Kyogashi Shiryokan
Imperial Palace, Kyoto
- Mon, Tue, Fri to Sun
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Wed, Thu
- Closed
Last entry 16:00. Closed at New Year and for exhibition changes.
Source: kyogashi.co.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Tawaraya Yoshitomi, a Kyoto confectioner since 1755, opened this small museum in 1978 to tell the story of Kyoto sweets. The pieces to see are the togei-gashi, flowers and birds modelled in sugar, along with old documents, paintings, models of sweets and the tools used to make them.
Insider tip
Entry is ¥700 and includes matcha with a seasonal fresh sweet or the shop's Unryu in the Shounken tea room, made that day in the workshop next door. It's closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Children up to middle school get in free if they skip the tea.
What's on near Kyogashi Shiryokan
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kyogashi Shiryokan, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Shokoku-ji Spring Special Opening
春の特別拝観（相国寺）
Time 10:00 to 16:30 (last entry 16:00) Station Imadegawa (Karasuma Line), 8 min walk
The Hatto hall opens with Kano Mitsunobu's crying dragon painted on its ceiling, along with the abbot's quarters and the founder's hall.
663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0 Shokoku-ji Autumn Special Opening
相国寺 秋の特別拝観
Time 10:00 to 16:00 Station Imadegawa (Karasuma Line)
Shokoku-ji opens its Hatto, the oldest surviving Dharma hall in Japan, along with the abbot's quarters and the founder's hall. Look up at the 'crying dragon' Kano Mitsunobu painted on the Hatto ceiling. It's closed for services from 18 to 21 Oct.
663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0 Maruyama Okyo and Ito Jakuchu
「円山応挙と伊藤若冲」
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30) Station Imadegawa (Karasuma Line), exit 3, 8 min walk
Okyo's Peony and Peacock (first half of the autumn period) and his Great Waterfall, over 3.6 m tall (second half), hang alongside all 50 of Jakuchu's ink panels from the great study room of Kinkaku-ji, where he shows what he could do without colour. It's closed for New Year from 27 Dec to 8 Jan.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Goryo Matsuri at Kamigoryo Shrine
御霊祭 還幸祭（上御霊神社）
Time Rite 11:30, procession from 13:00 Station Kuramaguchi (Karasuma Line)
Three mikoshi, an ox-drawn imperial cart and halberd floats tour the parish, and since 2009 the procession passes through the Imperial Palace park again. It's said to keep the oldest form of a goryo-e festival.
Naokijp, CC BY-SA 4.0 Spring Doll Exhibition at Hokyo-ji
春の人形展（宝鏡寺）
Time 10:00 to 16:00 (last entry 15:30) Station Horikawa Teranouchi bus stop (City Bus 9), right by the stop
The imperial convent known as the doll temple shows dolls Emperor Komei treasured among its Kyoto dolls each spring, and the show opens on 1 March with a hina matsuri ceremony in the main hall at 11:00. Its other doll show is in November.
Nearby
Around Imperial Palace
Free palace walks, a park that never shuts, and the court's old shops
Kyoto Gyoen, a park 1.3 km long in central Kyoto, never closes. The Kyoto Imperial Palace sits inside it, and you can walk round it for free without booking. Around the edges you'll find Shokoku-ji (head of the Zen branch that takes in Kinkaku-ji), the house site where The Tale of Genji was written, and shops that once supplied the court.
Imperial Palace has 23 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 6 shrines and temples, 5 landmarks, 3 museums, 2 cafes, 2 restaurants, 2 shops, 2 parks and gardens and 1 bar. Read the Imperial Palace guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Kyogashi Shiryokan?
- Karasuma-dori Kamidachiuri-agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市上京区烏丸通上立売上ル).
- What are the opening hours of Kyogashi Shiryokan?
- Mon, Tue, Fri to Sun 10:00 to 17:00; Closed Wed, Thu. Last entry 16:00. Closed at New Year and for exhibition changes.
- How do I get to Kyogashi Shiryokan?
- The nearest station is Imadegawa (Karasuma Line). Kyogashi Shiryokan is in Imperial Palace, Kyoto.
- How much does Kyogashi Shiryokan cost?
- Kyogashi Shiryokan is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Kyogashi Shiryokan?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit Kyogashi Shiryokan?
- Rainy afternoons.
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