2025] 15 Recommended Lunches in the Shijo-Karasuma Area
2025.3.14
［2025] The best place to enjoy obanzai in Kyoto! 12 recommended restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
One of the best places to visit in Kyoto is the so-called "Kyoto obanzai" restaurants, where you can enjoy the taste of home and traditional cuisine. Each restaurant has its own specialties and innovations, such as using seasonal vegetables and carefully prepared soup stock.
In this issue, we feature 12 obanzai restaurants in Kyoto recommended by our local editors! You are sure to find the perfect restaurant for you.
Contents of this article
1.Morning Japanese set meal at Shunsai Imari where you can enjoy a Japanese dish / Karasuma Oike
烏丸御池エリアに店を構える［旬菜いまり］（京都府京都市中京区）では朝限定の和定食を楽しめる。和の一品の数々と土鍋を使った炊きたてごはんが相性抜群だ。魚の西京焼きやだし巻き、季節素材を使う日替わりのおばんざいといった、京都らしいおかずが付く他、和風サラダやぬか漬けなど、野菜もたっぷりと食べられるのが嬉しい。
夜はカウンターに並ぶおばんざいとともに、地酒や焼酎を味わって贅沢な時間を過ごせる。
A Kyoto-style breakfast for 2,200 yen, a perfect start to the day. Breakfast is by reservation only.
Imari
- New Year's Eve Mari
- 108 Nishi Rokkaku-cho, Rokkaku-dori Shinmachi Nishiiri Ru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
- Six-minute walk from Exit 6 of Karasuma-Oike Subway Station
- Tel.075-231-1354
- 7:30-10:00 (LO), 17:30-23:00 (LO/22:00)
*Breakfast is by reservation only. - Closed on Tuesdays and irregular holidays
2.You can enjoy carefully prepared Japanese cuisine without being overbearing [Teramachi Fukuda] / Kawaramachi
Teramachi Fukuda (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) stands quietly on the second floor of a building. Once passing through the curtain, you will find yourself in a relaxed atmosphere where you can casually enjoy authentic Japanese cuisine prepared by the owner, who has been studying in the world of Japanese cuisine since he was 18 years old, as if you were at an izakaya. You can spend a relaxing time alone at the counter, or gather around the table with your loved ones. In the evening, you can enjoy pairing dishes with sake. You can also take home mackerel sushi, sake snacks, and desserts for a small souvenir.
Mackerel sushi and seasonal somen (boiled noodles) for 1,500 yen. Reasonably priced lunch with broth *Photographs are for reference only.
Teramachi Fukuda
- yellow-edged plover
- 2F Ebisu Terrace, 528 Ebisuno-cho, Teramachi-dori Futsugouji-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- 4 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 10
- Tel. 075-343-5345
- 12:00-14:00 (LO/13:30), 17:00-22:30 (LO/22:00)
- Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
- All seats non-smoking No private room No parking
- http://teramachi-fukuda.jp/
3.Breakfast at Kyo-nana Ajino-mura Nishiki, a popular restaurant serving vegetables and other Kyoto-style obanzai (Kyoto-style dishes) / Shijo Fuyacho
Located north of Shijo-Magayacho, Kyo-Na Ajino Murasaki Nishiki Branch (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) offers vegetable-based Kyoto-style obanzai in a relaxing atmosphere that combines Japanese and Western styles. In addition to the signature yuba, the restaurant also offers a daily changing selection of obanzai, including the Asa Masa Gozen and the soft cheese yuba bowl. You can also order yuba-don toppings to enjoy at home.
The Asa-Masa Gozen set (1,500 yen) is a luxurious set of 12 colorful obanzai dishes. It is a great way to enjoy a variety of dishes little by little!
Aji-no-Mura Nishiki Branch
- Japan's first visit to a shrine
- 513 Masuya-cho, Nishikikoji-sagaru, Fuyacho-Dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- 1 minute walk from Exit 11 of Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station".
- Tel. 075-252-0831
- 8:00-15:00 (LO/14:30)
Morning and afternoon meals are served from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. - 7 days a week
- https://www.nomurafoods.jp/
4.Have a drink with fresh Kyoto vegetables and obanzai at the relaxing machiya space [Ushi-no-Hone Anaza] / Karasuma Oike
［At Ushinohone Anaza (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto), the second branch of the Ushinohone group, which has been well-loved since its establishment in Karasuma Oike in 1993, diners can enjoy obanzai dishes centered on Kyoto vegetables and charcoal-grilled dishes cooked over bincho charcoal. The interior of the restaurant, which is a reconstruction of a historic machiya (townhouse) built in the Taisho era (1912-1926) and over 100 years old, is full of Japanese style with impressive thick beams. On the first floor, with its high ceiling and open space, there are kotatsu (table placed over a sunken table) and counter seats, and on the second floor, there is a space like an attic where you can relax in a tatami room.
Three kinds of obanzai (side dishes) for 1,550 yen. Enjoy with local sake.
Bull's-eye View - Uncle Sam's seat
- 15-1 Nakano-cho, Tominokoji Nishiiru, Sanjo-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- 7 minutes walk from Exit 1 of "Karasuma-Oike" subway station.
- Tel. 075-213-2822
- 17:00 - 24:00 (LO／23:30)
- Irregular holidays
5.KAMIGAMO KIRIN" is popular for its buffet lunch using plenty of vegetables from Kamigamo/Kamigamo
Kamigamo Kirin (Kita-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is a buffet-style restaurant where you can enjoy a variety of obanzai dishes centering on vegetables from Kamigamo and incorporating many ingredients from Ohara and Miyama. The owner, who is a certified vegetable sommelier, offers a variety of dishes from seasonal vegetables depending on the day. The restaurant also offers a wide variety of dishes served on cute bean plates and other dishes, allowing customers to enjoy the time they spend preparing their dishes as they wish. Inside the restaurant, customers sit around a large table and engage in lively conversation with each other. In addition to the buffet lunch, the take-out Kamigamo bento and daily rice ball bento are also popular.
Buffet lunch 3,000 yen. Enjoy about 15 kinds of obanzai (side dishes) using fresh vegetables such as the famous meat miso fresh green bell pepper, today's dish, onigiri (rice ball), and even dessert!
Kamigamo giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- Haemerocallis fulva var. kwanso (variety of daylily)
- 6-1 Kamigamo-misonoguchi-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- 1 minute walk from Kamigamo Jinja-mae bus stop.
- Tel. 075-711-1133
- Monday-Friday 11:00-12:15 and 12:30-13:45 in two sessions
Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 3 sessions: 11:00-12:15, 12:30-13:45, 14:00-15:15 - Closed on Tuesdays
6.Solid lunch at Tan, a small kitchen by the Shirakawa Bridge on Sanjo Dori/Higashiyama
At Tan (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture), an affiliate of WAKUDEN, a Japanese restaurant established in 1870, you can enjoy Tango vegetables grown by natural farming methods and homemade rice. The warmth of the wood interior makes you feel as if you are at a friend's house, where you can relax and unwind. The restaurant's "small sincerity," which is the meaning of the Japanese word "tan" (meaning "small sincerity"), is sure to put your mind at ease as you enjoy seasonal ingredients in a peaceful atmosphere. In the evening, you can spend a casual time around the table kitchen on the first floor, enjoying a la carte dishes while sipping Tango's local sake or craft beer.
Tan no sansho filled beef bowl for 3,300 yen. A delightful rice bowl set with seasonal salad and vegetable miso soup. You can also enjoy changing the flavor by pouring the egg topping over the beef bowl on a separate plate.
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium)
- for haori: at least 7.27 m in length
- 106-13 Goken-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- Short walk from Exit 1 of Higashiyama Subway Station
- Tel. 075-533-7744
- Morning service from 8:00 and 9:00 (2 sessions), Lunch from 12:00 to 14:30 (LO/14:00), Dinner from 18:00 to 22:00 (LO/21:00)
- Closed on Mondays (or the following day if Monday is a national holiday), and irregularly closed once a month.
*Morning service is subject to change on business days. - All seats non-smoking Fully private room available No parking
- https://www.tan.kyoto.jp/
7.Retro street corner restaurant [Ikkan Uru-Uru] serves easy obanzai that goes well with Japanese sake / Shijo
When you open the door of the Kyoto machiya, a unique world unfolds with vintage clocks, record jackets, and photographer's photos. This popular restaurant offers a wide selection of Japanese sake, and serves obanzai, a dish made with Kyoto ingredients and Western vegetables that goes well with sake. The first floor features a sunken kotatsu-style counter and table seating, while the second floor is a tatami room for a relaxed atmosphere.
Quickly simmered yam soaked in bonito broth, ume plum flavor, 600 yen. The pleasantly slimy and crispy texture is irresistible!
(a) drop of alcohol
- marrying like a married couple
- 601-1, Toro-cho, Higashinotoin Higashi-iru, Matsubara-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- 5 min. walk from Subway "Gojo Station" Exit 1
6 minutes walk from Hankyu "Shijo Station" Exit 5 - Tel. 075-352-0680
- 17:00-23:00 (Food LO/22:00, Drink LO/22:30)
- Irregular holidays
8.Japanese restaurant in Karasuma where you can relax with the taste of home [seasonal dishes and obanzai (obanzai) Suzu] / Karasuma
The proprietress opened Seasonal Cuisine and Obanzai Suzu (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) about 20 years ago as a restaurant where customers could enjoy obanzai. Her son, Kyosho, who grew up watching his mother's back and naturally became a chef, now joins her in the kitchen and together they run the restaurant. Lined up at the counter are large bowls of freshly prepared colorful obanzai. Many of the dishes are made with seasonal Kyoto ingredients such as Kamo eggplants, Manganji peppercorns, and Kujo leeks, and change daily, making for a rich selection of about 60 dishes in all.
Stir-fried Kujo leeks and chicken with black seven spice 800 yen. Fresh Kujo leeks from Oharano, the owner's hometown, and chicken from Kyoto are used. The homemade sweet sauce made with soy sauce and brown sugar is accented with Hararyokaku's black shichimi.
Seasonal dishes and obanzai
- Seasonal Lily of the Seasons and Obanzai Sprinkled with
- 728, Inabando-cho, Matsubara-agaru, Karasuma-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
- 5 min. walk from Exit 5 of subway "Shijo Station".
5 min. walk from Subway "Gojo Station" Exit 1 - Tel. 075-341-0808
- 17:00-22:00 (Food LO/21:00, Drink LO/21:30)
- Closed on Sundays
9.A bite-sized obanzai lunch at Gohan-ya Mirage in a relaxed atmosphere / Miyagawa-cho
At Gohanya Mirage (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture), which appears as you walk down a quiet alley, you can enjoy cuisine that makes the most of Kyoto's unique ingredients, such as Kyoto vegetables and Kyoto duck. The food and the heartwarming hospitality you will enjoy in the heartwarming atmosphere of a town where geiko and maiko come and go will be a memorable and treasured part of your visit to Kyoto. The lunch menu, which offers an assortment of bite-sized obanzai dishes, is popular among those who want to enjoy a variety of flavors. In the evening, you can savor simple yet elaborate dishes and carefully selected Japanese sake.
Feeling a bit extravagant, 1,800 yen. In addition to an assortment of obanzai, you can choose two of four dishes from the daily main course, sashimi, tempura, and fried chicken.
Gohan-ya Mirage
- style of restaurant cuisine popular in the postwar Showa period
- 6-361 Miyagawa-suji, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- 4 minutes walk from Exit 5 of "Kiyomizu Gojo Station" of Keihan
- Tel.050-5486-4309
- 11:30-14:30 (LO/14:00), 17:30-23:00 (LO/22:30)
- Closed on Thursdays, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
- All seats non-smoking No private room No parking
- https://mrmd.co.jp/shinkiro/
10.Izakaya in Kiyamachi with a wide selection of snacks [Kyo-machiya Obanzai Kobaku] / Kawaramachi, Kyoto
Now in its eighth year, Kyo-machiya Obanzai Kobaku is a popular izakaya (Japanese style bar) that is crowded with regular customers and tourists every day. If you are at a loss for what to order from the extensive menu, we recommend ordering 3 or 5 kinds of obanzai. The contents change daily, and dishes using seasonal Kyoto vegetables such as Manganji peppercorns and Kujo leeks appear. The dishes are prepared with Udeno's additive-free, high-quality broth, which is a special order of Rishiri kelp and Makurazaki-grown dried bonito flakes in the restaurant's proprietary blend. You can feel the flavor of the broth, which is indispensable for obanzai.
Five kinds of obanzai (side dishes) for 1,590 yen. On this day, ume (plum) crystals with shark cartilage and ume (plum) meat, and potato salad with duck meat make a perfect entrée. Sake from 490 yen and up is available by the glass or tokkuri.
Kyoto-machiya Obanzai Abanzai Ember
- Kyomachiya Obanzai Amber
- 282-2 Minami-Kurumaya-cho, Kawaramachi-Dori Sanjo-Sagaru 3-chome Higashi-iru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
- Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" 5 min. walk from Exit 3B
7 minutes walk from Keihan "Sanjo Station" or subway "Sanjo Keihan Station" Exit 6 - Tel. 075-252-6555
- 17:00 - 24:00 (LO / 23:00)
Irregular holidays
11.Enjoy the taste of home both day and night at [Ouchi-Gohan Kokoraya Gokomachi Honten] / Kawaramachi
When you open the door to the restaurant, the nostalgic atmosphere of the olden days spreads out before you. At the "Ouchi-Gohan Kokoraya Miyuki-cho Honten" (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture), you can enjoy a hearty set meal during the day and an izakaya menu using seasonal ingredients in the evening. The menu is full of specialties such as the famous kokorayaki, made with Kyoto tofu and yamaimo, and numerous other enticing obanzai dishes. Enjoy them with a glass of fresh lemon chu-hi, which is made with plenty of lemon.
Obanzai assortment 1190 yen. Home-style obanzai made with kyo yasai (Kyoto vegetables) and seasonal ingredients.
Home Gohan Kokoraya Miyukicho Honten
- Home Gohan Kokoraya Gokomachi Honten
- 332 Ebiya-cho, Sanjo-sagaru, Gokomachi-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto House number 13
- 4 min. walk from Exit 6 of Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Subway Station.
- Tel. 075-211-3348
- 11:30-14:30 (LO/14:00), 18:00-23:00 (LO/22:30)
Saturday, Sunday, Holidays 11:30-14:30 (LO/14:00), 17:30-23:00 (LO/22:30) - Irregular holidays
- All seats non-smoking Fully private room available No parking
- https://kokoraya.moss-co-ltd.com/
12.［Ai Kaiho (Obanzai Izakaya) offers a fat lunch of four daily specials with free refills / Tambaguchi
［Obanzai Izakaya Aikaiho (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto) has relocated from near Toji Temple to Tambaguchi. The former location had only a counter, but the new location has more table seating, creating a more homey atmosphere. The most popular menu items, such as ponkara and grilled fish, are surrounded by the owner's homemade obanzai. The four daily specials, including bitter gourd with salted kelp, kiriboshi-daikon vinegared radish, hijiki and green soybean salad, and bamboo shoots with okaka seaweed, are hearty and nutritious. In the evening, the izakaya (Japanese style bar) offers not only obanzai, but also a wide variety of blackboard menu items and locally brewed sake.
Ponkara set 1,200 yen. Refreshing fried chicken with grated ponzu. Grain rice appears several times a week and comes with obanzai, miso soup, and pickles.
Obanzai Izakaya Aikaiho
- Obanzai-zakaya Akaho
- February 10, 2025 open
- 1F, 37-7 Chudoji-Kitamachi, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- 5 minute walk from JR Tambaguchi Station
- Tel. 075-950-8852
- 11:30-14:00 (LO/13:30), 18:00-22:00 (LO/21:30)
Saturday 11:30-14:00 (LO/13:30)
The information is subject to change. Please contact each store or facility directly for the latest information.
All prices include tax.
※内容の誤りや閉店情報などお気づきの点がございましたら、info@leafkyoto.co.jp までお知らせください。
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.
All prices include tax.
※内容の誤りや閉店情報などお気づきの点がございましたら、info@leafkyoto.co.jp までお知らせください。
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.
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