Yamamoto Menzou
Okazaki, Kyoto
- Mon, Tue, Fri
- 10:00 to 16:00
- Wed
- 10:00 to 15:30
- Sat, Sun
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Thu
- Closed
Closing times shown are last orders. Public holidays keep the weekend hours. There are other irregular closing days, posted monthly on Instagram, and it closes early when the noodles run out.
Source: yamamotomenzou.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Yamamoto Menzou is a small udon shop near Heian Shrine, with a ten-seat counter and two tables. The red Menzou Special is a spicy bowl with burdock tempura, fried mochi and egg (you choose the heat), and the beef and burdock tsukemen comes with a hot dipping broth.
Insider tip
Book online up to three days ahead for slots from 9:45 to 10:45 and from 14:00, or phone from 9:00 on the day for the 11:00 to 13:45 slots. Booking needs a card, but you pay in cash at the shop. It's closed on Thursdays and stops serving when the noodles run out.
What the guides say about Yamamoto Menzou
At Omen Ginkakuji you dip udon in a kombu and bonito broth and add sesame, ginger, kinpira burdock and seasonal vegetables from a heap of condiments, ¥1,520 hot or cold. Book by phone. Yamamoto Menzou, near Heian Shrine, has ten counter seats and two tables. Book a time slot, online up to three days ahead or by phone from 9:00 on the day. In Arashiyama, Arashiyama Yoshimura makes its own soba by the north end of Togetsukyo, from ¥1,440, with an English menu.
What's on near Yamamoto Menzou
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Yamamoto Menzou, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
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.
Heian Rakuichi Handmade Market (December)
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.
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 Konoshima Okoku: 150th Anniversary
生誕150年 木島櫻谷
Time 10:00 to 18:00 (last entry 17:30), closed Mondays except holidays Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 8 min walk
The biggest retrospective yet of the Kyoto painter best known for his animals, about 100 works with some never shown before, and the museum's first show of his work since 1987. His 1912 screen Kangetsu, a fox in the snow under a winter moon, stays on show for the whole run.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0 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 Yamamoto Menzou?
- 34 Okazaki Minamigoshocho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都府京都市左京区岡崎南御所町34).
- What are the opening hours of Yamamoto Menzou?
- Mon, Tue, Fri 10:00 to 16:00; Wed 10:00 to 15:30; Sat, Sun 10:00 to 17:00; Closed Thu. Closing times shown are last orders. Public holidays keep the weekend hours. There are other irregular closing days, posted monthly on Instagram, and it closes early when the noodles run out.
- How do I get to Yamamoto Menzou?
- The nearest station is Dobutsuen-mae bus stop (City Bus 5). Yamamoto Menzou is in Okazaki, Kyoto.
- How much does Yamamoto Menzou cost?
- Yamamoto Menzou is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Yamamoto Menzou?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Yamamoto Menzou?
- Opening time, with a booking.
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