Nowhere takes chopsticks more seriously than this tiny establishment. Ohashi Kobo creates ...
You will find better, more authentic handicrafts elsewhere, but nothing like the variety. This ...
Matcha-coated coffee beans and pickled plum-flavoured peanuts are among the treats at this ...
The store looks brand new, but it has been in business for two decades, selling antique ...
Kyoto designer Masaki Tokuda has a fascination with faces, adding smiles and sulks to ...
The main branch of Osaka’s brash denim brand fits right into rowdy Kiyamachi. The two-tier ...
A textile-dyeing company with a history stretching back to 1919 runs the Pagong brand, best ...
If your friends back home won’t put up with receiving tourist tat as souvenirs, this is the ...
This neighbourhood has changed dramatically during the century since Funahashiya opened, with a ...
Hoodies, hats and trainers with the ape logo from NIGO®’s urban casual superbrand.
It’s quite a trek from anywhere, but this sake store is by far the best in the city. Owner ...
The granddaddy of shichimi (Japanese ‘seven spice’) shops has been trading here since the mid ...
A manufacturer of parts for aircraft and bullet trains uses its metalwork expertise to produce ...
If you’re looking for kitchenware, this is the place to go to. Aritsugu has been supplying the ...
For martial art fans or wannabe warriors, this is where you’ll find all the swords, knives, gi, ...
The highlight of Kyoto’s street of antique stores is this enormous six-room townhouse, crammed ...
Bucking the trend of machiyas getting slick makeovers, the owners of this clothing store have ...
The Sfera Building, designed by Swedish group Claesson Koivisto Rune in 2003, is an oasis of ...
Back when Kyoto was divided into blocks of merchants, this area specialised in crafting bamboo. ...
Cotton wholesaler Eirakuya was established in 1615, and almost four centuries later, the ...
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