) Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 2 min walk
How Japanese manga was translated, read, criticised and taken up over 40 years in France, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Germany, ending with work by Europeans who grew up on it and now draw manga themselves. It's included in the museum ticket, and the museum is closed on Wednesdays.
ESU, CC BY 3.0 Nearby
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 Kushikura?
- 584 Hiiragicho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市中京区高倉通御池上ル柊町584).
- What are the opening hours of Kushikura?
- Daily 11:30 to 14:30, 17:00 to 22:00. Last orders 14:00 and 21:00. Closes on a few days a year, announced on its news page.
- How do I get to Kushikura?
- The nearest station is Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line). Kushikura is in Shijo-Karasuma, Kyoto.
- How much does Kushikura cost?
- Kushikura is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Kushikura?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Kushikura?
- Dinner, booked ahead.
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