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[2022] I want to aim for it! 9 popular baked confectionery shops in Kyoto

Introducing Kyoto's beloved baked sweets stores. From aroma and texture to flavor, these baked sweets are full of charm and attention to detail, making them the perfect snack or souvenir.
Find your favorite baked goods from a variety of flavors such as hard and soft, sable and cookies.

1.Carefully crafted baked sweets at cafe wakka, an old private house café / Nishijin

A small baked sweets cafe [cafe wakka] in Nishijin. Delicious baked goods are available for eat-in and take-out twice a week in a 100-year-old house. The counter is filled with baked goods such as cookies featuring the rabbit character Tsukimi-chan, pound cakes using seasonal ingredients, and shortbread.

cafe wakka baked goods

From the front, rice-flour snowballs, 380 yen. Raspberry jam cookies 350 yen. Tsukimichan sable 100 yen. Edam cheese and black pepper rice flour sable 280 yen. Fermented butter shortbread: 200 yen.

cafe wakka

  • Cafe Wacker
  • Open on April 30, 2020
  • 416 Nagato-machi, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 5 min. walk from bus stop "Senbon Marutamachi".
  • Tel: None
  • Check SNS for business days.
  • Cookies are +10 yen for eat-in.

2.Baked goods from [le murmure] that make you look forward to the second half of the week / Imadegawa

A baked sweets store run by sisters Naoko, a confectioner, and Yuko, who works to serve customers. They are open on Thursdays and Saturdays. The thick, crunchy galette, tourtupirene with red bean paste, fluffy and light chiffon, and other pastries are sure to lift your spirits the moment you see them all lined up at the counter.

Le Murmure's Tourtu Pyrenees

Torteux Pyrenees - 270 yen and up per piece. A pastry from the Pyrenees region of France baked in a large brioche mold. Plain with white bean paste mixed into the dough, chocolate with red bean paste mixed into the dough, etc.

le murmure

  • mule mule (any mammal of subfamily Mulemurinae)
  • October 28, 2021 open
  • 518 Hiki-cho, Teranouchi-sagaru, Ogawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 10 minutes walk from Subway "Imadegawa Station"
  • Tel: None
  • Open only on Thursdays and Saturdays
  • Eat-in not allowed

3.Sugiitora Patisserie labo" (Ichijyoji), a popular baked goods store, offers a wide variety of baked goods.

This baked confectionery specialty store opened as a new business model of SUGiTORA, which is known for its homemade gelato and creative parfaits. Currently, there are about 16 kinds of baked sweets made with top-class ingredients, including pound cakes with pears purchased directly from producers and financiers with the aroma of fermented butter from France. If you are lucky, you may be able to get a freshly baked one!

SUGiTORA Patisserie labo

Duckwords series starts from 297 yen. The scent of high-quality hazelnut powder and the melt-in-your-mouth texture that's lighter than you'd expect. 5 types including lemon tea, pistache, and chocolate

SUGiTORA Patisserie labo

  • Sugitora Patisserie Lab
  • December 16, 2021 open
  • 56-1 Umenokimachi, Ichijoji, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 6 minutes on foot from Eiden Ichijoji Station
  • Tel.075-708-5058
  • Eat-in not allowed

4.[Enjoy encountering the weekly baked sweets at "le tamis" / Tambabashi

A popular patisserie that opens only once a week on the first floor of an apartment building near Keihan Tanbabashi Station. The pastries lined up in the store are all made using carefully selected ingredients and production methods. In addition to the butter sandwiches, the flavors of which change with the seasons, there are many fans of specific products, such as the fragrant lemon cake made with Setouchi lemons.

le tamis baked goods

From the front, the signature product raisin butter sandwich is 324 yen per piece. Pistachio dacoise using two kinds of pistachio paste from Italy and Sicily, 300 yen per piece. A sakura strawberry butter sandwich made by sandwiching white bean paste-based butter cream in a sable made with cherry blossom leaves, 432 yen each.

le tamis

  • Le Tami
  • October 02, 2020 open
  • Kitagen Second Mansion 107, 7-9-1 Kyomachi Kita, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 1 minute walk from Keihan Tambabashi Station
  • Tel.075-285-2649
  • Open only on Fridays
    *Reservations required for the first 3 hours after opening.
  • Eat-in not allowed

5.[Hearty everyday snacks at [enfrune] / Mibu

Anfurne is a snack café that has appeared in Mibu's Nishishindo Nishikikikai shopping street, which has a downtown feel to it. The main items are baked sweets that are easy to eat for people of all ages. The owner, Mr. Osanai, who says, "I want to be an everyday snack," has a strong desire to deliver delicious food at his own pace, but without fail.

enfourner carrot cake, cheesecake, lemon cake

Clockwise from the top: carrot cake with cream frosting for 420 yen. A 500 yen cheesecake with lots of cream cheese, sour cream, and mascarpone, rich but not too sweet. Lemon cake recommended to be eaten chilled 400 yen

enfourner

  • Anfurne
  • July 15, 2022 open
  • 60-3 Mibu Shimomizocho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 8 minutes walk from Randen Saiin Station
  • Tel: None
  • Open once or twice a week (business days will be announced on SNS)

6.[Kaho Kaho Gosho Nishi Shop: Authentic baked sweets made with quality ingredients / Kyoto Gosho area

Kaho Kaho, a popular store established in Kyotanba, has appeared in the Gosho Nishi area of Kyoto City. [The simple baked sweets made with carefully selected ingredients, such as butter from Yotsuba Dairy and fresh heirloom eggs, have many fans throughout Japan. The shop always has about 20 varieties of baked goods on standby, including its signature butter sandwiches and tarts made with seasonal ingredients.

Kaho Kaho Gosho Nishi store

Butter sandwiches with butter cream mixed with Italian meringue and white chocolate, 507 yen each. (Photos from the front: Haskap, Double Cacao, Fig & Walnut)

Kaho Kaho Gosho Nishi store

  • mark-to-market comparison
  • June 10, 2022 open
  • 419 Horimatsu-cho, Sawaragi-cho, Karasuma-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
  • 1 minute walk from "Marutamachi" subway station
  • Tel. 075-606-5264

7.[Flavorful baked goods that soothe the senses / Shichiku

The café [Ayumi Ko] was a confectionery lover's dream in Ebisu, Tokyo. After recharging for three years in the U.S., the cafe reopened in Kyoto in 2018. The fox scones and ginger cakes that are well-known in recipe books are also available here. The eat-in area, where you can enjoy a monthly dessert set, is basically by reservation only.

Ayumi Flour Cookies

Cookies 756 yen. Plain, green tea, and chocolate. They are soft and delicious even when eaten cold.

walking powder

  • grip of a bow
  • 18, Shichiku Nishi-Minami-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 4 min. walk from bus stop "Shino Ueno-cho".
  • Tel. 075-495-7305
  • Check the official website and Instagram for the latest hours of operation.

8.Traditional baked sweets at Murakami Kaishindo, a long-established Western confectionery store / Kyoto City Hall area

Murakami Kaishindo is a long-established Western confectionery shop established in 1907. The store's plate glass doors, curved show windows, marble pillars, and other features from the Meiji and Taisho eras remain strong in the interior. Signature products include "Russian Cake," a baked sweet with a slightly softer dough than cookies, and cookie tins filled with 11 different flavors to enjoy.

Murakami Kaishindo's Russian Cake

Nostalgic tasting Russian cake 205 yen each

Murakami Kaishindo

  • Murakami Reformatory Party (1954-1954)
  • 62 Tokiwagi-cho, Teramachi-Dori Nijo Kamigaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
  • 4-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Subway Station
  • Tel. 075-231-1058

9.Rustic baked sweets from the handmade bakery "Sarasa Yakagashi Kobo" / Nijo Castle area

[A bakery specializing in baked goods developed by Cafe Sarasa. The store does not use large machines, but instead offers handmade tarts, cheesecakes, muffins, and other baked goods that line the shelves of the store every day. The store always offers about 30 varieties of cookies, each of which is satisfying and has a homey, comforting taste.

SARASA cookie tin M size from Sarasa Baked Confectionery Studio

SARASA Cookie Tin" based on American cookies, medium size, 2,700 yen

Sarasa Baked Goods Studio

  • Forsythia vahl
  • 309, Mikomo-cho, Sanjo-Dori, Inokuma-Nishiiru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
  • 7 minute walk from Subway Nijojo-mae Station
  • Tel. 075-822-1600
*Please note that the information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.

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