Sasaya Iori — Main Shop (笹屋伊織 本店)
History
Founded in 1716, it has made sweets for the imperial palace, temples, shrines and tea gatherings. Its signature dorayaki is sold on just 3 days each month. The confectionery business's founding and the present café's opening are separate.
This shop's dorayaki (どら焼) is a rolled, tube-shaped sweet, sold only on the 20th–22nd of each month. It differs from the familiar pancake-sandwich type. The attached Iori Café (イオリカフェ) offers a separate eat-in option.
Street View images may be out of date.
Shop information
- Opening hours
- 9:00–17:00 (café last orders 16:30).
- Closed
- Tuesday. When it falls on a dorayaki sale day, the 20th, 21st or 22nd, the shop opens and closes on another weekday instead.
- Visiting
- Time your visit for the sale dates if you want dorayaki.
- Shop
- Sasaya Iori — Main Shop (笹屋伊織 本店)
- Address
- 86 Hanabatakecho, Shichijo-dori west of Omiya-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto (京都市下京区七条通大宮西入花畑町86)
- Nearest stations
- JR / Kintetsu / Kyoto Subway Kyoto (JR・近鉄・京都市営地下鉄 京都駅)
- Directions
- About 20 minutes on foot from Kyoto Station's Central Gate (中央改札口), or 1 minute from Shichijo Omiya / Kyoto Suizokukan-mae (七条大宮・京都水族館前) city-bus stop.