🍜 eX cafe Arashiyama Main Store

Located in Kyoto, eX cafe Arashiyama Main Store is a popular coffee shop where you can enjoy Japanese desserts. The impressive facade, renovated from a traditional Japanese house, stands quietly in the alley like a hidden gem, yet it attracts many tourists who line up in long queues. The popular item "Hot Grilled Dango Set" offers a unique dining experience where you grill dango on a shichirin (Japanese charcoal grill) to your preferred doneness. The set includes three skewers each of mugwort and plain dango, allowing you to enjoy different textures based on the grilling level. It comes with a sweet and savory dipping sauce and red bean paste, so you can mix and match according to your taste. Classic Kyoto wagashi like "Warabi Mochi" and the "Kyoto Black Bamboo Charcoal Cake Roll," which incorporates bamboo charcoal into the batter, are also popular items. Seasonal limited offerings like shaved ice and red bean soup should not be missed. One of the charms of the cafe is the expansive 400-square-meter garden that can be viewed from inside the shop. You can enjoy a tranquil moment while gazing at the changing scenery of Kyoto throughout the seasons. The artwork on the entrance wall and in the tatami room is created by Kyoto artist Eiki Kimura, making it well worth a look.

A popular Japanese dessert and coffee shop with long lines. An old house has been renovated to feature a 400 square meter Japanese garden. The signature dish is the self-grilled dango on a shichirin (Japanese charcoal grill). The artwork displayed in the shop is created by the Kyoto artist Eiki Kimura, making it quite worth seeing.