Kyoto Nama Chocolat
Okazaki, Kyoto
- Daily
- 12:00 to 19:00
The closing time shown is last orders. Closed on irregular days.
Source: kyoto-namachocolat.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Kyoto Nama Chocolat is a cafe for its own soft ganache chocolates, set in a machiya on a quiet residential street near Heian Shrine. There are two connected tatami rooms and a veranda, 16 seats in all, and no music, just the wind and the leaves.
Insider tip
A chocolate set with a drink is ¥1,200, and cake with a drink is ¥1,500. Last orders are at 19:00, and it closes on irregular days.
What's on near Kyoto Nama Chocolat
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kyoto Nama Chocolat, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Kyoto City Zoo Autumn Night Opening
京都市動物園 秋の夜間開園
Time 10 to 12, 17, 24 and 31 Oct and 7 Nov, open to 20:00 (last entry 19:30) Station Keage (Tozai Line), 7 min walk
On seven autumn days the zoo stays open until 20:00 and is lit after dark, with keeper talks at 17:30, 18:00 and 18:30 and an outdoor film at 19:00 from 12 Oct. Entry is the usual ¥750, free for junior high school students and younger, and gorillas, monkeys and some birds aren't on show at night.
inunami, CC BY 2.0 Takigi Noh at Heian Shrine
薪能（平安神宮）
Time Evenings Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 10 min walk
Noh performed by firelight at Heian Shrine on the evenings of 1 and 2 June. In rain it moves indoors to the main hall of ROHM Theatre Kyoto, as the second night did in 2026, and the shrine garden stops taking visitors at 17:20 on both days.
Manish Prabhune, CC BY 2.0 Tanabata Wind Chime Festival at Heian Shrine
七夕風鈴まつり（平安神宮）
Time 8:30 to 18:00 (last entry 17:30) Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 10 min walk
Wind chimes hang from the Hashidono, the roofed bridge over the pond in Heian Shrine's garden, and you can write a wish on a strip for ¥300, free on 7 July and 19 August if you've paid for the garden. Garden entry is ¥600.
Manish Prabhune, CC BY 2.0 Kyoto Meat Festival (Kyoto Niku Matsuri)
第11回 京都肉祭
Time 10:00 to 16:00 Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 8 min walk
For one day, Kyoto restaurants including Mishima-tei, Moritaya and Ginkakuji Onishi cook dishes from Kyoto beef in the park in front of Heian Shrine, and packs of the beef sell at ¥1,000, ¥2,000 and ¥3,000. Entry's free.
Manish Prabhune, CC BY 2.0 Heian Rakuichi Handmade Market (November)
平安楽市
Time 10:00 to 16:00 Station Okazaki Koen Rohm Theatre Kyoto Miyakomesse-mae bus stop (City Bus), 1 min walk
Up to about 160 stalls of original crafts and homemade snacks set up in Okazaki Park, with Heian Shrine's buildings behind them. It goes ahead in the rain.
Nearby
Around Okazaki
Art museums, Meiji gardens and Nanzen-ji along the Lake Biwa Canal
Okazaki is Kyoto's museum quarter. Two art museums sit either side of the approach to Heian Shrine, by its giant torii, and the zoo, a crafts museum and ROHM Theatre Kyoto are a few minutes away round Okazaki Park. Follow the Lake Biwa Canal east and you're at Nanzen-ji, with Eikan-do and Murin-an a short walk from its gate.
Okazaki has 27 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 9 shrines and temples, 6 museums, 4 restaurants, 2 cafes, 2 shops, 2 landmarks and 2 parks and gardens. Read the Okazaki guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Kyoto Nama Chocolat?
- 76-15 Okazaki Tennocho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都府京都市左京区岡崎天王町76-15).
- What are the opening hours of Kyoto Nama Chocolat?
- Daily 12:00 to 19:00. The closing time shown is last orders. Closed on irregular days.
- How do I get to Kyoto Nama Chocolat?
- The nearest station is Higashiyama (Tozai Line). Kyoto Nama Chocolat is in Okazaki, Kyoto.
- How much does Kyoto Nama Chocolat cost?
- Kyoto Nama Chocolat is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Kyoto Nama Chocolat?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit Kyoto Nama Chocolat?
- Afternoons.
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