Kotokikijaya
×Sakuramochi
Why you must eat itArashiyama sakuramochi is unusual in not being wrapped in a cherry leaf. Kotokikijaya's is a refined thing — grainy Domyoji dough with only smooth bean paste — and without the leaf's salt the paste and rice come through straight. Served two to a set with bancha tea. You eat it right by Togetsukyo, at a seat overlooking the Katsura River, so in spring you can have sakuramochi while watching real cherry blossoms — a small luxury.
An old tea house at the north end of Togetsukyo, facing the Katsura River. Its famous sakuramochi differs from the usual leaf-wrapped kind, finished with only Domyoji dough and smooth bean paste, and it has long been known for this one plate. From inside you can see the bridge, the river and the hills across the water. It fills up in cherry-blossom and autumn-leaf seasons, but as a sweet taken with the scenery, it is one of Arashiyama's defining houses.
- Nearest
- Arashiyama Stn (Randen)
- Hours
- 10:00-17:00
- Price
- ¥700 / 2 pcs