Yuwado
Demachiyanagi, Kyoto
- Mon, Tue, Thu to Sun
- 11:00 to 18:00
- Wed
- Closed
Source: yuwadokyoto.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Yuwado is a small gelato shop at the west entrance to Shimogamo Shrine. Everything's made in the shop's own kitchen, with seasonal fruit from Kyoto's central wholesale market or straight from the growers, no colourings and no eggs. The plain milk and cream gelato has been the bestseller since it opened in 2019.
Insider tip
It's closed on Wednesdays, and it posts any other closures on its site. The Shimogamo-jinja-mae bus stop is right outside.
What's on near Yuwado
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Yuwado, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Mori no Tezukuri-ichi Craft Market at Shimogamo Shrine (October)
森の手づくり市～秋の特別編2026～
Time 10:00 to 16:00 Station Shimogamo-jinja-mae bus stop (City Bus 205)
Craft stalls selling accessories, woodwork, leather, ceramics, cloth goods and sweets line Shimogamo Shrine's approach and the Tadasu no Mori forest, with food trucks and acoustic sets. It goes ahead in rain unless Kyoto has a storm warning.
Appie Verschoor, CC BY-SA 2.0 Mori no Tezukuri-ichi Craft Market at Shimogamo Shrine (November)
森の手づくり市～秋の特別編2026～
Time 10:00 to 16:00 Station Shimogamo-jinja-mae bus stop (City Bus 205)
Craft stalls selling accessories, woodwork, leather, ceramics, cloth goods and sweets line Shimogamo Shrine's approach and the Tadasu no Mori forest over two days, with food trucks and acoustic sets. It goes ahead in rain unless Kyoto has a storm warning.
Appie Verschoor, CC BY-SA 2.0 Kemari Hajime at Shimogamo Shrine
蹴鞠はじめ
Station Shimogamo-jinja-mae bus stop (City Bus 205)
Players keep a ball in the air with their feet at Shimogamo Shrine, the year's first game of kemari, the old court football.
Appie Verschoor, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nagashibina Doll Floating at Shimogamo Shrine
流し雛（下鴨神社）
Time From 10:30, the floating at about 11:00 Station Shimogamo-jinja-mae bus stop (City Bus 4, 205)
A man and woman dressed as Heian dolls float small dolls on straw mats down the Mitarashi stream to carry away bad luck, and afterwards you can float one yourself (the mats are sold).
Appie Verschoor, CC BY-SA 2.0 Yabusame Horseback Archery at Shimogamo Shrine
流鏑馬神事（下鴨神社）
Time 13:00 to 15:30 Station Demachiyanagi (Keihan, Eizan Railway), about 10 min walk
Archers in court dress gallop down a 400 m track through the Tadasu no Mori forest and shoot at three wooden targets, a purification before the Aoi Matsuri.
Appie Verschoor, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nearby
Around Demachiyanagi
Stepping stones, a shrine forest and the trains to Kurama
Demachiyanagi is where the Kamo and Takano rivers meet, and where the Keihan line from Osaka ends. Come up out of the station and the Kamogawa Delta is right there, with stepping stones shaped like turtles and birds. Walk north from its tip and you're in Tadasu no Mori, the forest round Shimogamo Shrine. Eizan trains for Kurama and the foot of Mt Hiei leave from the platforms above ground.
Demachiyanagi has 15 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 5 shrines and temples, 2 landmarks, 2 parks and gardens, 2 cafes, 1 shop, 1 neighbourhood, 1 restaurant and 1 bathhouse. Read the Demachiyanagi guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Yuwado?
- 1-1 Shimogamo Nishibayashi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市左京区下鴨西林町1-1).
- What are the opening hours of Yuwado?
- Mon, Tue, Thu to Sun 11:00 to 18:00; Closed Wed.
- How do I get to Yuwado?
- The nearest station is Shimogamo-jinja-mae bus stop (City Bus 4, 205). Yuwado is in Demachiyanagi, Kyoto.
- How much does Yuwado cost?
- Yuwado is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Yuwado?
- Plan for 15 min.
- When is the best time to visit Yuwado?
- Afternoons.
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