Getting Attention, The Cute ‘Kushi-Wagashi’ is Perfect for Eating Around! – “KaKa Itoken” Opens Right Next to Fushimi Inari-Taisha
This time, we’re going to introduce “Kaka Itoken”(果菓 伊藤軒) which was just opened on 27th April 2022. It’s a shop that has already become a hot topic that the Japanese sweets made with fruits are cute. It’s just located a 5-minute walk from Fushimi Inari-Taisha, so please drop by there while you’re sightseeing.
Fruit confectionery Itoken was founded in 1864 and this shop has a good reputation for being delicious enough to be selected as a refreshment of JAL domestic first class. It has newly opened “Kaka Itoken” right next to Fushimi Inari-Taisha. It seems that the theme of various types of fruits in the shop is ‘fruit × confectionery’. There are a lot of cute foods such as the heart-shaped freshly baked apple pie and parfait topped with plenty of strawberries as the name ‘strawberry field’!
Among them, the most popular menu is ‘Kushi-wagashi’ (skewered Japanese confectionery), which is made by sticking a strawberry and 2 Japanese confectionery on a skewer. It consists of sweet and sour strawberry on the top, seasonal Japanese sweet in the middle, and a sweet bun with a fox face in harmony with Fushimi Inari on the bottom. The seasonal one in the middle changes with each season, so you’ll want to visit there many times. In addition, after you finish eating, it’s also a heart-pounding point that you can try your luck at omikuji which is wrapped around a skewer. By the way, there is an eat-in space there, so you can spend a relaxing time with a drink set on rainy days.
Opening Ours | 10:00AM – 6:00PM |
Address | 82-2 Inarionmae-cho, Fukakusa, Fushimi-ku Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture |
Access | A 3-minute walk from Fushimiinari Station Hotel Tavinos Kyoto: 4 stations away from Kiyomizu Gojo Station on the Keihan Main Suberb Express Line Hotel Gracery Kyoto Sanjo: A 9-minute walk from the hotel which is 6 stations away from Sanjo Station on the Keihan Main Suberb Express Line |
URL | https://www.kyoto-itoken.co.jp/ |
Base of this trip
Hotel Tavinos Kyoto
3-min walk from Shimizu-Gojo station on the Keihan line/7-min walk from Gojo Station on the Karasuma line/10-min walk from Kyoto-Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto line
Hotel Gracery Kyoto Sanjo
5-min walk from Kyotoshiyakushomae station on the Tozai line