Tsuki no Kurabito
Fushimi, Kyoto
- Daily
- 11:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 22:00
Last orders 14:30 at lunch, 21:00 for food and 21:30 for drinks at dinner. Closed 31 December and 1 January, and hours change over long holidays.
Source: tsukinokurabito.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Tsuki no Kurabito serves Japanese food with Gekkeikan sake in a building Gekkeikan put up in 1913, once its rice-polishing mill, and you eat under its old beams. The house special is a hotpot whose broth is made with a whole bottle of Gekkeikan daiginjo, and the tofu is made in house.
Insider tip
Torisei is a few doors away, and the Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum is about 200 m south, so it fits a sake district walk. At dinner there's a ¥300 seat charge, which covers a small starter.
What the guides say about Tsuki no Kurabito
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 Tsuki no Kurabito
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Tsuki no Kurabito, 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 Tsuki no Kurabito?
- 185-1 Kamiaburakake-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市伏見区上油掛町185-1).
- What are the opening hours of Tsuki no Kurabito?
- Daily 11:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 22:00. Last orders 14:30 at lunch, 21:00 for food and 21:30 for drinks at dinner. Closed 31 December and 1 January, and hours change over long holidays.
- How do I get to Tsuki no Kurabito?
- The nearest station is Fushimi-Momoyama (Keihan). Tsuki no Kurabito is in Fushimi, Kyoto.
- How much does Tsuki no Kurabito cost?
- Tsuki no Kurabito is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Tsuki no Kurabito?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Tsuki no Kurabito?
- Lunch or early evening.
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