Tsuruya Yoshinobu’s “Kayu Chaya” where you can watch artisans make Kyoto sweets

2024年2月21日

Seasonal fresh Japanese sweets made right in front of your eyes by craftsmen

🤗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.

Tsuruya Yoshinobu main store is a fine Kyomachiya-style building.

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.”

Information on Kyoto 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.

A counter where craftsmen demonstrate how to make Kyoto sweets

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

The entrance to Kayu Chaya, which stands quietly next to the main store entrance.

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.

Go through the narrow passage next to the main store

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.

You can also walk through the Japanese sweets section of the main store.

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”