Six photogenic café you cannot miss in Kyoto! We have selected café that are very photogenic such as sweets with wonderful decorations and carefully selected interiors!
There are many well-established coffee shops in Kyoto, where the café culture has taken roots.
Nowadays, café that serve photogenic drinks and desserts are getting attention.
Many photogenic café menus have appeared on social media from the tourists who went to Kyoto.
We will introduce 6 photogenic cafes in Japan that female repeaters will love.
1. Colorful cream soda and cute pop interior! “SHIN-SETSU”
2. A museum-like café with specimens of animal and plants “Usagi no Nedoko Café”
3. Popular magical lemonade that changes color! “LITT UP.KYOTO Shichijo Main Store”
4. Store itself is a dry flower forest. A healing café run by a florist “1er ETAGE”
5. Modern store interior with baskets made of bamboo from Arashiyama, Kyoto “koe donuts Kyoto”
6. An old wooden building with cute public bath tiles. Japanese-style antique café “café SARASA NISHIJIN”
2. A museum-like café with specimens of animal and plants “Usagi no Nedoko Café”
3. Popular magical lemonade that changes color! “LITT UP.KYOTO Shichijo Main Store”
4. Store itself is a dry flower forest. A healing café run by a florist “1er ETAGE”
5. Modern store interior with baskets made of bamboo from Arashiyama, Kyoto “koe donuts Kyoto”
6. An old wooden building with cute public bath tiles. Japanese-style antique café “café SARASA NISHIJIN”
Colorful cream soda and cute pop interior! “SHIN-SETSU”
At the corner of Teramachi shopping street, there is a lovely café with pretty blue door. Cream soda has been a popular Japanese café menu for a long time.
The classic drink is the green melon soda with ice cream on top but the cream soda of “SHIN-SETSU” has 24 different colors.
Colorful cream soda such as pink hibiscus, blue curacao, red cherry lime, and etc. is sure to look good on social media.
The menu you want to order with cream soda is pancakes.
The syrup on the hot iron plate is caramelized turning into a rich caramel sauce with a sweet scent rising and further appetizing.
| Store Name | SHIN-SETSU |
| Phone Number | +81-75-221-4468 |
| Address | 277 Enfukujimae-cho, Nishikikoji-agaru, Teramachi-dori, Nakagyo-ku Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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| Opening Hours | Weekdays 2:00PM-8:00PM (L.O. 7:00PM) Saturday 1:00PM-8:00PM (L.O. 7:00PM) Sunday and National Holidays noon-8:00PM (L.O. 7:00PM) |
| Closed Days | Irregular Holidays *Please check beforehand on Instagram, Twitter, or by phone. |
A museum-like café with specimens of animal and plants “Usagi no Nedoko Café”
“Usagi no Nedoko Café” with a theme of “conveying the beauty of nature” is a mysterious museum-like café.
Opposite from the exterior of the Kyoto’s townhouses, the interior of the shop is modern and has many specimens of plants, minerals, and animals.
The recommended menu is the sweet with a motif of minerals such as crystal and amethyst.
It looks wasteful to eat since it shines brightly and looks so beautiful.
Not only sweets but there are also lunch menu and alcohol.
Next to the café, there is “Mise” which sells specimens and “Yado” on the second floor where only one pair guest can stay. Guests of “Yado” can use the café at a discounted price.
| Store Name | Usagi no Nedoko Café |
| Phone Number | +81-75-366-6668 |
| Address | 37 Nishinokyo Minamiharamachi, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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| Opening Hours | Café 11:30AM-7:00PM (L.O. 6:00PM) |
| Closed Days | Thursday |
Popular magical lemonade that changes color! “LITT UP.KYOTO Shichijo Main Store”
“LITT UP.KYOTO” is getting attention by the food and drink that will look great on Instagram.
The recommended menu is the lemonade that changes color.
Pour the syrup into a transparent drink with a rose pedals floating which then turns blue or squeeze the lemon to change the color to pink.
The magical lemonade is very popular with girls.
There are many other cute menu items such as colorful cupcakes and toasts.
“LITT UP.KYOTO Shichijo Main Store” is very popular and there is always a long line but you can make a reservation in advance through LINE or Instagram.
Great with social media! “LITT UP.KYOTO” is a must-go for girls traveling in Kyoto who loves KAWAII culture.
| Store Name | LITT UP.KYOTO Shichijo Main Store |
| Phone Number | +81-50-1063-6661 |
| Address | 2F 6-14 Honmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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| Opening Hours | 10:00AM-6:00PM |
| Closed Days | Irregular Holidays |
Store itself is a dry flower forest. A healing café run by a florist “1er ETAGE”
With all the beautiful dry flowers at the entrance, “1er ETAGE” is like being lost in a forest.
As soon as you enter, you will be surprised that you can’t but say how great it is.
Dried flowers that are all made at the store can be purchased from one flowers.
Swags and wreaths can also be made.
The most popular menu at the café is Hojicha latte.
It is said to be extra delicious among the latte that most people have ever had.
It is a shop where you can rest and relax from the hustle and bustle of Kyoto where there are many tourists that come and go.
The sweet fragrance of dried flowers also has a high healing effect that you can feel with your five senses.
| Store Name | 1er ETAGE |
| Phone Number | +81-50-1114-9498 |
| Address | 342 Iseya-cho, Rokkaku-sagaru, Gokomachi-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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| Opening Hours | 12:00PM-7:00PM |
| Closed Days | Irregular Holidays |
“koe donuts Kyoto,” café with a modern store interior with baskets made of bamboo from Arashiyama, Kyoto.
This is a donut café that focuses on local production for local consumption and natural organic products. Eggs and milk, which are the bases for making donuts, are made from materials from Miyama, a famous place in Kyoto, where nature is abundant, based on ethical initiatives considering the people, society, global environment, and region.
Not only the simple plain donut, there are unique donuts using ingredients of Kyoto such as red perilla and red kidney bean which are also popular.
The interior is a modern space designed by the famous architect, Kengo Kuma. The basket made from bamboo from Arashiyama, Kyoto, which is famous for its bamboo forest, is placed on the ceiling, giving a modern warm atmosphere.
| Store Name | koe donuts Kyoto |
| Phone Number | +81-75-748-1162 |
| Address | 557 Nakano-cho, Shijo-agaru, Shinkyogoku-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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| Opening Hours | 8:00AM-8:00PM |
| Closed Days | Irregular Holidays |
An old wooden building with cute public bath tiles. Japanese-style antique café “cafe SARASA NISHIJIN”
“cafe SARASA NISHIJIN” is an eye-catching Japanese traditional building likely to appear in the movie “Spirited Away.” When opening the antique wooden door, there opens a tiled retro space which was a 80 years old public bath that was renovated.
One of the interesting dish is the hearty rice menu, “lettuce wrapped beef stir fried rice.”
It might look like just a whole lettuce but when you open the lettuce, fried rice with simmering beef comes out and the crispy texture with the lettuce is a perfect match.
There are occasional live performances inside the store. Experience the good sound that can only be heard from the building of the public bath.
| Store Name | cafe SARASA NISHIJIN |
| Phone Number | +81-75-432-5075 |
| Address | 11-1 Murasakinohigashifujinomori-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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| Opening Hours | 12:00PM-11:00PM (L.O. 10:00PM) |
| Closed Days | Irregular Holidays |
here are many photogenic cafés in Kyoto that are sure to look great on social media. We also recommend traveling to Kyoto to explore unique cafes. You can make lots of memories that you can show to your friends!
*The information herein is as of February 2020.
