YUZU GREEN TONIC

Yuzu citron cofiture mixed with infusion green tea and tonic.

IYEMON SALON KYOTO (伊右衛門サロン)
http://iyemonsalon.jp/

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Mizu-Yokan.

Gokomachi TSUBAKI (御幸町つばき)
http://www.kyoto-tsubaki.jp/index.html

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Fig compote.

Gokomachi TSUBAKI (御幸町つばき)
http://www.kyoto-tsubaki.jp/index.html

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Excellent Japanese cuisine.

Gokomachi TSUBAKI (御幸町つばき)
http://www.kyoto-tsubaki.jp/index.html

(special edition) PARTY!

Excellent Japanese cuisine.

Gokomachi TSUBAKI (御幸町つばき)
http://www.kyoto-tsubaki.jp/index.html

Smooth Atmosphere

One of the most renowned pancakes in Kyoto, being made from a kind of whiskey "The MACALLAN".

Dessert Bar Krepe
http://ksix.jp/krepe/

Cultivated Space

I enjoyed refined course style cuisine in a traditional Japanese restaurant. At the end of the course, sweet red bean paste jelly was served.

Gion Kappo Shouan (祇園割烹 匠庵)
http://www.shouan.co.jp/

LATTE ART

My friend made me nice cappuccino. She advanced to the semifinals at JBC(Japan Barista Championship)2012. Best wishes!

Ogawa Coffee The Cafe
http://www.oc-ogawa.co.jp/

TOFU confectionery

Soft ice cream containing tofu and milk. It is produced by a store specializing in boiled tofu. You can buy one on the way to Kiyomizu-dera Temple.

KIYOMIZU JUNSEI OKABEYA(清水順正 おかべ家)
http://www.okabeya.com/

Kiyomizu-dera Temple(清水寺)
http://www.kiyomizudera.or.jp/

Powder Snow

Shaved ice with fig syrup. It is made of natural ice(天然氷) and provides powder-snow-like light texture.

Gion NITI (祇園 日)
http://www.gion-niti.com/

summer feature

In a WAGASHI shop. Round paper funs on the wall are one of the summer features in Kyoto. Geisha present them to long-familiar shops.

Geisha

Talk with an apprentice geisha(舞妓はん), with a glass of green-tea in my hand. Kimono, hair-pin and hair-style show us her career as a geisha. Summery blue Kimono is cool-looking.

(extra edition) Gozan no Okuribi

At a little known good spot for seeing Daimonji bon fire.

大文字送り火の穴場
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/二条駅

after Sushi

I had Temari-zushi(手毬寿司). They were smaller than general Sushi and looked like Japanese traditional handball. After Sushi a bracken-starch dumpling with powdered green tea(抹茶わらび餅) was served.

Mametora(豆寅 祇園店)
http://www.kiwa-group.co.jp/restaurant/i100541.html

Sherbet Tone

Plover-like refined Japanese sugar(和三盆ちどり). Choosing which to have first from five colors is pleasant.

Ponto-cho Suruga-ya(先斗町 駿河屋)
http://www.pontocho-surugaya.com/

like a plover

Gyuuhi, a kind of rice cake made by kneading, and red bean pastes are sandwiched by folded Kasutera. Used a plover as a subject, it is named "Chidori-Yaki(ちどりやき)".

Ponto-cho Suruga-ya(先斗町 駿河屋)
http://www.pontocho-surugaya.com/

Historical Building

One of the oldest establishments among wagashi confectioners that remain based in Kyoto. The building is one of the nation's registered tangible cultural properties.

Sioyoshi-Ken(塩芳軒)
http://www.kyogashi.com/kyoto/main.html

(extra edition) Festival!!

The star festival in Kyoto.(京の七夕)
A lantern.

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The star festival in Kyoto.(京の七夕)
A bamboo objet.

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The star festival in Kyoto.(京の七夕)
Yuzen‐printed kimono texture in a river is illuminated.

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The star festival in Kyoto(京の七夕).
Lighting performance at Nijyo Castle listed as World heritage sites.

Airy Pancake

This is a pancake mixed with green tea. You can enjoy a variety of tastes spreading syrup, red bean paste and butter seasoned with brown sugar.

Umezono cafe & gallery (うめぞの カフェ&ギャラリー)
http://umezono-kyoto.com/cafe/

Fu-manjuu on Kutani ware

I called on my good senior and his family with fu-manjuu(麩饅頭). My senior send me this photo with thank-you letter. Fu-manjuu, which is made from nama-fu(生麩) and red bean jam, is wrapped in a bamboo leaf.

Fuuka(麩嘉)
http://www.kyoto-nishiki.or.jp/omise/tofu/tenpo-049.html

Daimonji Chocolate

Black soy-beans(kuromame) chocolate packed in a beautiful box on which Daimonji Bonfire is drawn.

made by Hanase(離世).
http://www.hanase.co.jp/