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What are the souvenirs to bring back from Kyoto?

Kyoto, its temples, its landscapes ... but that's not all! Make room in your suitcases and go shopping. Here are our tips on what souvenirs and gifts to buy in Kyoto.

La vitrine de Zohiko

Zohiko

Located in the heart of Kyoto, the Zohiko store has been offering lacquers of exceptional quality for more than 350 years.

Shinbashi

The streets of Shinmonzen, Furumonzen and Shinbashi

Right next to Gion, the famous geisha district, a paradise for collectors can be found: several quiet streets which are full of traditional Japanese arts and crafts boutiques.

Choosing and Buying Ceramics in Japan

How do you decide which Japanese ceramics to purchase when you know almost nothing or nothing at all?

Strike a Pose in Kimono

Capture your honeymoon in Japan amongst the wonders of Kyoto wearing a sumptuous kimono!

Hyakumanben market

Hyakumanben

Near the University of Kyoto, in this student district students, on the fifteenth of each month, along the tree-lined paths of Chion-in, is held one of the three main markets of the city.

Ichihara Heibei Shôten

Ichihara Heibei Shôten

Yes, size matters. The ideal length of the chopsticks is the equivalent to one and half times the distance between the thumb and forefinger.

Hirata, who sells bamboo blind

Hirata

Sudare, bamboo blinds gently filter sunlight through windows and the wind brushes past them entering Japanese interiors.

Fuji Daimaru

Fuji Daimaru

Near Kawaramachi Station is one of the largest depato (abbreviation department store, shopping center) in Kyoto, Fuji Daimaru.

Fujimoto Saiundo

Fujimoto Saiundo

Looking for an original gift? A quaint souvenir? The old-fashioned store run by the Fujimoto couple as an introduction to the art of Nihon-ga, traditional Japanese painting.

Hanjiro

Hanjiro

A unique store of "specialized fashion", Hanjiro seduces the young with the diversity of the clothing it offers and its reasonable prices.

Cosmetics store Chidoriya

Chidoriya

In the former capital more than anywhere elsewhere, revamped traditional skincare and beauty products, have a certain attraction for the young and the not so young.

Daishodo

Daishodo

A bright store window filled with beautiful things; ukiyo-e (traditional prints), prints on wood, shin-hanga (an artistic movement that modernized print styles), books and other p

Book-Off Kyoto

Book-Off at Sanjo Keihan Station

Thanks to the this famous Japanese secondhand store, Book-Off, local music has almost no secrets for novices.

Pâtisserie des Rêves

La Patisserie des Rêves

The talented French pastry chef Philippe Conticini, known in France for his delicious Paris-Brest pastries, has exported his know-how of flavors, and his talent for evoking childhood

Avanti

Avanti

Imposing by its size and the impressive number of shops and restaurants, Avanti, which is accessible from Kyoto station, will delight shopaholics.

Tessaido shop prints.

Tessaido

Discover the shelves of this fabulous store between prints displaying the graceful curves of women or undulating landscapes of Japan and stylized paintings with a priceless cachet, you will find s

Uniqlo

Uniqlo

The best, warm, soft and resistant clothes ... with Japanese technology as a bonus!

Tozando

Tozando

Every apprentice warrior seeks the ideal equipment. Tozando store specializing in martial arts, leads curious visitors on the route of the sword.

Tsujikura

Tsujikura

No one can ignore the elegant walk of Japanese ladies hidden under their parasols when the sun comes out. Tsujikura makes it possible to bring back a fleeting image as a souvenir.

Teramachi-dori

Teramachi-dori

Teramachi street is full of perfect souvenirs to remember your stay in Japan long after you've returned.

The depatô Isetan located in Kyoto Station extends over 13 floors.

Isetan

In the Kyoto station , this complex avant-garde glass architecture built in 1997 by architect Hiroshi Hara, the depatô - Japanese department store - Isetan totaled thirteen floors.

Yojiya

Yojiya

How writers, poets, and painters have raved about the beauty of Japanese women: their velvety skin as white as milk, fluid and smooth their hair cascading over their neck...

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Kyoto Shopping

Kyoto shopping: read a guide to shopping in Kyoto including the department stores of Shijo Kawaramachi, Nishiki, Kyoto Station and Kitayama Dori.

Kyoto Handicraft Center

Kyoto Handicraft Center: read a guide to the Kyoto Handicraft Center, a one-stop emporium for Kyoto arts and crafts in Okazaki, Kyoto.

Kitchen Garden bio shop

Kitchen Garden

Japanese cuisine is particularly based on the quality of its ingredients, then arranged aesthetically. Organic ingredients are the key to its quality and culinary art form. 

 

Street Shinkyogoku

Shinkyogoku

The quintessential street filled with souvenir shops, the best buys aren't in Shinkyogoku, but it's where all the country's middle and high school students visit on a school trip to Kyoto.

Cave Ebina

Ebina

Upon arrival, Ebina-san is happy to help you find the bottles of wine you need for a long stay in Kyoto .

Bookstore Keibunsha

Keibunsha

In Kei Bunsha, books invite us to rethink the practice of reading; in the face of silent texts, only images bring meaning...

Shop Nintendo Wanpaku

Wanpaku

Kyoto, the city of Nintendo and other video game companies, has the minimum to satisfy gamers .

Green market Sisam

Sisam

The "handmade" market stalls at Chion-ji feature Southeast Asian clothing that is perfect for the hot and humid summer of Kyoto.

Kyoto Design House

Running out of inspiration? Kyoto Design House happens to be the perfect place to shop for some of the city's iconic trinkets, when the lack of gift ideas comes.

Shop Ikawa Tateguten

Sliding doors: Ikawa Tategu-ten

In how many books films, the shoji, those sliding wooden doors whose paper walls delicately filter the rays of the sun, have made themselves accomplices in murders and coh

Boutique incense LISN

LISN

LISN, a brand of Shoyeido, a three-hundred-year-old company, opened its incense shop in 2004.

Sfera

Sfera

Enclosed in a metallic structure with momiji motifs, the autumnal colored maple leaves, the Sfera building, and its minimalist interior play the figureheads of modernism in the la

Bronzes Nakajima shop

Nakajima

A budding collector? Are you looking for a beautiful old piece to decorate your little home? Run into the shop of Mr.

Jusan-ya shop comb

Jusan-ya

Malleable, revealing and symbolic, hair is the expression of art applied to the body. In the heart of Kyoto, a family has been making real hair Stradivarius for five generations.

Ippodo

Ippodo

A specialist in Japanese teas, Ippodo aims to introduce to the public the subtleties of a divine and delicate brew.

Cutlery Aritsugu

Aritsugu

As sharp as a sword, Japanese kitchen knives(hōchō) reflect quality and expertise second to none. The spirit of the blade reflects the heart of the person using it.

Morita Wagami

Morita Wagami

Literally "paper paradise", this shop in the Shimogyo district offers a wide selection of traditional papers of all kinds.

Konjaku Nishimura

Konjaku Nishimura

A traditional textile shop on Shinmonzen-dori in the heart of the Gion district, Konjaku Nishimura, offers a spectacular collection of antique clothing such as a k

Funahashiya

Funahashiya

On the corner of two pedestrian streets, a traditional old building with wooden panelling stands illuminated by light from the inside, and catches the eye...

Kyoto Design House.

Kyoto Design House Japanese Crafts

Kyoto Design House should be a port of call for all visitors to Kyoto interested in buying and taking home a Japanese craft item at a reasonable price.