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Chocolate specialty store in Kyoto

Latest in 2022] Eight recommended chocolate specialty stores in Kyoto

Tis the season to miss sweet and tasty chocolates. You may have more opportunities to buy chocolates as gifts for your loved ones, for your friends, or as a reward for yourself. To help you out, the local magazine "Leaf" has picked up eight recommended chocolate sweets specialty stores in Kyoto! Why don't you try something a little different from the usual chocolate sweets?

1.Chocolates from Deux Ann with an irresistible chewy texture / Gosho area

Deux Ann" was created as a store that offers two brands from "atelier du munian," known for its truffle chocolates, and "ANKASHOKU," a new brand created by the second generation chocolatier, in the fall of 2020. The products are inspired by "dark brown," which reminds one of the color of high-quality cacao.

DeuxAnn
ANKASSHOKU "Brick Bitter & Ruby" by Deux Ann

ANKASSHOKU "Brick Bitter & Ruby", newly introduced for the winter season, 2,160 yen. This is a special chocolate that offers the delicious taste of ANKASSHOKU's unique chocolate along with the chewy texture of melted marshmallow. Two flavors are available: bitter chocolate and ruby chocolate.

Deux Ann

  • deux-en
  • 484 Kiyamachi, Nishi-iru, Fuyacho, Isikawa-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 8 minutes walk from Subway “Marutamachi Station”
  • Tel. 075-255-3838
  • Eat-in not allowed

2.Bonbon chocolates from Madame Delluc Kyoto Gion store, refined from the packaging.

Madame Delluc Kyoto Gion is the first store in Japan of Madame Delluc, a long-established chocolate store that holds the title of the oldest of Belgium's royal chocolatiers. The chocolates are carefully made with carefully selected ingredients, such as the fantastic cacao Criollo, pure butter, and hand-selected pecan nuts.

Madame Delluc Kyoto Gion store
Madame Delluc Kyoto Gion store's Rosine verte (4 pieces) 2000 yen

Rosine verte (4 pieces) 2160 yen, with a choice of 4 favorite products from about 20 varieties, including MyLady, which is smooth and fragrant using rare cacao, and Eleonore, which has a spicy flavor.

Madame Delluc Kyoto Gion store

  • Madame Druc Kyoto Gionten
  • 435-1 Kamibentencho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 2 minutes walk from bus stop "Higashiyama Yasui"
  • Tel.075-531-2755

3.Bean-to-bar at [Cafe Plus Chocolat Goshokita], which sources from Japan and abroad / Imadegawa

The owner, who has been fascinated by chocolate since his teenage years, opened this second store following Plus Chocolat Miyagawa-cho to convey the charm and story of cacao he encountered at cacao farmers and chocolatiers around the world. In addition to tasting tablets purchased from Japan and overseas, the store also offers a creative lunch menu that changes monthly, such as a cacao set meal.

Cafe Plus Chocolat Goshokita
+chocolat's Feitria de Cacao / Sheep Milk Chocolate Tanzania

Feitria de Cacao / Sheep Milk Chocolate Tanzania (25g x 2 pieces), 1,400 yen, featuring the sweet, rich flavor of sheep's milk.

Cafe Plus Chocolat Goshokita

  • Cafe Plus Chocolat Goshokita
  • 29, Kamidachiuri Higashi-machi, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 3 minutes walk from Subway "Imadegawa Station"
  • Tel. 075-468-4575
  • 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

4.[Chocolatier Double Sept's jewel-like chocolates / Karasuma

Chocolatier Double Sept is a chocolate specialty store located a little south of Shijo Yanagiba. In addition to the standard milk and caramel chocolates, there are always 25 to 30 kinds of chocolates, such as Kyoto-style Kujo leeks, garam masala, etc. The price range is reasonable, from 200 yen per piece and up. The price range is also very reasonable, from 200 yen per piece.

Chocolatier Double Sept
Chocolatier Double Sept's seasonal assortment of 6 chocolatier carrées

An assortment of six seasonal chocolat carrées sold online for 1,400 yen. At the store, you can choose 6 chocolates of your choice and have them put in a box. Boxes are +200 yen.

Chocolatier Double Sept

  • Chocolatier Double Set
  • TS Bldg. 1F, 141 Aino-cho, Shijo-sagaru, Yanagibaba-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 5 minutes walk from Hankyu Karasuma Station
  • Tel. 075-341-7739

5.Made from cacao beans! [Dari K's handmade chocolate kit / Nijo Castle area

Dari K, a chocolate specialty store in Sanjo, Kyoto, has renewed its popular "Handmade Chocolate from Cacao Beans Kit" and is now available at the Sanjo main store and online store. The kit includes an original booklet describing how to make chocolate from cacao beans and a silicon mold for hardening the chocolate.

DariK
Dari K's "Handmade Chocolate Kit from Cacao Beans

Handmade chocolate kit from cacao beans: 2,200 yen.

Dari K Sanjo Main Store

  • Dalkey Triple Junction
  • 63 Kamigawaramachi, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 8 min. walk from Subway "Nijojo-mae Sta.
  • Tel.070-5265-6460

6.[Chocolaterie HISASHI's stylish chocolate monaca / Okazaki, Japan

[The chocolate specialty store was established by Mr. Ono Hayashi, who won many prizes including the world championship while working at Club Harrier, as an independent chocolate store. The showcase is decorated with colorful chocolate sweets that incorporate seasonal fruits and Japanese ingredients.

Chocolaterie HISASHI
Chocolaterie HISASHI's Mona chocolates

Mona Chocolat is a crispy monaka with a blend of white and bitter chocolate and savory hazelnut cream. 380 yen (tax included). Try it with a cup of coffee, a perfect match.

Chocolaterie HISASHI

  • Chocolaterie Hisashi
  • 166-16, Isi-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 7 minute walk from Higashiyama Subway Station
  • Tel. 075-744-0310

7.Bonbon chocolates unique to made-in-Kyoto [Mar Blanche Kakaa 365 Gion store] / Gion, Kyoto

Chocolatier produced by Kyoto's confectionery store [Kyoto Kitayama Mar Blanche]. Premium bonbon chocolates with the distinctive flavor of single-origin o-no-cha tea, chocolates expressing Kyoto's dried sweets, and other items that can only be made in Kyoto. Don't miss the limited time offerings.

Malebranche Kakaa 365 Gion store
Kakaa 365 Gion Store Limited Today's Sora O-no-cha Grand Cru

Kyo no Sora O-No-cha 4 pieces, 2,700 yen. Premium bonbon chocolates, each with a different flavor of single-origin Ono tea. *Only available at the Gion store.

Malebranche Kakaa 365 Gion store

  • Malebranche
  • 570-150, south side of Gion-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 5 minutes on foot from the bus stop "Higashiyama Yasui"
    12 minutes walk from Sanjo Keihan Station, Keihan
  • Tel.075-551-6060
  • Eat-in not allowed

8.[Chocolat BEL AMER Kyoto Bettei Sake Chocolat / Karasuma Oike

A store specializing in creative chocolates that evoke Japanese ingredients and the four seasons. The showcase in the atmospheric machiya-style store is lined with unique chocolates made in the atelier, and the chocolate bar on the second floor offers desserts, drinks, and afternoon tea that only a chocolatier can create.

Chocolat BELAMER Kyoto Bettei
Chocolat BEL AMER 5 pieces of Mizuho no Shizuku Sake from Kyoto Villa

Mizuho no Shizuku Sake 5 pieces, 1,620 yen, made by pouring sake gelée made from Kyoto's "Celebration" sake rice into a chocolate box that resembles a "Masu" (a box with a small wooden box inside). The box with mizuhiki (a Japanese traditional paper cord) tied around the box has a luxurious feel, making it an ideal gift for a superior person. Enjoy the aroma of sake in each piece.

Chocolat BEL AMER Kyoto Bettei

  • Chocolate Bel Amer Kyoto Bettei
  • Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo Ward
  • 6 minutes walk from Subway Karasuma Oike Station
  • Tel.075-221-7025
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*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.

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