Tsuruya Yoshinobu’s “Kayu Chaya” where you can watch artisans make Kyoto sweets
🤗Hello, I’m Irukapapa.
I went on a tour of Kyoto and Nara to see the beautiful autumn leaves using the “Go to Travle Campaign.”
In today’s blog post, we will introduce you to Tsuruya Yoshinobu, a long-established Japanese confectionery shop that represents Kyoto, and Kayu Chaya, where the craftsmen demonstrate how to make fresh sweets right in front of your eyes. I would like to introduce my experience.
I would be very happy if this blog could be helpful for your trip to Kyoto and Nara. So, let’s go on a journey of dreams and adventures! Here we go!
- 1. A valuable experience where a Japanese confectionery craftsman will demonstrate making Kyoto sweets right in front of your eyes.
- 2. The joy of choosing traditional Japanese sweets depending on the season
- 3. Reservation method, fee, and location for the fresh sweets making tour experience
- 4. Introducing a photo demonstration of Kyoto confectionery making by a craftsman
- 5. At the end
A valuable experience where a Japanese confectionery craftsman will demonstrate making Kyoto sweets right in front of your eyes.
While walking from Kitano Tenmangu Shrine to Imategawa Subway Station, I came across a magnificent Kyo-machiya building. When I looked closely, I saw that it was a Japanese sweets shop. Since I was feeling a little hungry, I decided to take a break and eat some Japanese sweets, so I went into the store.
Then, I saw a notice saying “Fresh sweets making demonstration.”
It’s like an event where Japanese confectionery artisans demonstrate how to make fresh confectionery right in front of customers, at a place similar to the counter of a sushi restaurant.
What’s more, you can enjoy the fresh sweets made for you at the tea room corner along with matcha.
What is the appeal of fresh sweets making demonstrations and eating and drinking?
- You can enjoy seeing the skillful craftsmanship in front of your eyes and having a conversation with them.
- He will make traditional Kyoto sweets just for you.
- Enjoy freshly made sweets with matcha
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Spend some quality time relaxing and enjoying the process of making seasonal sweets, and enjoy conversations with the artisans. I thought it would be a valuable experience unique to Kyoto, so I immediately applied.
The joy of choosing traditional Japanese sweets depending on the season
I later found out through research that the shop my family had stumbled upon while walking was called Tsuruya Yoshinobu, a long-established Kyoto confectionery shop with over 200 years of history.
I was lucky to have such a valuable experience at such a long-established store. The sweets were delicious, and it was great to be able to have an experience unique to Kyoto, listening to the artisans explain how to make Japanese sweets and watching a demonstration.
Kyoto is a land with many famous shrines and temples, and has developed through the creation of sophisticated tea sweets for traditional festivals and ceremonies, art, and the tea ceremony.
These have been nurtured by the aesthetic sense of Kyoto people who value annual events and the sense of the four seasons, and can be said to be the crystallization of Kyoto culture.
The designs of fresh sweets also change depending on the season.
At Tsuruya Yoshinobu’s fresh sweets demonstration, you can choose one from three types of fresh sweets. The types of sweets you can choose from change every month, and each sweet has its own story.
Reservation method, fee, and location for the fresh sweets making tour experience
You can watch the demonstration and eat and drink at Kayu Chaya, a 6-seat counter located on the second floor of the Tsuruya Yoshinobu main store.
It is a valuable experience where you can watch a demonstration by a Japanese confectionery craftsman, listen to an explanation, and enjoy freshly made seasonal sweets with tea, but no reservations are required.
When my family visited, the previous group had just finished, so I was able to sit right away and watch the demonstration.
The main store is located at the Horikawa Imadegawa intersection.
As mentioned above, it looks like a large mansion and has a wide frontage, so you can easily recognize it. In fact, even those of us who had no information noticed it, hahahaha.
The price is 1210 yen per person.
I was able to use regional coupons (electronic coupons too), haha!
Not only can you have a valuable experience, you can enjoy freshly made delicious sweets with matcha, and on top of that, you can use regional coupons, so it’s a loss if you don’t do it! it’s recommended!
🐬 Fresh sweets making demonstration 1210 yen. 2nd floor of main store “Kayu Jaya”
Tsuruya Yoshinobu basic data
- Address: 340-1 Nishi-Funabashi-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 602-8434
- Phone: +81754410105
- Official website: https://www.tsuruyayoshinobu.jp/shop/default.aspx
Map of Tsuruya Yoshinobu
Introducing a photo demonstration of Kyoto confectionery making by a craftsman
The center part of the first sweet.
Flatten it and wrap it in white bean paste.
Apparently it takes 10 years to become a full-fledged Japanese confectionery craftsman, hey!
The prototype has been completed.
Make cuts with a spatula.
Although it is a delicate work, it is completed quickly with great skill and speed.
A beautiful pattern was completed in no time.
The color gradation is wonderful, and this is already a work of art.
Next, make the decoration part.
Strain the green bean paste through a sieve.
Decorate it on top of the main body.
That’s why the first confectionery was completed.
well done!
Start making the second sweet.
This is also an October sweet, and it had a name and a reason, but I forgot it, haha!
Add decorations to the center filling.
delicate work.
Place on a plate.
The second sweet was completed in no time, and it looks delicious 🤤
Move from the counter to the cafe corner and enjoy it with matcha.
We also had the famous dish, Awazenya.
At the end
🤗This is the end of Tsuruya Yoshinobu’s Kayu Chaya, where you can watch artisans make Kyoto sweets.
Thank you for reading to the end this time. I would be very happy if this blog article was helpful for your trip to Kyoto and Nara.
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