Café & Sweets · Higashiyama (Ninenzaka)

Kasagiya かさぎ屋

A tiny 1914-founded sweet shop on Ninenzaka once loved by painter Takehisa Yumeji, serving ohagi and zenzai (red-bean soup) in a dim wooden room.

About

Kasagiya has hardly changed in a century: a small, dark-beamed room with wooden benches, a handful of tables and a menu built around azuki beans from Tamba. Order the three-colour ohagi (rice balls coated in red bean, soybean flour and black sesame) or a bowl of zenzai with toasted mochi. The painter-poet Takehisa Yumeji is said to have spent time here with his lover, and the shop's old-Kyoto atmosphere is a perfect break from Ninenzaka's crowds.

Highlights

• Century-old sweet shop on Ninenzaka
• Three-colour ohagi
• Zenzai with toasted mochi
• Tamba red beans cooked in house
• Old wooden interior with Taisho-era feel

Tips

• Closed Tuesdays
• Cash only
• Shaved ice with red beans (uji kintoki) in summer
• Go mid-afternoon on a weekday

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