If you are staying at the Karasuma Kyoto hotel (our Smart Choice), we recommend dinner at the Ippudo Nishikikoji. It is located only 6 minutes walking from the hotel. When you leave the hotel, go to your left on Karasuma Street and then turn right on the first street (Ayanokoji street); keep straight and then turn right again on the second street (Nishikikoji street), ...
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The Coffee Kobo is the perfect place to rest up a bit and enjoy a sandwich and a dessert before you keep going with the day. You can see the place in Trip Advisor.
To get there, you just need to go back the bus stop and you'll see it next to it.
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If you walk along Shijo Street towards the river, just after crossing it on the right, you will come across a street full of restaurants. It is called Ponto-cho which goes from Shijo-dori until Sanjo-dori. We recommend the restaurant with an undecipherable Japanese name, next to another called Switch Forum.
It has a typical bar arrangement where you can either dine in ...
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We recommend the Kimukatsu restaurant. Its speciality is pork cutlets in breadcrumbs (kimukatsu, also called tonkatsu). It may not seem like it, but this is another classic of Japanese cuisine (yes, the Japanese do eat something other than sushi!). The cheese kimukatsu is particularly delicious!! It comes with salad and soup. Price per person: around 2,500¥.
The ...
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