7 shops with a verified description
Kyoto · Knives
A maker of knives and kitchen tools whose main store sits in Nishiki Market. A santoku knife 18 cm long is listed in its price list at ¥28,600, but the price list is current as of May 2025 and the company writes that prices may change. Aritsugu's website says that the name engraving service, offered in the past, has been discontinued. The shop is open 10:00 to 17:00 with new sales until 16:30, closed on Wednesdays, and knives go only in checked luggage.
Kyoto · Tea
A tea house in business since 1717, with a main store and a tearoom in Kyoto. From 1 October 2026 the cheapest tin of matcha, 20 grams, costs ¥864 instead of ¥648, and most types of tea go up by tens of percent, some of them up to double. Because of the matcha shortage the company continues to limit quantities, so you cannot always buy several tins of the same type. Ippodo also has shops in Tokyo, in Marunouchi and in Aoyama.
Price checked September 2026
Kyoto · Incense
An incense maker whose main store has been operating in the same place, south of the Imperial Palace, for more than 300 years. A box of 20 sticks from the Horikawa series, with a soft sandalwood scent, costs ¥1,100. Scent sachets for which you choose the fragrance and the fabric bag are sold only in this store and in the branches in Osaka and Ginza. The store is open every day 9:00 to 18:00 and closed only at the start of the year.
Price checked September 2026
Kyoto · Chopsticks
A chopstick shop in business since 1764 that stocks more than 400 types, for everyday eating, for tea ceremony meals and for cooking. A pair of ironwood chopsticks 23 cm long costs ¥2,640, and a pair of hand-carved rosewood ones ¥4,180. The shop is on Sakaimachi street south of Shijo, and is open on weekdays 10:00 to 18:30 and on Sundays and holidays 11:00 to 18:00. It also has irregular closing days, so it is worth calling before you come.
Price checked September 2026
Kyoto · Fans
A fan maker in business since 1823 that itself makes almost everything it sells, from hand fans to decorative fans. A folding fan for summer starts at about ¥4,400. On the ceiling of the second floor of the main store there are 48 fan paintings from 1902 by painters from Kyoto. The store is open every day 10:00 to 18:00 and closed between 29 December and 4 January, and it also has a branch in Ginza.
Price checked September 2026
Kyoto · Tea ware
A workshop that has been making by hand since 1875 round tea caddies of tinplate, copper and brass, whose lid closes by itself when you line up the seams. A caddy with a capacity of 40 grams, which according to the company is used mainly for matcha, costs ¥21,450 in each of the three materials. The main store is open 9:00 to 18:00 and closed on Sundays, Mondays and holidays. When you order from the website the delivery time is long, because every caddy is made by hand.
Price checked September 2026
Kyoto · Textiles
A cotton cloth merchant founded in 1615 that today sells tenugui and furoshiki, some of them in old designs of the house that were reprinted. A tenugui measuring 91 by 36 cm costs ¥3,520. The main store is on Muromachi street, about a three-minute walk from Karasuma-Oike Station, and is open 10:00 to 19:00. Eirakuya has more branches in Kyoto, among them in Gion, on Shijo street and in Kyoto Station.
Price checked September 2026
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