Information of Shops

Touan

The Touan Nishiki-koji Store is located in Nishiki Market, the "kitchen of Kyoto," affectionately known as "Nishiki" to the people of Kyoto. The store is a place where you can easily find Kyo-yaki and Kiyomizu-yaki fine ceramic pottery handmade by skilled craftspeople.

• Kyoyaki Pottery

TerakoyaHonpo

This sembei (rice crackers) and dango (rice dumplings) shop is located just inside the west entrance of Nishiki Market. They stick to the traditional method of making sembei. Domestic sticky rice is steamed and pounded into rice cakes, which are then baked with a soy-sauce-based sauce made with a secret recipe. The most popular products are mochi rice crackers made from 100% domestic sticky rice, nure-okaki (rice crackers with a chewy inside), and dango made of sticky rice.

• BakedMochi Ricecookie

Pulau Deco

The name of the shop reflects its main concept of creating your own island paradise in your home. “Pulau” means “island” in Indonesian. Many of the tableware and other items are imported from Bali. Japanese ceramics such as Kiyomizu-yaki and Arita-yaki are also featured.

• Pottery goods

Ochanoko saisai

Ochanoko Saisai is a specialty store that sells chili pepper seasoning, which is a must for those who love spicy food. In particular, the “Maiko Han Hee Hee (literally, ‘Maiko scream’)” series is captivating hot spicy food lovers. Made with domestically produced habanero chili peppers, it is characterized by a hot spiciness that lingers in the mouth. In addition, there are many other specialty products such as yuzu shichimi (shichimi seven spices with yuzu citrus), black shichimi, and “Kyo-Rayu (chili oil) Furikake,” a delicious topping that makes eating rice irresistible.

• Kyo Condiment specialty store

Yuuzen

Chopsticks can be the perfect souvenir of Kyoto. It is fun to choose from among about 800 varieties with expert advice at this shop. In addition to chopsticks, the shop also has chopstick rests, Kiyomizu-yaki and Mino-yaki tableware, and Ishizuka glassware. They offer a service of engraving names, dates, and messages on chopsticks free of charge. These chopsticks will become a memorable gift.

• Chopsticks specialty store

Kidoairaku

The husband, Yosuke, works with the potter's wheel and his wife, Chie, paints the pottery. The couple creates their pottery together and sells it at this shop. The kiln is located in the storehouse at back of the traditional Kyoto-style townhouse, known to be as long and narrow as “an eel’s bed.” The potter's wheel is located inside the shop, and if you happen to visit at the right timing, you can see the potters at work. Tasting and sales of sake by Tanzan Sake Brewery are also available at the store.

• Tableware and sake

Fuka

The history of the main shop of Fuka, which manufactures and sells nama-fu (Nama-fu are raw gluten cakes used for cooking), is long, with records showing that it was supplying nama-fu to the Imperial Palace in the Keio era (1865-1868) at the end of the Edo period. The Nishiki store opened around 1980 as a retail store. Production is done at the main store, which takes pride in making fu by hand without relying on machines. Their fish-shaped cakes with sweet bean fillings “Taiyaki fu manju” are now popular as a new type of fu manju dessert.

• Namafu

Sawawa

You can tell by the color of the shop’s curtains and sign that this store has something to do with green tea. It specializes in matcha green tea sweets, especially on sweets using matcha from Uji. The first floor sells a variety of matcha sweets, and the second floor is a café, which offers a menu that includes warabimochi (bracken starch jelly), parfaits, and anmitsu (a sweet bean paste desert with agar-agar jelly, etc.). They use spring-harvested tea leaves and the grinding is done in a stone mortar right in the store for you to see.

• Matcha Sweets

Kyo nishiki Kanzashi-Ya Wargo

Kyo Nishiki Kanzashiya wargo Neko Mashigura is a select store that carries "Kanzashiya wargo", Japan's number one hairpin specialty store, "Neko Mashigura", a select store featuring selected cat goods, and "musumusu", a simple, minimalistic, and trendy sauna brand from Japan.

• Kanzashi(ornamental hairpin)

SNOOPY Tea House

This store is like a paradise for Snoopy fans. The first floor of the store, converted from an old Kyoto townhouse, sells a variety of Snoopy goods. It has a take-out corner for dorayaki sweet bean paste sandwiches and soft-serve ice cream. Even these are designed with Peanuts characters. The second floor is a restaurant, where of course all the menu items are decorated with Peanuts characters.

• Snoopy themed goods,Tea House