8 recommended dango in Kyoto❤eating and walking around in kimono❤ look great on instagram♪

Kyoto is known for its wagashi (Japanese sweets)!
“I want to eat many delicious Japanese sweets”
Many of you will think when you visit Kyoto. ☺
 
You just call it Wagashi, Japanese sweets, but
it varies from traditional one from famous stores
that have been around for a long time
to the latest photogenic one
that would look great on Instagram.
 
Of all these wagashi, the one that everyone has eaten
at least once is probably the familiar「dango」.
 
Dango has been familiar and loved by both men and women and people of all ages.
 
In Japan, there is a custom of eating Japanese sweets
such as dango and mochi rice cakes on seasonal festivals.
 
In this issue we'd like to introduce dango, mochi, and cafés
that you should definitely try when you come to Kyoto!
 
A popular dango shop with having a long history,
mochi, and the latest dango cafes with photo zone in it.
Please check out must-try dango resturant in Kyoto☆.

The first dango shop you will want to visit in Kyoto is [ICHIMARU5]
ICHIMARU5, marked by a round hanging signboard made in the image of dango
is located on Chawanzaka street.
This is a place to stop by for a short break on the long slope to Kiyomizu-dera Temple.
White based interior and a photo space with dried flowers
make it a definite instagrammable place!
You can take cute pictures in both kimono and your clothes. ❤︎
Seasonal dango and soft ice cream
many instagram-worthy drinks available. 
After changed into kimono, you can enjoy dango with cute toppings on it.
Take an adorable picture or video of yourself with a drink in one hand😊.

【ICHIMARU5 Main Store】
Address: Kyoto, Higashiyama-ku, Gojobashi Higashi 6-540-6
Phone: 075-533-8388
Opening Hours: 10:00-17:00
No regular holiday
https://instagram.com/ichimaru5_kyoto?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

【Marumochiya Kiyomizu Store】opened on September 1
on Chawanzaka street, the slope to the Kiyomizu temple. 
A lovely three-colored marumochi dango filled with grained bean paste, mitarashi, and green tea bean paste.
Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy inside.
Each ball stuffed with different bean paste, small enough to eat in one bite.
Please compare three different colors of dango😊.
The fox-designed packaging makes it a great Kyoto souvenir ❤︎
 
When you crack open the ball, it pops and bean paste comes out.
Served with brown sugar syrup and soybean flour, its texture is just like warabimochi.
Mizumaru Mochi has received 260,000 likes on SNS.
This is the newest and most talked-about sweet!
Both are portable, perfect for eating on the go.
ICHIMARU5 main store and Marumochiya Kiyomizu store are very close to Rental Kimono Okamoto main store!
A photo space available. Please stop by after you rent a kimono♪
You will be able to take a lot of cute pictures.

【marumochiya kiyomizu store】
Address: 〒605-0846 Kyoto Higashiyama-ku Gojobashi Higashi 6chomae 540-7
Phone: 075-533-8388
Opening Hours: 10:00-17:00
No regular holiday
https://instagram.com/marumochi.kiyomizu?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Maruyama Park, a well-known spot to view weeping cherry blossoms.
Enjoy lunch and Japanese sweets while looking out the window at Maruyama Park,
the oldest park in Kyoto City, which has been designated as a national scenic beauty spot.
Cherry blossoms in spring. Autumn leaves in autumn. 
You can spend a relaxing time in this space while enjoying changing of seasons.
「Hokuhoku Dango Set」is the most popular menu which includes plain and mugwort dango, grilled over a shichirin (a charcoal griddle) with matcha.
It is served with azuki red beans and special mitarashi sauce. 
Freshly baked dango is fluffy and so delicious. ♪♪♪

The standard「Kuromaru Roll Cake」is also popular, made with carefully selected bamboo charcoal kneaded into the batter, filled with fluffy whipped cream and matcha cream made from Harimaen matcha green tea.
Light meals such as carbonara with green tea buckwheat are also available.
In addition to Maruyama Park, Chorakukan, Yasaka Shrine, and Chion-in Temple are also nearby. exCafe is a place you would want to stop by to take a break while strolling. (^^♪

【eX cafe Gion Yasaka】
Address: 467 Maruyama-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City
Phone: 075-525-0077
Opening Hours: 10:00-18:00
No regular holiday
https://instagram.com/excafe_official?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Mitarashi dango and warabimochi have been popular in Kyoto for centuries.
Fujinami carefully selects ingredients and deliver freshly made products.
Raw warabimochi, ideal for a souvenir comes in three varieties:
kinako(soybean flour), brown sugar, and matcha green tea.
Melting texture with full of soybean flour
The Nenenomichi path facing Kodaiji Temple is filled with blooming cherry blossoms in spring.
You can enjoy freshly baked dango while taking in the beautiful view of Higashiyama.
The freshly baked dango is warm, chewy and very delicious.
Sprinkling plenty of soybean flour on it will relieve your travel fatigue. !(^^)!

【Kyo Dango Fujinami Kodaiji Store】
Address: 463-28 Shimogawa-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City
Phone: 0120-81-2473
Opening Hours: 10:30-17:00
No regular holiday
https://kyoto-fujinami.jp/

A lovely looking little dango.
「Isobeyaki」grilled in soy sauce and served with grilled nori seaweed
「Tsubuan」large grain red bean azuki on top of it
「Mitarashi」black sesame paste dango with special mitarashi sauce and black Japanese soybean flour
「Kyofu-shiromiso」white miso soybean paste from Kyoto used
「Kurogomajoyu」baked in secret sweet and spicy broth soy sauce, topped with black shichimi (seven spices)
「Dangaku」a set of these five types of dango is the store's most popular menu.
There are also a variety of other sweet treats available, such as shaved ice and green tea parfaits.
「Suzunari Monaka」filled with a refreshing cream of hojicha and cheese is perfect for eating while walking and also as a souvenir.
It is close to popular spots such as Yasaka Pagoda, Yasui Konpiragu Shrine and Yasaka Koshindo Shrine.
It is the perfect place to take a break while strolling around Kyoto. (^_-)-☆

【Jumondo】
Address: 76 Tamamizui-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City
Phone: 075-525-3733
Opening Hours: 11:00-18:00 (last order 17:30)
Closed: Wednesdays and Thursdays
https://www.jumondo.jp/

Established in 1927, having a long history
There are 6 stores in Kyoto, some retro old-fashioned, some modern.
Each store has a different exterior and menu.
Among them the Sanjo Teramachi store has a retro-modern interior and is located at the intersection of Teramachi-dori and Sanjo-dori.
Located at the intersection of Teramachi-dori and Sanjo-dori, easy to find.
The shop is very popular with a long line of customer, offering a wide variety of dishes such as Umezono's specialty Mitarashi dango, shaved ice, warabi-mochi, anmitsu, and zenzai.
The distinctive bale-shaped dango is covered with a generous amount of mitarashi sauce.
Chewy and delicious. Cute size so that you can have them as part of a set menu. (*^^*)

【Amato-Chaya Umezono, Sanjo Teramachi Branch】
Address: 526 Tenshoji-mae-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
Phone: 075-211-1235
Opening Hours: 10:30-19:30 (last order 19:00)
No regular holiday
https://umezono-kyoto.com/

A 2-minute walk from Keihan Line Fushimi Inari Station.
This café is a renovated machiya (townhouse) with counter seating only.
Choose tea leaves in test tubes or from recommended ones.
Carefully pour hot water over them by hand drip and enjoy a delicious cup of tea.
You bake dango on a cute rabbit-shaped irori in front of you.
The set includes namafu(wheat gluten mixed with rice flour) and yatsuhashi,
which is very Kyoto and also includes fried tofu, probably because it is near Fushimi Inari Shrine.
You can spend a relaxing time while enjoying the sunken hearth grilling.
Please try「Ishiyaki kyodango」dango simmered in an earthenware pot(^^♪.
Dango and namafu grilled on irori, available for ordering additionally.
Please make a reservation and try it.
The hands-on dango restaurant is a lot of fun. (^^♪

【Irorichaya nanakorobiyaoki】
Address: 22-21 Fukakusaharaigawa-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Phone: 075-634-8161
Opening Hours: 11:00-17:30
Closed on Thursdays and the third Wednesday of the month
https://instagram.com/nanakorobi.yaoki_hushimihonten?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

It is not exactly dango, (^^; but
if you search for dango restaurant in Kyoto
Aburimoch will definitely come up.
There are two Aburi Mochi tea shops located opposite each other
on the approach to the east gate of Imamiya Shrine.
On the north side is Ichiwa, founded in 1000.
The south side is Kazariya, which has been in business since the Edo period.
To make Aburi Mochi, you tear rice cake mochi into thumb-sized piece
and stick it in a bamboo skewer about 20cm long.
Then you dip it in soybean flour and carefully roast one by one over a charcoal fire.
You dip it in a secret sauce based on white miso soybean paste.
At Yasurai festival, a ritual to pray for the eradication of plague and disease
(second Sunday in April), visitors eat aburimochi and pray for good health.
Freshly baked mochi with sweet white miso paste, chewy and delicious!

【Kazariya】
Address: 96 Imamiya-cho, Murasakino, Kita-ku, Kyoto City
Phone: 075-491-9402
Opening Hours: 10:00-17:00
Closed: Wednesdays (If Wednesday is a national holiday, the store will be closed the following day instead.)
　　　　※Closed from December 16 to 31 at the end of the year.

These stores introduced here are all located near Kiyomizu-dera Temple,
Fushimi Inari Shrine, and other famous sightseeing spots.
You can enjoy eating and walking while sightseeing in Kyoto♡.
When you are exploring Kyoto in Okamoto’s kimono
Why don’t you visit one of them?
Enjoy Kyoto in kimono with delicious dango in one hand.
<Rental kimono Okamoto>, produced by a company
with a history of 180 years is looking forward to serving you.

【written by】Rental Kimono Okamoto Main store
546-8 Gojobashi Higashi 6 cho-me Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0846
Phone: 075-532-1320
Website: www.okamoto-kimono.com
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