Sarasa Nishijin
Kitano, Kyoto
- Mon, Tue, Thu
- 11:30 to 21:00
- Fri
- 11:30 to 22:00
- Sat
- 7:00 to 10:30, 11:30 to 22:00
- Sun
- 7:00 to 10:30, 11:30 to 21:00
- Wed
- Closed
Source: cafe-sarasa.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Sarasa Nishijin is a cafe in the old Fujinomori-yu bathhouse, which closed in 1999. The coffered ceiling and the walls of Japanese majolica tiles are still there, and in the evening you can sit where the baths were with a beer or a glass of wine.
Insider tip
It serves lunch from 11:30, and coffee and cake until closing. On Saturday and Sunday it opens at 7:00 for breakfast, a beef rice bowl. It's closed on Wednesdays, and Funaoka Onsen is about five minutes west along Kuramaguchi-dori.
What the guides say about Sarasa Nishijin
Rokuyosha Coffee on Kawaramachi-dori is two rooms, and the basement roasts its own beans and turns into a bar at 17:00. Sarasa Nishijin is a cafe in an old bathhouse, with the majolica tiles still on the walls, and on weekends it opens at 7:00 for breakfast.
What's on near Sarasa Nishijin
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Sarasa Nishijin, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Senbon Enma-do Kyogen
千本ゑんま堂大念佛狂言
Time Weekdays 19:00, holidays 12:00 and 18:00 Station Senbon-Kuramaguchi bus stop (City Bus 206), right by the stop
The only one of Kyoto's three nembutsu kyogen with spoken lines, so it's the easiest to follow, and plenty of the pieces are comic. Free.
Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert, CC BY 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.
Daitoku-ji Juko-in 460th Anniversary Special Opening
大徳寺 聚光院 開創460年 特別公開
Time 9:30 to 15:30 (last entry) Station Daitokuji-mae bus stop (City Bus 1, 204, 205, 206), 5 min walk
Sen no Rikyu's family temple at Daitoku-ji opens for the first time in about three and a half years, with copies of the National Treasure wall paintings by Kano Eitoku and his father Shoei, Senju Hiroshi's waterfall panels and the tea room Kan'in-seki. It's cash only, preschool children can't enter, and it's closed on 14, 16 to 18, 27 and 28 Oct and 21, 22 and 27 to 29 Nov.
Eric Salard, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nearby
Around Kitano
Tenjin's head shrine, Kyoto's oldest geisha district and Daitoku-ji
Start at Kitano Tenmangu, head shrine of about 12,000 Tenjin shrines, founded in 947 for Sugawara no Michizane, the scholar students still pray to before exams. Come on the 25th, when the Tenjin-san Market fills the approach and the lanterns are lit after dark. Kamishichiken, Kyoto's oldest geisha district, lines the shrine's east approach, and Daitoku-ji's Zen temples are about 1.7 km north-east.
Kitano has 25 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 10 shrines and temples, 3 cafes, 3 shops, 2 restaurants, 2 bathhouses, 1 viewpoint, 1 neighbourhood, 1 museum, 1 bar and 1 market. Read the Kitano guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Sarasa Nishijin?
- 11-1 Murasakino Higashi-Fujinomori-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市北区紫野東藤ノ森町11-1).
- What are the opening hours of Sarasa Nishijin?
- Mon, Tue, Thu 11:30 to 21:00; Fri 11:30 to 22:00; Sat 7:00 to 10:30, 11:30 to 22:00; Sun 7:00 to 10:30, 11:30 to 21:00; Closed Wed.
- How do I get to Sarasa Nishijin?
- The nearest station is Senbon-Kuramaguchi bus stop (City Bus 206). Sarasa Nishijin is in Kitano, Kyoto.
- How much does Sarasa Nishijin cost?
- Sarasa Nishijin is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Sarasa Nishijin?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Sarasa Nishijin?
- Weekend breakfast.
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