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Feel as if you’re entertained by Japanese Long-established Company -“Kaikado Cafe” with Selected Drinks, Sweets, Traditional Crafts

“Kaikado Café” has been run by Kaikado, a long-established company known for homemade tea caddies. Based on the concept of the ‘drawing room of Kaikado’, this cafe offers coffee, tea, Japanese tea and sweets, made by reliable craftsmen. In addition, it’s a good point that you can purchase tea caddies, tea leaves, coffee beans and traditional crafts, which are displayed in this shop. It’s good to visit to find ‘your favorite’ and welcome into your home.

Kaikado Café
Photo by @mizunyan_cafe

Kaikado has made the tea caddies politely one by one since its founding in 1875. Their method still has been handed down and is now highly appreciated from overseas. “Kaikado Cafe” opened aiming for a ‘drawing room of Kaikado’. Inside the shop with a retro and massive atmosphere spread a comfortable space, as if you visited a drawing room of your best friend’s house according to the concept. You can stay warm and comfortable there.

The drinks and sweets that they offer are all carefully selected from Japan and abroad. There is a wide variety of menus that you can feel close to the Kaikado people: coffee blended with Nakagawa crocodile coffee, the favorite of the 5th generation of Kaikado, the 6th generation’s favorite postcard tea and Kaikado tea, the 5th generation wife’s favorite tea from Marukyu Koyamaen and Rishoen Tea Shops. It has also seasonal teas delivered from EN TEA. In addition, a round cheesecake-like tea caddy is popular. It’s a moderately rich and good combination with their coffee.

Kaikado Café2
Photo by @mizunyan_cafe

The 2nd floor is a shop space, which lined up traditional crafts such as tea caddies and pottery Asahi-yaki made in Uji City, Kyoto. You can use these attractive selections in this shop for testing the usability before purchasing. There are also tea leaves and coffee beans, so why don’t you find your favorite one and welcome it into your home?

Opening Hours10:00AM – 6:00PM Closed on Thursday
Address352 Sumiyoshichō, shichijo-noboru, Kawaramachi-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
AccessA 9-minute walk from the Kyoto Station
Hotel Tavinos Kyoto: A 10-minute walk from the hotel
Hotel Gracery Kyoto Sanjo: It’s close to the Shichijo Kawaramachi Bus stop which is an 8-minute ride away from the Kawaramachi sanjo-kita Bus stop
URLhttps://www.kaikado-cafe.jp/

Base of this trip

  • Hotel Tavinos Kyoto
    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
    Hotel Gracery Kyoto Sanjo

    5-min walk from Kyotoshiyakushomae station on the Tozai line