Torisei Honten
Fushimi, Kyoto
- Tue to Sun
- 11:00 to 22:00
- Mon
- Closed
Last orders 21:30. Closed 31 December to 3 January.
Source: torisei.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Torisei is the chicken restaurant of Yamamoto Honke, the Fushimi brewer of Shinsei sake, and it's been open since 23 January 1976. It's set in a sake storehouse around 100 years old, and the drink people come for is unpasteurised genshu poured straight from a tank.
Insider tip
Last orders are at 21:30. Next door, the brewery's own shop (11:00 to 18:00, also closed on Mondays) sells sake you can only buy there and runs paid tastings.
What the guides say about Torisei Honten
To eat with it, Torisei Honten is the Shinsei brewer's chicken restaurant, pouring unpasteurised genshu straight from a tank. It's closed on Mondays. A few doors away, Tsuki no Kurabito puts a whole bottle of Gekkeikan daiginjo into its hotpot broth.
What's on near Torisei Honten
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Torisei Honten, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Fushimi Sake Kairo Brewery Open Day
伏見酒回廊2026
Time From 10:00 (closing times vary by brewery) Station Chushojima, Fushimi-Momoyama or Tambabashi (Keihan)
Thirteen Fushimi brewers open up at 11 sites on the same day, with tastings, sales, limited sakes, food and a stamp rally as you walk between them. Entry is free, each brewery keeps its own hours, and you should come by train if you're drinking.
Fushimi Sake Fes
伏見 酒フェス
Time Five sessions between 9:40 and 17:20 Station Fushimi-Momoyama (Keihan Line), 8 min walk
Fushimi's new-sake tasting day: 18 local breweries pour at the Gekkeikan brewery in timed sessions, with food stalls, and a dozen breweries open their doors around town the same day. Book ahead, and under-20s can't enter even with a parent.
Shinko-sai at Gokonomiya Shrine
御香宮神幸祭
Station Momoyama-Goryomae (Kintetsu Kyoto Line), 1 min walk
Fushimi's nine-day autumn festival, with over a hundred stalls in the grounds. On the first evening neighbourhoods carry their decorated hanagasa umbrellas to the shrine, there's a hanagasa parade from the Otesuji arcade on the eighth, and on the last day three mikoshi go round the parish from morning to night.
ignis, CC BY-SA 3.0 Nearby
Around Fushimi
Torii tunnels at dawn, then sake by the old castle moat
Fushimi is two trips in one. In the north, about 10,000 torii line the paths up Mount Inari behind Fushimi Inari Taisha, and the grounds never close, so you can walk them at dawn. Five stops south on the Keihan line, about 20 breweries still make sake in the old river port, and you can taste most of them in one alley.
Fushimi has 21 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 8 shrines and temples, 4 restaurants, 2 shops, 2 landmarks, 1 bar, 1 neighbourhood, 1 cafe, 1 museum and 1 bathhouse. Read the Fushimi guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Torisei Honten?
- 186 Kamiaburakake-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市伏見区上油掛町186).
- What are the opening hours of Torisei Honten?
- Tue to Sun 11:00 to 22:00; Closed Mon. Last orders 21:30. Closed 31 December to 3 January.
- How do I get to Torisei Honten?
- The nearest station is Fushimi-Momoyama (Keihan), Momoyama-Goryomae (Kintetsu). Torisei Honten is in Fushimi, Kyoto.
- How much does Torisei Honten cost?
- Torisei Honten is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Torisei Honten?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Torisei Honten?
- Early evening.
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