Kyoto Tower Sando
Kyoto Station, Kyoto
- Daily
- 10:00 to 23:00
Basement food hall 11:00 to 23:00, ground floor 10:00 to 21:00, second floor 10:00 to 19:00. Some shops keep their own hours.
Source: kyoto-tower-sando.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
The bottom three floors of the Kyoto Tower building, opened in April 2017. The basement is a food hall that runs to 23:00, with counters for gyoza, dashi rice bowls, Torisei yakitori and conveyor-belt sushi. The ground floor sells Kyoto sweets and souvenirs, and upstairs you can book a wagashi or sushi-making class.
Insider tip
Every Saturday at 12:00 the conveyor-belt sushi bar downstairs cuts up a whole tuna, and you can order it as sushi straight after. It's linked underground to the station's east exit, so you can stay dry. Good for last-minute souvenirs.
What the guides say about Kyoto Tower Sando
Daimaru Kyoto fills both its basement floors with food halls. By Kyoto Station, the basement food hall of Kyoto Tower Sando runs to 23:00, and every Saturday at 12:00 its conveyor-belt sushi bar cuts up a whole tuna.
What's on near Kyoto Tower Sando
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kyoto Tower Sando, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Kyoto Modern Architecture Festival
京都モダン建築祭
Time Passport days 31 Oct and 1 Nov 10:00 to 19:00, 7 and 8 Nov 10:00 to 17:00 (hours vary by building) Station Kyoto (JR, Karasuma Line)
In its fifth year about 150 modern buildings take part, and on 31 Oct and 1 Nov and on 7 and 8 Nov a passport lets you walk into 61 that are usually closed or hard to visit, from houses, banks, schools and churches to a National Treasure. From 26 Oct a half pass is ¥3,000 and a full pass ¥5,000, sold online or for cash at the Kyoto General Tourist Information Center in Kyoto Station.
NAKED GARDEN NIGHTS at Higashi Honganji and Shosei-en
NAKED GARDEN NIGHTS 東本願寺・渉成園
Time 18:00 to 22:00 (Higashi Honganji last entry 21:00) Station Gojo (Karasuma Line), 5 min walk
NAKED lights Higashi Honganji and its detached garden Shosei-en for an evening walk through five scenes. Adult tickets are ¥2,100 Monday to Thursday and ¥2,300 Friday to Sunday and on holidays (¥200 less in advance), and from 6 to 8 Nov and on 25 Nov only Shosei-en is open.
Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0 Year-end Dust Cleaning at Higashi Honganji
お煤払い（東本願寺）
Time From 9:00 Station Kyoto (JR, Karasuma Line), 7 min walk
Followers from all over Japan line up across the tatami of the Founder's and Amida halls, beat it with split bamboo and fan the dust out with paper fans about 2 m across. Then the head of the temple traces the character for 'long life' on a paper screen with a bamboo pole.
Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nearby
Around Kyoto Station
Free temples and late ramen a few minutes from the platforms
Most visitors only see Kyoto Station on the way in or out, which is a shame. Higashi Hongan-ji is 7 minutes north on foot and free, To-ji's pagoda is 15 minutes south, and at the railway museum to the west a working steam engine will pull you along. After dark, 15,000 LEDs light the station's 171-step staircase.
Kyoto Station has 23 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 4 shrines and temples, 4 museums, 3 restaurants, 2 shops, 2 cafes, 2 parks and gardens, 2 bathhouses, 1 bar, 1 landmark, 1 viewpoint and 1 market. Read the Kyoto Station guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Kyoto Tower Sando?
- 721-1 Higashi-Shiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市下京区烏丸通七条下る東塩小路町721-1).
- What are the opening hours of Kyoto Tower Sando?
- Daily 10:00 to 23:00. Basement food hall 11:00 to 23:00, ground floor 10:00 to 21:00, second floor 10:00 to 19:00. Some shops keep their own hours.
- How do I get to Kyoto Tower Sando?
- The nearest station is Kyoto (JR, Karasuma Line, Kintetsu). Kyoto Tower Sando is in Kyoto Station, Kyoto.
- How much does Kyoto Tower Sando cost?
- Kyoto Tower Sando is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Kyoto Tower Sando?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Kyoto Tower Sando?
- Saturday noon.
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