[2023] 23 Christmas Cakes in the City of Kyoto
Afternoon tea in a luxurious space offers a sumptuous and glamorous lineup that will lift your spirits. The chef's ingenuity shines through at each location. It is recommended as a treat for yourself or as a gift. Enjoy a relaxing moment while feeling the concept that is filled with attention to detail.
*All prices listed include tax.
A colorful afternoon tea featuring seasonal ingredients based on the theme of the atmospheric autumn season. The tea is served course by course, with tea pairings carefully selected by the sommelier to match each dish and sweet. Enjoy an elegant afternoon in the restaurant decorated with autumnal flowers, while recalling the seasonal scenes that accompany each dish.
Location: Park Hyatt Kyoto 1F [The Living Room]
Period / Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - Saturday, November 30, 2024
Time / 12:00-17:00 (LO)
Price / Autumn afternoon tea: 6,600 yen per person (not including tax)
This afternoon tea features a wide variety of autumnal ingredients, including sweet potato chestnuts and pumpkin. The seven sweets that adorn the plate and the gorgeous savory dishes using truffle-flavored beef, salmon, and other ingredients make for a satisfying meal. The tea is served in a tea set made by Okura Toen, a renowned manufacturer of Japan's finest Western tableware, and the attention to detail shines through in every aspect of the tea. Enjoy the delicacies of autumn in the open-air lounge.
Location: The Westin Miyako Hotel Kyoto 2F Tea Lounge [Mayfair]
Period / Friday, November 1, 2024 - Saturday, November 30, 2024
Time / 11:30 -, 12:00 -, 14:00 -, 14:30 -, 15:00 -, 15:30 - *2 hours each
Price / Autumn Harvest Festival Afternoon Tea: 6,500 yen per person (including tax and service charge)
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From November 1, 2024 (Fri.) to January 7, 2025 (Tue.), under the theme of "Winter Skin Care," an afternoon tea featuring ingredients selected by YAKUNIHON-DO, a Chinese herbal medicine specialty store, with Japanese sweets from KAMEYA RYOCHO and savories specially prepared by Saryo Hachisui will be served. The beverage is Hibicha, a blend of barley tea with the rich flavor of rooibos and the gorgeous aroma of rose and jasmine. The menu also includes 24 other free-flowing drinks, so take your time to savor and enrich your body and soul.
Location: Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto [Saryo Hassui]
Period / Friday, November 1, 2024 - Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Time / 4 sessions: 11:00~, 12:30~, 14:00~, 15:30~ (Duration / 90 minutes each)
Price: Japanese afternoon tea 6,100 yen per person (service included) *Plans with champagne and matcha are available
Reservation / Reservation required by 17:00 two days before
Afternoon tea to enjoy the bounty of autumn, including chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins. Sweets and savories made with seasonal ingredients are colorfully arranged to delight both taste and appearance. Mont Blanc, in which the staff squeeze chestnut cream in front of your eyes to finish it off, can be added as an option (+600 yen). Enjoy an elegant moment with a cup of tea from the wide selection of teas available.
Place / Darwa Yuraku Kyoto 1F [Lounge & Bar 1867]
Period / November 1 (Friday) to 30 (Saturday), 2024
Time/12:00~, 13:00~, 14:00~, 15:00~ (2 hours each *Free-flow LO is 30 minutes before the end time)
Price: Autumn afternoon tea 6,000 yen per person (including tax) / 6,600 yen per person (including tax) with freshly made Mont Blanc
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At Saryo, a Japanese-style annex located in the hotel's Japanese garden, you can enjoy a Japanese-style afternoon tea set that focuses on Kyoto ingredients and seasonal flavors, including a two-tiered set of Japanese and Western sweets and a savory savory dish using autumn ingredients. Saryo, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, also has a special appearance during the season of autumn leaves. Enjoy a special moment in a dignified space while savoring each dish sprinkled with the flavors of autumn.
Place: The Prince Kyoto Takaragaike [Saryo]
Period / Fridays through Sundays and holidays from September 1 (Sun.) to November 30 (Sat.), 2024 (limited to 10 persons per day)
Hours: 12:00 - 14:00 (last entry)
Price / Japanese afternoon tea set to savor the autumn: 10,000 yen per person (not including tax)
Reservations / Reservations required at least 7 days in advance
The theme of afternoon tea at Fauchon Hotel Kyoto (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture), Japan's first gourmet hotel by FAUCHON, a gastronomic brand originating in Paris, is "Traveling France with Afternoon Tea. In addition to tasting local pastries and cuisine from various regions of France all at once, guests are treated to the hotel's special brioche cut out from a hall and served. The menu also includes more than 20 teas from FAUCHON, a renowned French tea brand, as well as a full lineup of drinks. Enjoy a gourmet trip to France through afternoon tea rich in local flavors.
Place: Fauchon Hotel Kyoto, 10F [Salon de la Fauchon]
Period / September 1 (Sun) - September 30 (Mon), 2024, November 1 (Fri) - November 24 (Sun), 2024
Time / 【Lunch】 11:00-13:00, 14:00-16:00 *2 hours
Evening Session] 17:00-22:00 (LO/20:00) *You can start at any time you like.
Price / Traveling France Afternoon Tea: 7,500 yen per person (including tax and service charge)
Reservation/reservation required
[The afternoon tea lineup at Mercure Kyoto Station (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is filled with the specialties of an Italian restaurant. In addition to the chef's signature sweets using ingredients in season in autumn, such as chestnuts, hojicha green tea, and pears, the menu also features Italian home-style dishes and savories, such as burgers with salsiccia, which originated in Italy, sandwiched between handmade buns. Enjoy the combination of autumnal flavors and Italian cuisine along with the hotel's original blend of tea.
Place/Mercure Kyoto Station 1F [TRATTORIA M KYOTO]
Period / September 17 (Tuesday) to December 15 (Sunday), 2024
Time/14:30-17:00 (LO/15:00) 2 hours (drinks 90 minutes)
Price / Afternoon tea with autumn flavors: 4,950 yen per person (including tax and service charge)
Reservations/Reservations required by 5:00 p.m. the day before
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The lineup of exciting looking and tasting dishes, richly decorated with seasonal fruits, vegetables, and spices to represent colorful Christmas tree ornaments, is sure to be a special festive season treat for you. Enjoy a festive tea time in the chic Lobby Lounge overlooking the 800-year-old garden.
Location: Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto 3F [The Lounge & Bar]
Period / Sunday, December 1, 2024 - Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Time/Part 1 12:00-14:30 (LO/14:00), Part 2 15:00-17:30 (LO/17:00)
Price/Festive Afternoon Tea: 7,500 yen per person on weekdays, 8,300 yen per person on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays (all incl. service charge)
Reservation/reservation required
Charming sweets and savories based on white and red tones, featuring reindeer, sleighs, trees, candles, and other familiar Christmas items, create a heartwarming Christmas scene. In addition, the free-flow drink menu offers a full lineup of more than 20 types of drinks, including original Japanese black tea, flavored tea, and café lattes. Don't miss out on this adorable limited-time afternoon tea inspired by a snowy Christmas.
Location: THE THOUSAND KYOTO 2F Cafe & Bar [TEA AND BAR]
Period / Friday, November 8, 2024 - Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Time / 3 sessions: 11:30-13:30, 15:00-17:00, 18:30-20:30
Price / Snowy! White Christmas Afternoon Tea 7,000 yen per person (incl. service charge)
8300 yen per person including a glass of champagne.
Reservations/ Reservations required by noon the day before (reservations can be made for one person).
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Afternoon tea based on the concept of black is now available to enliven the autumn season for adults. Ten types of desserts and four types of savories using rich chocolate, bamboo ink powder, black seven spice, and other ingredients are lined up in a lineup that will keep you coming back for more. Enjoy a quality time in a relaxed Japanese modern space, and look forward to the limited time offerings in October, when the menu will change to a Halloween theme with a playful twist.
place/sequence KYOTO GOJO 1F [THE TASTE]
Period: Thursday-Sunday, September 1 (Sun.) through November 30 (Sat.), 2024
Hours: 14:00-17:00 (last entry at 15:00)
Price / Black Afternoon Tea 4,500 yen per person
Reservations/Reservations required by 2:00 p.m. the day before
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Salon de KANBAYASHI (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto), a café of the long-established tea shop Harumatsu Kamibayashi Honten in Uji, Kyoto, which has been in business for 450 years, offers afternoon tea in the style of a five-tiered stacked box resembling the Yasaka-no-to pagoda. The patissier boasts a lineup of sweets and autumnal savories using matcha green tea and roasted tea, which only a tea shop can offer. [The two-hour drink menu also includes original sencha green tea from the Kamibayashi Harumatsu Honten Tea Shop.
Place: [Salon de KANBAYASHI] in AKAGANE RESORT KYOTO HIGASHIYAMA 1925
Period / September 2 (Monday) to November 29 (Friday), 2024
Hours/11:30-17:00 (*2, 5 hours, LO/30 min. before)
Price / 5-tiered afternoon tea "Kyo KASANE" 4,800 yen per person
Includes 5 kinds of tea bags as souvenirs. 5,500 yen per person (including tax and service charge)
Reservation / Reservation required at least 2 days in advance
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Afternoon tea at Dessert Cafe Chorakukan, designated as a Tangible Cultural Property of Kyoto City, can be enjoyed in the rococo drawing room [Geihin no Ma]. This season's menu features a variety of seasonal ingredients, such as pumpkin, autumn fish, and mushroom savory, sweet chestnut Mont Blanc, and juicy pear tart, to express the harvest season. Enjoy an authentic tea time in an extraordinary space.
Place / Dessert Cafe Chorakukan [Guest Room]
Period / October 1 (Tuesday) to November 22 (Friday), 2024 *Closed on October 9 (Wednesday) and November 6 (Wednesday), 2024
Time/12:00-18:00 *Two sessions
Price / Autumn Afternoon Tea 6,000 yen per person (not including tax)
Reservations/Reservations required (from 2 persons)
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Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto), which will celebrate its 55th anniversary on November 1, 2024 (Friday), is offering a commemorative afternoon tea set. Consisting of nine savory dishes and seven types of sweets, guests can enjoy an exciting menu of swan choux, tarts, and other delicacies, along with a full lineup of beverages. Take this opportunity to enjoy a supreme commemorative plate presented by the chef.
Place/Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto 1st floor lounge [All Day Dining Kaza
Period / Friday, November 1, 2024 - Saturday, November 30, 2024
Hours/10:00-17:00 (LO)*2 hours
Price: 5555 yen per person (including tax) for the 55th anniversary afternoon tea set (limited to 10 servings per day)
[The afternoon tea at Kappo restaurant Ryozen in Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) offers a beautifully balanced combination of Japanese and Western sweets and Japanese savory dishes that are unique to a Japanese restaurant, providing a delicate and refined taste experience. In addition to white miso and sake lees, which give the tea a Kyoto-like flavor, seasonal ingredients such as purple sweet potatoes and Japanese chestnuts are used to create a deep taste. The drinks are also carefully selected, using tea leaves imported from 7T+, a specialty tea store in Kyoto, and other sources, so that customers can enjoy the different colors and flavors of the tea. Enjoy your drinks in a special space overlooking the Noh stage.
Place/Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto 3F Kappo Cuisine [Ryozen]
Period / October 1, 2024 (Friday) - November 30, 2024 (Saturday)
Hours: 12:00-17:00 (LO/16:00)
Price/ 7100 yen per person (incl. service charge)
Reservations / Reservations available
With the theme of red roses, this afternoon tea expresses the classical atmosphere of the West. The tea will be decorated with Christmas decorations from December 4 (Wed.) to 25 (Wed.). Enjoy your tea time at the table decorated with flower petals.
Place/ART MON ZEN KYOTO Restaurant [THE TERRACE & BAR]
Period / Saturday, November 2, 2024 - Late January, 2025
Time / 12:00 -, 12:30 -, 15:00 -, 15:30 -
2 hours (free-flow LO / 30 min. before)
Price / Classical Red Rose Afternoon Tea (*Classical Red Rose Christmas Afternoon Tea from December 4 (Wed) to 25 (Wed))
6,900 yen per person (incl. service charge)
Special price for reservations made through the official website or by phone: weekdays 6500 yen (including tax), Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 6700 yen (including tax)
Special rate for December 21 (Sat.) - 25 (Wed.) and December 28 (Sat.) - January 5 (Sun.), 2025: 7200 yen per person (including tax and service charge)
*Special price for reservations made through the official website or by phone: 7,000 yen (incl. service charge)
Reservations / Reservations required by 11:00 a.m. the day before (reservations are accepted from 2 persons)
In collaboration with NEMOHAMO, Kyoto's first organic cosmetics brand, 11 kinds of sweets and savories inspired by the brand's concept, "Bringing the power of whole plants to your skin. The menu features a total of 11 types of sweets and savories inspired by the brand's concept, "From the power of whole plants to your skin. The menu, inspired by the orange packaging that looks as if it has been bathed in the sun, is centered around the rich autumn flavors and uses many ingredients typical of Kyoto. Enjoy the unique flavors that incorporate beauty-conscious elements.
Place/GOOD NATURE STATION 1F [ERUTAN RESTAURANT/BAR]
Period / October 22 (Tuesday) to December 4 (Wednesday), 2024
Serving time / 14:30, 15:00, 15:30 (seat use / 2 hours)
Price/NEMOHAMO×ERUTAN Afternoon Tea
With 2 drinks / 3980 yen per person, with free-flow / 4300 yen per person (both incl. service charge)
Includes 1 sheet mask and [NEMOHAMO] discount coupon
After the sheet mask distribution, 2 drinks included (3800 yen per person), free flow included (4200 yen per person)
Reservation/reservation required
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A summery tropical afternoon tea starring mango is now available from The Shinmonzen, a luxury boutique hotel on the Gion Shirakawa River (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto). The sandwiches have been creatively arranged with ingredients such as plum cream cheese and shiso to accentuate the flavors of the pastries and rich cakes. Along with the carefully selected lineup, enjoy a selection of cool and refreshing cold teas.
Place: The Shinmonzen [Riverside terrace or private restaurant room]
Period / August 1, 2024 (Thursday) -
Time/14:00-16:00 (LO/15:30)
Price / MANGO AFTERNOON TEA 7,000 yen per person (incl. service charge)
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