% Arabica Coffee Kyoto
I stumbled across % Arabica early in 2015. Well it wasn’t exactly a stumble, I’d spied the newish coffee hotspot sometime in 2014 it just
I stumbled across % Arabica early in 2015. Well it wasn’t exactly a stumble, I’d spied the newish coffee hotspot sometime in 2014 it just
Japan’s cultural hub, Kyoto, has long been regarded as the best place to experience the soothing art of the traditional tea ceremony and I’ll happily
If you know me at all, you’ll be well aware of my intense dislike for hot, humid summers. Kyoto has provided the most intense of
Any new chocolate shop is always a little bit of good news as far as I’m concerned and while this corner store on Kawabata street
Hidden away in the back lanes of Gion is this elegant cafe. Although it seems, at first, as though you are walking into a glamourous
If you are in the vicinity of Kyoto’s Ginkaku-ji (silver pavillion temple…. but not actually silver unlike the iconic Kinkaku-ji which is famously covered in
Toraya, founded in the 16th Century, in one of Kyoto’s most prestigious makers of Wagashi – traditional Japanese confectionery. Now if you don’t know anything about
Um. If you are in Kyoto and appreciate a fine dessert….Go here. That is all. I chose the milk chocolate, caramelised hazelnut and lemon dome
I was first introduced to Ran Hotei around 6 years ago when shopping in Sanjo Shotengai (an old-fashioned shopping arcade on Sanjo Street on the western edge
Petit Japonais is yet another pocket-sized Kyoto cafe. I love the cosy Scandi vibe, their great coffee and the look of their short and sweet
I’d walked past Smart coffee a million times, dismissing it as one of those places stuck in time that had survived purely on the fact