There are many well-established coffee shops in Kyoto, where the café culture has taken roots.
Nowadays, café that serve photogenic drinks and desserts are getting attention.
Many photogenic café menus have appeared on social media from the tourists who went to Kyoto.
We will introduce 4 photogenic cafes in Japan that female repeaters will love.
Colorful cream soda and cute pop interior! “SHIN-SETSU”
At the corner of Teramachi shopping street, there is a lovely café with pretty blue door. Cream soda has been a popular Japanese café menu for a long time.
The classic drink is the green melon soda with ice cream on top but the cream soda of “SHIN-SETSU” has 24 different colors.
Colorful cream soda such as pink hibiscus, blue curacao, red cherry lime, and etc. is sure to look good on social media.
The menu you want to order with cream soda is pancakes.
The syrup on the hot iron plate is caramelized turning into a rich caramel sauce with a sweet scent rising and further appetizing.
| Store Name | SHIN-SETSU |
| Phone Number | +81-75-221-4468 |
| Address | 277 Enfukujimae-cho, Nishikikoji-agaru, Teramachi-dori, Nakagyo-ku Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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| Opening Hours | Weekdays 2:00pm -7:00pm Saturday,Sunday and National Holidays 1:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Closed Days | Irregular Holidays *Please check beforehand on Instagram, Twitter, or by phone. |
Store itself is a dry flower forest. A healing café run by a florist “1er ETAGE”
With all the beautiful dry flowers at the entrance, “1er ETAGE” is like being lost in a forest.
As soon as you enter, you will be surprised that you can’t but say how great it is.
Dried flowers that are all made at the store can be purchased from one flowers.
Swags and wreaths can also be made.
The most popular menu at the café is Hojicha latte.
It is said to be extra delicious among the latte that most people have ever had.
It is a shop where you can rest and relax from the hustle and bustle of Kyoto where there are many tourists that come and go.
The sweet fragrance of dried flowers also has a high healing effect that you can feel with your five senses.
| Store Name | 1er ETAGE |
| Phone Number | +81-50-1114-9498 |
| Address | 342 Iseya-cho, Rokkaku-sagaru, Gokomachi-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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| Opening Hours | 12:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Closed Days | Irregular Holidays |
“koe donuts Kyoto,” café with a modern store interior with baskets made of bamboo from Arashiyama, Kyoto.
This is a donut café that focuses on local production for local consumption and natural organic products. Eggs and milk, which are the bases for making donuts, are made from materials from Miyama, a famous place in Kyoto, where nature is abundant, based on ethical initiatives considering the people, society, global environment, and region.
Not only the simple plain donut, there are unique donuts using ingredients of Kyoto such as red perilla and red kidney bean which are also popular.
The interior is a modern space designed by the famous architect, Kengo Kuma. The basket made from bamboo from Arashiyama, Kyoto, which is famous for its bamboo forest, is placed on the ceiling, giving a modern warm atmosphere.
| Store Name | koe donuts Kyoto |
| Phone Number | +81-75-748-1162 |
| Address | 557 Nakano-cho, Shijo-agaru, Shinkyogoku-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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| Opening Hours | 9:00AM-8:00PM |
| Closed Days | Irregular Holidays |
An old wooden building with cute public bath tiles. Japanese-style antique café “cafe SARASA NISHIJIN”
“cafe SARASA NISHIJIN” is an eye-catching Japanese traditional building likely to appear in the movie “Spirited Away.” When opening the antique wooden door, there opens a tiled retro space which was a 80 years old public bath that was renovated.
One of the interesting dish is the hearty rice menu, “lettuce wrapped beef stir fried rice.”
It might look like just a whole lettuce but when you open the lettuce, fried rice with simmering beef comes out and the crispy texture with the lettuce is a perfect match.
There are occasional live performances inside the store. Experience the good sound that can only be heard from the building of the public bath.
| Store Name | cafe SARASA NISHIJIN |
| Phone Number | +81-75-432-5075 |
| Address | 11-1 Murasakinohigashifujinomori-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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| Opening Hours | 11:30am – 9:00pm(LO 8:30pm) Friday,Saturday 11:30am – 10:00pm(LO9:30pm) |
| Closed Days | Wednesday |
here are many photogenic cafés in Kyoto that are sure to look great on social media. We also recommend traveling to Kyoto to explore unique cafes. You can make lots of memories that you can show to your friends!
*The information herein is as of February 2020.
