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Itoh Kyuemon

Founded in 1832, this Uji tea specialty shop offers a variety of Uji teas, as well as sweets made from Uji matcha green tea that make for perfect gifts. At the attached teahouse visitors can make their own matcha green tea. There is also a popular menu featuring seasonal parfaits and other items.

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Nakamura Tokichi Honten

Nakamura Tokichi Honten opened in 1854. With a history of more than 165 years, this tea shop is famous for its matcha sweets. While there are three Nakamura Tokichi stores in Kyoto Prefecture, the Nakamura Tokichi Uji Head Shop, which was the first store opened, is a must visit for those with a sweet tooth.

Only a minute from JR Uji Station, the store building is an important item of cultural heritage. In the gardens, there is a stunning 200-year-old pine tree, the Horaifuna-matsu, one of 100 famous trees in Uji City. Visitors can enjoy the view from the open terrace building, remodeled from what was once the tea factory, while sipping their tea.

The most popular delicacies in the store are, of course, the tea and the desserts! The tea jellies are a particular favorite, (which come in two flavors: matcha and hojicha roasted tea) and are made using Nakamura Tokichi’s secret recipe, sealing all the matcha flavor into the jelly, and paired with matcha ice cream, Japanese white flour dumplings, and red bean paste. It's a luxurious dessert served in a photogenic bamboo cup only used at the Uji main store. Visitors seeking a memorable tea experience in Uji can experience the rich flavors of Uji matcha here, making it an essential stop for tea lovers.

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Kizugawa City Kijisho

Nakamura Poultry put their heart into producing safe and carefully prepared pheasant, duck, and chicken, prepared using the best know-how in the town of Kasagi, so our customers can enjoy these locally produced meats.

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Maiko Tea Boutique

Maiko Tea Boutique is directly managed by Maiko no Cha ("Apprentice Geisha's Tea"), a popular gyokuro (high quality green tea) shop in Kyotanabe City. There is a selection of teas for different occasions, be it for gifting or everyday use, including high quality gyokuro tea hand-rolled by masters and teas marked with the Yamashita seal. At the café, if you order a set of gyokuro tea and a tea sweet, you can learn an easy way to prepare your tea, causing many to head home with a tea pot and some tea leaves to try it out for themselves.

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Kyoto Kitcho Shokado

The Shokado Bento packs seasonal flavors into a wooden box, divided into the four sections of the Japanese character for "rice field." Inspired by the actions of Shokado Shojo, a priest at Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine, who once used a farmer's seed container as his bowl, Kitcho's founder, Yuki Tei-ichi, also presented the food this way.
Take your time enjoying the local Kyoto cuisine here as you enjoy the camellia and bamboo in the garden connected to it.

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Hito-to-Ki Gallery Café

This old home-turned-café is full of people who go out of their way to visit for its lunch, made with Hinohikari rice from Kizugawa and rice from locally contracted farmers. Artist's pieces are also displayed inside the café, and can also be purchased. Gentle sunshine comes into the shop, the perfect place to enjoy some exquisitely relaxing time.

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Hanayashiki Ukifune

All rooms at Hanayashiki Ukifune-en face the Uji river, allowing guests to enjoy the different scenery as the seasons change: the cherry blossoms of Byodo-in Temple in the spring, the rushing waters of the Uji River in the summer, the beautiful maple leaves in the mountains in autumn, the majestic snowy scenery of the Uji River in the winter, and of course Hanayashiki Ukifune-en's traditional Kyo-kaiseki cusine, made using seasonal food. We welcome you to leave the bustling city for a while and relax, eating Kyoto cusine while gazing out over the beautiful river.
Hanayashiki Ukifune-en is also close to several famous spots: 5 minutes from the famous world heritage site, Byodo-in Temple and the Phoenix Hall, 11 minutes from the oldest known shrine building, Uji-gami Shrine, 2 minutes from the Tonoshima. A great place to stay during your travels.

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LOGOS LAND

LOGOS LAND was founded in 2018 with the cooperation of Kyoto Prefecture's Joyo City and the outdoor equipment company LOGOS. Many facilities were constructed across 9 hectares of land with the concept of outdoor eating, drinking, playing and sleeping. There are indoor tents for overnight stays with a veranda for BBQs, so there's no need to worry about the weather. The BBQ facilities outside are well-equipped with all the ingredients you'll need, so visitors can come empty-handed and just enjoy. In addition, there is a family-style restaurant and a café serving delicious food and desserts. In the park, there is a 140 meter-long slide, a giant trampoline, and a castle-like playground for adults and kids to explore, all ideal for a day spent together with the family.

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Wazukasou

In Wazuka-cho, a town in Kyoto Prefecture and part of Uji's tea region, there is a small 4-room Japanese inn, Wazukasou. Wazukasou was formerly a small mountain cabin, but in July 2017 it was reopened as an inn. Apart from staying the night, you can also come and enjoy the delicious cuisine here (prior reservation is needed). The lunch time limited menu includes matcha tofu, roasted tea rice, deep-fried tea leaves, and more: a perfect combination of tea and Japanese style cuisine that can only be tasted here in the town of tea (the lunch course is 2,888 yen including tax). Come enjoy delicious food surrounded by tea fields.

In the inn's main building there are 2 Japanese-style rooms, and 2 Westernized Japanese rooms, and in the annex there is room for 30 individuals or groups of 8 people and more to stay. For dinner you can enjoy the seasonal kaiseki (formally arranged course meal), which incorporates tea through matcha tofu and roasted tea (houjicha) pudding. The baths are also infused with green tea, perfect for relaxation. With real tea in tea light candle burners giving off the scent of tea, and a complimentary sencha (green tea) after breakfast, the hospitality of this inn is irresistible for tea-lovers, and lives up to the inn’s own concept of "enjoying tea with the five senses."

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Keihanna Plaza Hotel

Keihanna Plaza is the central intersecting facility of Keihanna Science City (officially known as the Kansai Science City), inside which is the Keihanna Plaza Hotel. Close by are the world heritage sites of Byodo-in Temple and Uji-gami Shrine, many other temples and shrines, and the famous tea fields that make Uji green tea. Kyoto, Nara and Osaka are all conveniently accessible from the Keihanna Plaza Hotel. The rooms are spacious with a total area of 22.5-24.5㎡ for the standard single room, and 30.5-33.3㎡ for a twin room, making an enjoyable stay for families, friends, or colleagues. Next to the hotel is the Kansai-kan (Kansai branch) of the National Diet Library, and the Vierra Town shopping mall, including a variety of restaurants, Daiso (a 100 yen shop) and a supermarket (Lamu) open from 7 a.m. to midnight, convenient for meals and shopping.

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SPA & HOTEL Suishun Matsuiyamate

Suishun, a spa where you can stay overnight, has opened in Kyotanabe City! After you've enjoyed the hot springs and the facilities, you can relax in our guest rooms, prepared with choice bedding. This high class spa hotel is equipped with one of the largest stone saunas in the region, and a comfortable recliner chair area, so that you can recover from the fatigue of your travels even on a day trip.

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MARU＋JYU

Opened in September 2016, this guest house is a renovated 100-year-old former tea-processing house. While retaining the best of the original building, like its thick beams, the texture of soil has been used for the dirt floor and walls to bring out the atmosphere of a tea-processing house. Visitors can also experience traditional Japanese culture firsthand through the work of Kyoto lantern craftsmen, plasterers, lighting designers, etc. From the windows, you can see the rural scenery of Ujitawara and Mt. Jubu in the distance, and the stars spreading across the sky at night. It's an inn perfect for those who want to spend a quiet time enjoying the best of the seasons. There is also a cypress bath and kitchen, perfect for long stays.