Esteemed Uji-based tea supplier Koyamaen has been cultivating fine tea since the 17th century, ...
A textile-dyeing company with a history stretching back to 1919 runs the Pagong brand, best ...
This select gents’ fashion store stocks some of the hottest domestic brands, including the ...
One of Teramachi’s oldest tenants, this store first opened for business in 1663. It stocks a ...
In the remnants of a building by Tatsuno Kingo, the architect of Tokyo Station and the Bank of ...
Approaching its 300th anniversary, this paper fan specialist stocks around 100 designs, ranging ...
This cosy tempura restaurant comes from the people behind the Tawaraya ryokan. Guests of the ...
Almost two decades ago, this former bank was renovated into a two-storey cocktail complex with ...
If only they had put as much effort into the decor as the food: it’s an Indian ...
A former branch of the Bank of Japan, the building is arguably more impressive than its ...
Vineria, a bar that is the second location opened by Ristorante t.v.b, serves a la carte ...
If you’re going to make a mockery of your favourite song, why not do so with smoke machines, ...
Built by starchitect Kengo Kuma, Cocon Karasuma is filled with design-related concept stores ...
Acoustic, folk and pop shows dominate the schedule at this light, airy live venue that could do ...
There’s an unusual entrance policy at this black basement box: foreigners get in free so long ...
Jazz joints are intimate in Kyoto, but there’s nowhere quite like this skinny bar. At a push, ...
It began life as a skater-influenced streetwear boutique, but this store has soared upmarket ...
The Kyoto brand Sou-Sou produces hip reinventions of Japanese workwear. The ground floor offers ...
The city’s hippest boutique occupies the second floor of a Tadao Ando building, selling designs ...
If your friends back home won’t put up with receiving tourist tat as souvenirs, this is the ...
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