Kameya Yoshinaga — Kyoto Main Shop, Shijo (亀屋良長 京都本店)
History
Founded in 1803, with Ubatama described as a sweet dating from its founding. Building on its confectionery tradition in Shijo Samegai, it now offers products designed for new ways of eating. It is separate from Kameya Yoshinaga at Teramachi Oike.
Ubatama (烏羽玉) is a brown-sugar sweet. Sliced yokan (スライスようかん) is a sweet topping designed to toast on bread. The shop also has a tea room.
Street View images may be out of date.
Shop information
- Opening hours
- Shop 9:30–18:00; tea room 11:00–17:00.
- Closed
- January 1–3.
- Visiting
- Check schedules and reservations separately for confectionery classes.
- Shop
- Kameya Yoshinaga — Kyoto Main Shop, Shijo (亀屋良長 京都本店)
- Address
- 17-19 Kashiwayacho, Shijo-dori west of Aburanokoji-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto (京都市下京区四条通油小路西入柏屋町17-19)
- Nearest stations
- Hankyu Omiya (阪急電鉄 大宮駅)
- Directions
- About 5 minutes on foot from Omiya Station East Exit 3 (東3番出口), or immediately by Shijo Horikawa (四条堀川) city-bus stop.