Feb. 21, 2023 UPDATE
Itohkyuemon Uji Main Branch Cafe
- 伊藤久右衛門 宇治本店 茶房 -Traveler Friendly
They are very used to visitors from overseas, so you should have no worries entering this café.
Menu
English, Chinese
Languages spoken
English
Story & Recommendation
Enjoy matcha sweets that epitomize Kyoto at Itohkyuemon Uji Main Branch’s café
Itohkyuemon is one of the most famous tea shops in Kyoto. For foreign tourists, the most famous products is Matcha and Hojicha Kit Kats collaborated by Itohkyuemon which is limited Kyoto. Their Uji main branch is always bustling with customers, most of them tourists, and its location is a 5-minute walk from both Keihan Mimurodo and Uji stations, and it’s also a 12-minute walk away from JR Nara line Uji Station. You can enjoy the high quality Matcha desserts at only Itohkyuemon which has long history.
The luxurious experience of enjoying matcha desserts in a café filled with the fragrant smell of matcha is something you can only have in Kyoto. I hope you will enjoy authentic matcha desserts at Itohkyuemon Uji Main Branch’s café, which is the first café to get Uji City’s official matcha café certification.
1Recommended
Itoh Kyuemon Parfait
/ ¥1,090
Carefully selected ingredients are used, such as ice cream made with matcha green tea for “Koicha” thick tea and black soybeans from Tamba. You can enjoy the bitterness of high-quality matcha.
2Recommended
Matcha anmitsu
/ ¥1,090
The matcha anmitsu uses such great ingredients as freshly ground Uji matcha and Dainagon red beans. You can taste the carefully selected ingredients in this sweet. I hope you’ll add some of the matcha-mitsu syrup you’re served with the anmitsu on it before eating.
3Let's Try!
Uji Kintoki Shiratama rice flour dumpling with strong matcha green tea ice cream
/ ¥1,090
The shaved ice called Uji Kintoki is only available from June 1 to September 30, and it’s topped with shiratama (rice cake balls) and strong matcha green tea ice cream. The beans used at Itohkyuemon have an elegant sweetness to them so they go well with the shaved ice. This is the real deal, an Uji Kintoki with plenty of matcha.
4Let's Try!
Matcha soba noodles (hot)
/ ¥990
They also have some savory foods for you to enjoy. You can enjoy their delicious, fragrant matcha soba noodles either hot or cold.
How to Order
They have many souvenirs and other tea products on sale too, so remember to take a look at them too.
