Although winter in Kyoto can be bitterly cold, the warm meals you can enjoy here are exceptional. Here are some recommended noodle shops that will make you want to eat in Kyoto in winter.

 

●Fumi-ya Main Store

First up is the popular restaurant Fumiya, located in Nishiki Market. This restaurant has been loved by locals for a long time. The specialty, Fumiya Nabe, served in a warm clay pot is recommended. Made with Rishiri kelp and dried bonito flakes, it has a slightly sweet taste. Shrimp tempura and grilled mochi are also trademarks of Fumiya Nabe. As you eat, the tempura batter and mochi skin are filled with the restaurant's proud dashi, enhancing the simple flavor. The sweets at this restaurant are also popular. In fact, Fumiya was founded as a sweets shop. Sweets such as anmitsu (summer only), zenzai (winter only), and parfaits are also specialties here.

Fumi-ya Main Store 519 Kikuyacho, Sakaimachi-dori Takoyakushi-agaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8125

Fumi-ya Nishiki Branch 493 Nakauoyacho, Nishiiru, Sakaimachi, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, 604-8125

●Eitaro

Next up is Eitaro, a popular udon restaurant in Shijo Karasuma. It's famous for its curry udon, but the specialty dish here is yuzu ramen. The noodles have a yuzu flavor, and the yuzu sourness is also mixed into the soup, making it refreshing and addictive. This is in a business district, so it's popular with office workers and office ladies, so be prepared to share a table at lunchtime. It's recommended to avoid going between 12 noon and 1pm.

1F Karasuma Nishiki Building, Nishiki Karasuma Higashi-iru, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City

●Okura

Finally, we will introduce "Okaru". This udon restaurant is popular for its wide variety of curry udon. Okaru is a long-established and popular restaurant in Gion, Kyoto, where maiko and many celebrities stop by. The wide variety of curry udon is a popular dish. Not only curry udon, but tanuki udon is also popular. The meat curry Chinese is the staff's top recommendation. It is very delicious to slurp the Chinese noodles while mixing them with the curry with dashi. Please try it once. And this is also popular, the cold curry udon. This curry udon has a two-layered soup. It's rare, isn't it? The soup is a thick, cold curry sauce on top. The bottom is a thick soup stock made from kelp, dried sardines, mackerel, etc. You can mix the soup to enjoy the taste, or you can leave it alone and enjoy each flavor separately. Please try this in the summer.

132 Tominagacho, Yasakashinchi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, 605-0078

 

Above, we have introduced three noodle shops around Kawaramachi (Gion-Shijo).

Yasaka Shrine and Kiyomizu-dera Temple are also nearby. In between sightseeing, why not warm up your cold body at one of Kyoto's proud noodle shops? Enjoy Kyoto with your stomach and heart fully satisfied.