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Best Tea Houses & Shops in Kyoto

29 places, each checked by our team.

• Akamon Chaya 茶舗 赤門茶屋Uji — Uji tea shop in front of Byodoin's main gate where staff show how to brew Uji tea properly.
• Bunnosuke Chaya Honten 文の助茶屋 本店Higashiyama / Yasaka — Old-fashioned tea house near Yasaka Pagoda known for warabi-mochi and amazake since the late Meiji era.
• Cha Yamadashiya (Nishiki Market) 茶・やまだしやNishiki Market — Tea stall in Nishiki Market that roasts hojicha fresh every day; tea sold by weight.
• Chazuna (Uji Tea and History Park) お茶と宇治のまち歴史公園 茶づなUji — Uji city's tea museum and park with interactive exhibits on Uji tea history and tea-making experiences.
• Chuboku Chaya (Kiyomizu-dera) 忠僕茶屋Kiyomizu / Higashiyama — 150-year-old tea stall inside Kiyomizu-dera, beside the south pond below the vermilion three-storey pagoda.
• Fukujuen Kyoto Honten (Kyo no Chaan) 福寿園 京都本店（京の茶庵）Shijo Kawaramachi — Flagship building of Uji tea maker Fukujuen on Shijo, with a 4th-floor tea room and tea experiences.
• Fukujuen Uji Chatei 福寿園 宇治茶亭Uji — Riverside tea house on Tonoshima side of the Uji River where you brew your own Uji tea.
• Fukujuen Uji Tea Kobo 福寿園 宇治茶工房Uji — Fukujuen's Uji workshop where you can grind matcha on a stone mill, roast hojicha or make tea, with a café.
• Horaido Chaho 蓬莱堂茶舗Shijo Kawaramachi — Teramachi tea shop on the same site since 1801-04, credited with creating genmaicha-style Horai tea.
• Ichimonjiya Wasuke (Ichiwa) 一文字屋和輔（一和）Murasakino / Daitokuji — Thousand-year-old tea house at Imamiya Shrine serving only aburi-mochi (grilled rice-cake skewers) with green tea.
• Kakuta Koseien (Arashiyama) 角田香勢園Arashiyama — Matcha specialist by Arashiyama Station with nine matcha grades, ground fresh in the shop.
• Kanbayashi Shunsho Honten 上林春松本店Uji — Uji tea house with about 450 years of history, with a tasting seat facing a small courtyard garden.
• Koetsu Chaya 光悦茶家Takagamine — Rustic tea house in Takagamine near Koetsu-ji serving matcha, zenzai, amazake and soba.
• Kouroan Chaho 皐盧庵茶舗Murasakino / Daitokuji — Tea farm-run shop and tea room near Daitokuji, with tea grown by the owners in Wazuka.
• Ocha no Kanbayashi (Kissa Kanbayashi) お茶のかんばやし 喫茶かんばやしUji — Uji tea merchant whose upstairs tea room serves first-flush sencha, gyokuro and matcha with sweets.
• Otanien Chaho 大谷園茶舗Tofukuji / Sennyuji — Uji tea specialist near Sennyu-ji, over 90 years old, with a tea counter for parfaits and gyokuro.
• Rokkaku Chikiriya Chaho 六角ちきりや茶舗Karasuma Oike — Downtown tea merchant on Rokkaku-dori with a kanmi tea room, Rakuchu Saryo.
• Ryuoen Chaho 柳桜園茶舗Kyoto Imperial Palace / Teramachi — Classic Kyoto tea merchant on Nijo-dori known for matcha for tea schools and 'Kaori' karigane hojicha.
• Sabo Toka (Byodoin) 茶房藤花Uji — Small tea room inside Byodoin serving Uji matcha with phoenix-shaped dry sweets.
• Saron Tawaraya (Tawaraya Yoshitomi) 茶ろん たわらやNishijin — Tea salon of the wagashi maker Tawaraya Yoshitomi, near Urasenke and Omotesenke tea schools.
• Saryo Suisen Takatsuji Honten 茶寮 翠泉 高辻本店Shijo Karasuma — Matcha sweets café near Shijo known for layered matcha parfaits and matcha shaved ice.
• Sojun Koyuan Yantan 宗円交遊庵やんたんUjitawara — Tea house in Yuyadani, Ujitawara, the village where Nagatani Soen created the sencha method.
• TEA SQUARE MORIHAN Kura Cafe TEA SQUARE MORIHAN 蔵カフェUji Ogura — Storehouse café of Morihan (Kyoei Seicha), an Uji tea maker since 1836, in Ogura.
• Tsuen (Uji Bridge) 通圓Uji — Tea house at the east end of Uji Bridge, said to have served tea to travelers since 1160.
• Tsujiri Uji Honten 辻利 宇治本店Uji — Main Uji store of the Tsujiri tea brand (est. 1860) with a tea room known for cold-brew tea tasting sets.
• Tsujirihei Honten 辻利兵衛本店Uji — Uji tea merchant founded in 1860 with a tea room set in a 100-year-old tea factory.
• Uji Chado Dojo Takumi no Yakata 宇治茶道場 匠の館Uji — Tea salon of the Kyoto Uji tea industry association where tea instructors show how to brew gyokuro and sencha.
• Wazuka Cha Cafe 和束茶カフェWazuka — Café and tea shop of the Wazuka tea-growing town, selling about 140 teas at farm prices.
• Wazuka Chaya Yamajin 和束茶屋 山甚Wazuka — Tea house in Wazuka known for soft serve and desserts made with 100% Wazuka tea.