Western confectionery shop founded in 1982 [Kyoto Kitayama Malebranche]. Chanoka, which has become a standard souvenir from Kyoto, is a thick tea langue de chat that uses Uji tea, including carefully selected tea leaves from Uji and Shirakawa, sandwiched with original white chocolate with a rich milky feel. Check out the summer-only Suzucha no Ka, which has white chocolate kneaded into the dough.

Product: O-No-cha Langdosha, 8 pieces, 1,296 yen
Shelf life: 15 days at room temperature
Sales locations/Kyoto Tower Sandwich, Hachijo-guchi Store (in Miyako-michi, Kintetsu Meitengai, Kyoto Station), Asty Kyoto Store (Kyo no Miyage in the Shinkansen ticket gate on the 2nd floor of JR Kyoto Station), B1F, Isetan JR Kyoto
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A long-established tea merchant in Uji with a history of over 160 years [Nakamura Fuji 𠮷 Main Store]. There are attractive products such as original blend Nakamura tea, chocolate sweets using tea, and malt bake with a deep taste and rich aroma. The Namacha Jelly is not too soft and has a smooth texture.

Product/Namacha Jelly (Matcha) 451 yen per piece
Expiration date: 4 days from the date of manufacture when refrigerated
Sales locations: Eat Paradise in front of the JR West Exit ticket gates, JR Kyoto Isetan, B1F
Online shop sales / Yes
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At Kyoto's leading tea store [Fukujuen], you can purchase Japanese tea sets in packages depicting scenes of Kyoto, reminding you of the atmosphere of Kyoto every time you brew a cup of tea. Kamogawa is a sencha green tea with powdered green tea and has a dark green color and a unique, rich flavor. Gojobashi, named after the place where Benkei and Ushiwakamaru met, is a shallow roasted tea made by slowly roasting sencha over low heat, which gives it an elegant aroma.

Product/Kyoto famous tea set (Kamogawa 40g / Gojohashi 20g) 1188 yen
Shelf life / 270 days from manufacture at room temperature
Sales location/In the east area of Kyoto Porta B1F
Online shop sales / None

Founded in 1945, Kogetsu Kyo Kashiwase offers premium senju senbei made with carefully selected ingredients. Two types of dough, including Japanese brand flour and Houkasa, are kneaded with flavorful butter and pomegranate to create a crispy, mouth-watering texture. The cream is blended with condensed milk to create a richer, more aromatic flavor than before. Another popular product is the Hime Senju Senbei Organic Matcha, which uses Uji matcha, a specialty of Kyoto. The deep, elegant sweetness and bitterness of the Uji matcha tea leaves a lasting impression. The distinctive appearance is said to represent a festive scene of a flying crane's shadow reflected in the waves, making it a perfect gift or souvenir.

Product/Premium Senju Senbei 8 pieces ¥1512
Expiration date: 77 days including manufacturing date
Sales location / JR Kyoto Isetan B1F
Online shop sales / Yes
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A new type of Japanese confectionery created by a long-established Japanese confectionery store founded in 1803. Sliced Yokan, a thin sheet of yokan, melts and becomes hot Ogura Butter Toast when baked on a piece of bread. The yokan is made from Tanba Dainagon azuki beans and topped with salty butter yokan and poppy seeds to accentuate the flavor.

Product / Sliced yokan <Ogura butter> 2 pieces 540 yen
Shelf life: 14 days at room temperature
Sales location / JR Kyoto Isetan B1F
Online shop sales / Yes
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Founded in 1860, Gion Tsujiri continues to introduce the rich taste and enjoyment of Uji tea. Gatto-bubu financier is a baked pastry made with rice flour that has a delightful, chewy texture. Gatobubu" means "tea" in the Kyoto dialect, and the rich, sweet matcha tea goes well with the moist dough.

Product / Gatobubu Financier Matcha, Hojicha 248 yen each
Expiration date: about 60 days at room temperature from the date of manufacture (guaranteed for 20 days remaining)
Sales location / Kyoto Station, Hachijo Exit 1F West Area, Asty Road
Online shop sales / Yes
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Since its establishment in 1847, Midori-juan Shimizu has maintained its traditions and techniques handed down from one generation to the next, and its skilled craftsmen pursue authentic taste, shape, and color in their handmade kompeito sugar. The set includes popular flavors such as richly flavored strawberry, refreshing lemon, and clear, refreshing natural water cider. The shiny, shiny grains will melt in your mouth, and the original flavor of the ingredients will spread.

Product: kompeito assortment of three kinds (strawberry, lemon, natural water cider / 45g each), 2,501 yen
Shelf life / 1 year at room temperature from date of manufacture
Sales location / JR Kyoto Isetan B1F
Online shop sales / None

Grand Marble is a Danish specialty store born in Kyoto. The Danish baked with care using carefully selected ingredients are available in a wide variety, and the marbled cross section is beautiful. The brown sugar miruku kinako is a limited item available only at the Kyoto Station store. The mildly sweet milk dough and brown sugar dough are interwoven with savory kinako chocolate, creating a luxurious Japanese tricolore.

Product / Marble Danish, brown sugar miruku kinako, 1728 yen
Shelf life / 12 days from manufacturing date at room temperature
Sales location: JR Kyoto Station, 2F West Exit (in front of ticket gates), "Kyo Meisai Kyo" (Kyoto's famous confectionery and vegetable shop)
Online shop sales / None

Kizakura, a Kyoto-based sake brewer well-known for its kappa mascot, offers a unique product with a label featuring the station sign of Kyoto Station as a Kyoto souvenir, which many railroad fans buy for their collections. Since it is a cup type that can be drunk without a glass, we recommend enjoying a cup on the Shinkansen on the way home while soaking up memories of Kyoto. Honjozo with a good balance of sourness and sweetness, 16% alcohol by volume.

Product/Kyoto Station cup 180ml, 286 yen
Shelf life: 1 year at room temperature
Sales location / Isetan JR Kyoto B1F Japanese and Western Sake Area
Also available at Bell Mart Kiosk Kyoto Store, Kyo-no-miyage Store, and Delica Station
Online shop sales / None

Developed by owner Shinichi Sugita, a silver medalist at the Patisserie World Championships 2015, this butter sandwich tin is exclusive to Kyoto Tower Sandwich. The butter cream is sandwiched between cookies of different flavors, such as vanilla and chocolate, matcha and hojicha, and so on, and when the can is opened, the aroma of butter whets the appetite. When frozen, the cookie tastes like ice cream, and when refrigerated, it has a cool and chewy texture.

Product / Canned SUGiTORA butter sandwich 4050 yen
Shelf life: 14 days when refrigerated
Sales location/Kyoto Tower Sandwich
Online shop sales / None

Founded in 1955, Baikal is a confectionery store in Kyoto. The small, adorable and cute-shaped Happy Tsumugi Pie was created to make their signature apple pie even easier to hand over and eat. You can enjoy the rich aroma of the red apple pulp from Aomori Prefecture and the fresh Japanese butter.

Product / Happy Tsumugi Pie ~ Apple ~ 3 pieces 1000 yen
Expiration date: about 14 days at room temperature
Sales location / Kyoto Porta B1F West area
Online shop sales / Yes
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［Seiko, a lotus root confectionery, was served at the end of the meal at Kodaiji WAKUDEN. It is made by kneading lotus root starch and wasanbon sugar. You can enjoy its refined sweetness, chewy texture, and smooth texture with the refreshing flavor of bamboo grass leaves. The process of wrapping them in bamboo leaves is done by hand so as not to spoil the delicate texture.

Product / Rengon confectionery, Seiko, 378 yen per piece
Expiration date / 4 days from manufacturing date if refrigerated
Sales location / JR Kyoto Isetan B1F
Online shop sales / Yes
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Potato chip chocolate Uji matcha and sansho, popular at [Royce Kyoto], with a faint aroma of deep matcha and sansho pepper. One side of a potato chip covered with matcha and Wakayama grape sansho is coated with Uji matcha chocolate. The moment you put it in your mouth, the tangy and refreshing sansho pepper spreads out, and the saltiness of the potato chips and the bittersweet richness and sweetness of the matcha chocolate are addictive. Potato chip chocolate with a difference is sure to please.

Product / Potato chip chocolate Uji matcha and Japanese pepper 972 yen
Expiration date: 30 days from production at 25°C or below
Sales location: Souvenir Kaido Yui Store (in Kyo Meigai, Kyoto's famous confectionery and vegetable shop Yui) in front of the West Exit ticket gates of JR Kyoto Station, Souvenir Kaido JR Kyoto Station Central Exit Store
Online shop sales / None

UCHU wagashi is popular for its bite-size pieces of rakugan, including a series of adorably designed animals. Fruit yokan is a new type of yokan that combines sweet summer, plum, and grape fruit jelly with white bean paste. The cut of the yokan changes as it is cut, which is visually pleasing to the eye.

Product/Fruit Yokan ¥1,784
Shelf life: 14 days at room temperature
Sales location / JR Kyoto Isetan B1F
Online shop sales / Yes
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IRODORI was established by Tsuruya Yoshinobu, a Kyoto-based confectioner founded in Kyowa 3, Edo period (1603-1868), to make Japanese sweets accessible to a generation unfamiliar with the confectionery industry. The five pastel-colored amber candies each contain the flavors of lavender, mint, rose, chamomile, and jasmine. The store, which underwent a complete renovation in May 2024, is also attracting attention.

Item / IRODORI Amber sugar: 1,620 yen
Shelf life: 25 days at room temperature
Sales location / Kyoto Station, Hachijo Exit 1F West Area, Asty Road
Online shop sales / None

At Nishikiri, a long-established shop selling traditional Kyoto pickles, you can purchase products perfect for gift-giving wrapped in a tasteful furoshiki (wrapping cloth). The set includes two bags of "Aka-Shiso-Murasaki no" (cucumber pickled with red shiso and myoga) and "Aji-Suguki," which allows you to enjoy suguki seasoned in a way unique to [Nishikari]. The furoshiki is available in five colors: purple, green, orange, gold, and red. Enjoy the traditional taste of Kyoto at home.

Product/Kyotsuzumi (50g of red shiso murasaki/40g of aji-suguki) 648 yen
Shelf life / At least 1 month at room temperature
Sales location/Kyokonomi in the east area of Kyoto Porta B1F
Available at the Omiyage Kaido Yuma Store, Omiyage Koji Kyoto Komachi Store, Kintetsu Kyoto Station Store, kiosks and the Shinkansen concourse (inside ticket gates).
Online shop sales / Yes
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A new standard in Kyoto souvenirs is the mashi-manju, a culinary confection born in Kyoto. ［The assortment of Kyoto bran cakes from Sansho-do Kokura offers five seasonal flavors in addition to the standard mugwort, green tea, yubafu, and brown sugar. Yubafu, a refreshing yubafu with ginger, and matcha (powdered green tea) kneaded into not only the wheat bran but also into the red bean paste, are just a few examples of the craftsman's ideas that shine through in each item.

Product: Kyo-nama-mochi assortment, 5 pieces, 1,188 yen
Shelf life / 6 days from manufacturing date if refrigerated
Sold at Kyoto Porta B1 [kyokonomi], 1F [omiyagekoji kyokomachi], 2F [kyomeikagashi/meisaijokuro 亰].
Also available at JR Kyoto Isetan B1
Online shop sales / Yes
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Founded in 1885, Daigokuden Honpo, which is said to have introduced sponge cake to the city of Kyoto, sells hanaboshi (flower backs), which are filled with sweetened bean paste wrapped in its signature sponge cake batter. The unique shape of the sponge cake, which is covered with a net-like pattern of sponge cake dough, represents a flower basket carried on one's back. The inside is a light, sweet bean paste made of dainagon (soybean flour), which gives it a relaxing, never-ending taste. It is a perfect souvenir for a loved one or for a relaxing tea time.
*"Hanabusa" is sold from mid-September to mid-May.

Product/Hana-back 216 yen per piece
Shelf life / 10 days from manufacturing date at room temperature
Sales location/Herb's Kyoto Kyomeikan
Also available at Kyo-miyage, Ancient Capital Miyabi, and kiosk gift stores inside the Shinkansen ticket gates*.
Online shop sales / Yes
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The new brand "Buburu," launched in October 2023 by Gion Tsujiri, a long-established tea shop in Kyoto, offers Chokoku Ranchi, a new way to discover the appeal of tea. Gyokuro Mango, Sencha Banana, Hojicha Orange, and Japanese Black Tea Strawberry are all combined with fruits that go well with various types of tea, creating a product that only a tea specialty store can offer. Enjoy the savory aroma of tea and the fruit flavors along with the crunchy texture.

Item / Chokokuranchi: 12 pieces (3 pieces of each type), 993 yen
Shelf life / 150 days from manufacture at room temperature
Sales location / Asty Kyoto 2F in Kyoto Station
Online shop sales / None

Nijo Wakasaya, which has been delivering Kyoto sweets loved for more than 100 years, sells cute little boxes with snow, moon, and flowers painted on them. The box is filled with kuzu-yu, which is a thick, thick soup made by simply pouring hot water into the box. Snow is a simple pure white kuzuyu, moon is green tea flavored, and flowers are shiruko (sweet red-bean soup). The Tsuki and Hana boxes also have a fun trick: when hot water is poured over the Tsuki and Hana boxes, a staggered bird and arare (arare) made from grilled bran float to the surface.

Product: Furoisen: 993 yen for 3 pieces / 2096 yen for 6 pieces
Shelf life: 30 days at room temperature
Sales location / JR Kyoto Isetan B1F
Also available at Kyoto Porta Souvenir Road (1F and 2F), Shinkansen premises (2F), Kyoto Long-established Aji Maiko/Kyo no Miyage, Gift Kiosk Kyoto, Grand Kiosk Kyoto (inside ticket gates)
Online shop sales / Yes
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Yubasho, a long-established yuba store established in 1885, proposes fresh yuba as a Kyoto souvenir, whereas dried yuba has been the main product. The souvenir set, which includes popular products such as nama-yuba, kumiage-yuba, yuba chirimen, and special dashi soy sauce, is a bargain item available only at the Kyoto Station store, and comes with an original cold bag that can be carried around for about 8 hours. Yubasho's fresh yuba, which is made using a unique raising method, is thin, high-quality, and fluffy. Made only with carefully selected soybeans and groundwater, it is high in protein and full of the flavor of soybeans.

Product: Kyoto Station Store Limited Souvenir Set (5 pieces of fresh yuba, 200g kumiage yuba, 70g yuba chirimen, special dashi soy sauce, with original cold bag): 3834 yen
Consumption period / Nama-yuba: 4 days refrigerated / Kumiage-yuba: 4 days refrigerated / Yuba Chirimen: 14 days refrigerated / Special dashi soy sauce: about 6 months
Sales location / ASTY Kyoto 1F West Area
Online shop sales / None

Chirimen sansho is cooked by a lady in the garden of the temple [Shoboin] in Omiya Matsubara. Chirimenjako, which is plump and elegantly cooked, is tangy with the addition of real Japanese pepper at the end. The lovely small boxes are all hand-painted by his wife, with motifs of the seasons and the scenery of Kyoto. The perfect size for small gifts and souvenirs is also nice.

Product / Chirimen Japanese pepper in a small box 35g 648 yen
Expiration date: 21 days including manufacturing date
Place of purchase / Isetan JR Kyoto B1F (Taste Selection area of famous long-established stores)
Online shop sales / Yes
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Itoken, a long-established confectionery manufacturer established in 1864, collaborated with the textile brand SOU-SOU. The yokan castella, which expresses a pop textile design in confectionery, is made with the same SO-SU-U (ten numbers) pattern that is representative of SOU-SOU. The egg-flavored bite-sized sponge cake is covered with yokan made from wasanbon (a type of sweet made from the traditional Japanese sugar called yokan), giving it a nostalgic flavor that is also appealing.

Product: SO-SU-U, yokan jelly castella (wasanbon), 10 pieces, 1,458 yen
Shelf life / 30 days from manufacturing date at room temperature
Sales location / JR Kyoto Isetan B1F
Online shop sales / Yes
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KYOTO AME is a candy company that incorporates European coloring techniques into Kyoto craftsmanship. The candy, designed with a Japanese feel, is beautifully colored and comes in a wide variety of flavors. Shirokin Temari is a lemon-lime flavored Kyo-Amame with a silky white color and colorful patterns like Temari. Kyo-Ame Hina, a store-exclusive product that is slightly smaller and cuter than the regular Kyo-Ame, is also popular. The candy lasts for about a year, so you can enjoy it for a long time while decorating.

Product/white silk handball 540 yen
Shelf life: 1 year at room temperature
Sales location/Kyoto Tower Sand 1F
Also available at JR Kyoto Isetan B1F and Kyoto Station Shinkansen Central Exit (inside ticket gates)
Online shop sales / Yes
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[GOOD NATURE STATION]'s original food brand, [GOOD NATURE MARKET] has released a limited product, Cacao Kyosenbee Matcha Cream Sandwich. This is a dish that is made by sandwiching fluffy matcha cream between cacao-scented Kyo-senbei crackers. The senbei, which are carefully baked one by one by the hands of a craftsman, are crisp and light to the touch. The packaging minimizes the amount of waste, making it environmentally friendly, and is attracting attention as a new souvenir from Kyoto.

Product / Cacao Kyo Senbei Matcha Cream Sandwich 6 pieces 1350 yen
Shelf life: 30 days at room temperature
Sales location/Yui branch (in Kyoto's famous confectionery and vegetable shop Yui) in front of the West Exit ticket gates of JR Kyoto Station
Online shop sales / None

Miyakozuke is a specialty of Akaoya, a long-established Kyoto pickles store that has been in business for over 100 years. Refreshingly flavored vegetables such as cucumber, myoga, and ginger are combined with the subtle bitterness of shishito peppers, and there is a choice of white, red, or eggplant. The red shibazuke type, slowly pickled with red perilla, has a refreshing taste with just the right amount of acidity that is loved by all. You can choose between finely chopped and whole ingredients, so choose the one that best suits your needs. The finely chopped type is recommended for use in ochazuke and rice balls.

Product / Miyako pickles 110g 486yen
Shelf life / About 60 days at room temperature
Sales location / B1F, Isetan JR Kyoto, Taste of Long-established Businesses
Online shop sales / Yes
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Gojo Chobei is popular for its tsukudani and pickles that make great souvenirs. The finely chopped wakame seaweed stalks are mixed with sansho (Japanese pepper) and small baby sardines and cooked in a secret sweet and spicy sauce, resulting in the addictive chewiness of the hotaruko. Accented with the tangy sansho (Japanese pepper), it makes white rice a feast.

Product / Hotaruko: 540 yen for 100g package *Price will change to 648 yen on October 1, 2024
Shelf life / 30 days in refrigeration, including the day of manufacture
Sales location / B1F, Isetan JR Kyoto, Taste of Long-established Businesses
Online shop sales / Yes
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[Umezono oyatsu] is a new confectionery shop that combines Japanese and Western styles created by [Amato Chaya Umezono], which was founded in 1927 (Showa 2). [Umezono] Mitarashi Butter Sandwich was completed after thinking about how to make the famous mitarashi dango sweets that can be taken home. The mitarashi dango sauce is sandwiched between crunchy cookies and butter cream with the soft scent of daiginjo.

Product / Mitarashi butter sandwich 5 pieces 1350 yen
Shelf life: 14 days when refrigerated
Sales location / JR Kyoto Isetan B1F
Online shop sales / Yes
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