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Shaved Ice Special

[2022] Fluffy & natural ice is irresistible! 17 Popular Shaved Ice Dishes in Kyoto

During the hot summer months, shaved ice in Kyoto is the focus of attention! In addition to the standard Japanese flavors such as green tea and kuromitsu, there are also the trendy espuma, fluffy shaved ice made from natural ice, and pudding flavors that make a big impact. Be sure to enjoy the cute appearance as well.

Contents of this article

1.
Completely finished with a dreamy texture! [Kyoto Icicle] Strawberry milk shaved ice / Nijo
2.
[Itoken] melon shaved ice with melting pulp sauce / Fukakusa
3.
Enjoy until the end! Shaved ice with strawberry puree from [BABBI GELATERIA KYOTO] / Kiyamachi
4.
Tea specialty store [Shimizu Ippo-en]: snow ice with special top-grade matcha espuma / Higashiyama Shichijo
5.
[Nijo Wakasaya Teramachi Branch] Saiun Shaved Ice with Homemade Syrup/Kyoto Shiyakushomae
6.
Bracken black syrup and soybean shaved ice from Nikenjaya (Nakamuraro), where you can enjoy the sweetness of adults / Gion
7.
Green tea shaved ice with kudzu from [Saryo SENTAMA] where you can enjoy the coolness all the time / Senbon Imadegawa
8.
[Gion Tokuya] Surrounded by the scent of bancha with summer limited shaved ice / Gion
9.
Matcha shaved ice using high-quality natural water from the Suzuka mountain range at Sweet Memories / Nishiki Ichiba
10.
Honey Lemon Cheese Shaved Ice with Rich Espuma at Kyo Ice Yukimian / Nijo Castle area
11.
Shaved ice from [BRUNBRUN] that is irresistible for chocolate lovers / Gosho Minami
12.
Pudding on the outside, pudding on the inside! Na [Confectionery and Teahouse Checa] shaved ice / Okazaki
13.
Artistic shaved ice from [Lies and I] that makes everyone happy / Uji
14.
[The shaved ice with green tea syrup at Tasuki Shinpukan has a fluffy texture like feathers.
15.
Open only in summer! Peach fruit espuma shaved ice from the cake shop [Sekando] / Hyakumanben
16.
[Saruya] matcha red bean shaved ice with plenty of grainy red bean paste / Shimogamo Shrine
17.
Shaved ice with beans from Breeze Tainan -TEARS II-, blowing away the heat / Around the Imperial Palace

1.Completely finished with a dreamy texture! [Kyoto Icicle] Strawberry milk shaved ice / Nijo

The owner, Mr. Kondo, opened a specialty store in Kyoto after being fascinated by shaved ice, which has a wide variety of tastes, such as the taste of various fruits and the taste of both Japanese and Western styles. The ice is thoroughly temperature controlled and kept at the limit of whether it will melt or not. As a result, the body does not feel cold when eaten, and it is said that there is no feeling of "Keep" in the head.

Kyohyoka icicle shaved ice

Strawberry milk with milk espuma, a foamy mousse, on top and custard cream inside, 800 yen.

Kyoto ice confectionery icicle

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  • 22 Nishinokyo Uchihatacho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 9 minute walk from JR Nijo Station
  • Tel.075-811-3330

2.[Itoken] melon shaved ice with melting pulp sauce / Fukakusa

A Japanese confectionery shop founded in 1864 provides a cafe space where you can enjoy lunch and sweets. There are three types of fruit shaved ice that are available only during the summer: watermelon, melon, and pineapple. A luxurious dish that melts in your mouth with fluffy shaved ice and a thick sauce made from pulp. Enjoy cute looking sweets made by hollowing out fruits.

Melon shaved ice from Itoken

Melon shaved ice 1,650 yen, available for order from 2:00 p.m.

Karyo Itoken

  • Karyo Itoken
  • 28-1 Fukakusa Taniguchicho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 14-minute walk from Keihan Fujinomori Station
    14 minute walk from JR Fujinomori Station
  • Tel.0120-929-110

3.Enjoy until the end! Shaved ice with strawberry puree from [BABBI GELATERIA KYOTO] / Kiyamachi

Gelateria from Italy [BABBI] prepares a little special menu as well as standard gelato. The shaved ice with strawberry puree is filled with smooth, melt-in-your-mouth rich milk gelato and pistachio sauce with crushed crispy wafers. Enjoy a leisurely eat-in while gazing at the Kamogawa River.

Shaved ice at BABBI GERATERIA KYOTO

Shaved ice with strawberry puree: 1,320 yen

BABBI GELATERIA KYOTO

  • Babi Gelateria Kyoto
  • Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Shimogyo Ward, Kiyamachi Street, Shijo Shimoru, Saitocho 134
  • 2 minutes walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station"
  • Tel.075-585-5200

4.Tea specialty store [Shimizu Ippo-en]: snow ice with special top-grade matcha espuma / Higashiyama Shichijo

The tea specialty store Shimizu Ippo-en has a reputation for its elaborate tea sweets. The "Sukigori with Top Matcha Espuma" is a luxurious dark tea-like espuma (mousse) made entirely from powdered Uji matcha, which melts in the mouth with a refreshing taste. You can enjoy the special taste of carefully selected tea.

Yukigoori (snow ice) with green tea espuma on top: 1,250 yen.

Tea Master Kiyomizu Ippouen Kyoto Main Store

  • Tea ceremony, one-stop shop for baked goods, and a bookstore
  • 665 Hongawara-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 9 minutes on foot from Keihan Shichijo Station
  • Tel.075-202-7964

5.[Nijo Wakasaya Teramachi Branch] Saiun Shaved Ice with Homemade Syrup/Kyoto Shiyakushomae

Kyoto's confectioners have put a sense of fun into their confectionery creations, such as sweet potato cakes that look like baked sweet potatoes, and kuzuyu with a cute box design. At the teahouse on the 2nd floor, only the Teramachi store offers “Saiun”, which is made with fluffy hand-made ice and seasonal flavors. In the ice, 3 to 4 kinds of fruits such as strawberries and pineapples are hidden. You can freely pour 5 kinds of homemade syrup that changes with the season.

Shaved ice at Nijo Wakasaya

Saiun" (1,540 yen), which offers five kinds of syrups that change seasonally, including tortoiseshell candy, Iyokan, apple, kiwi, and amazake (sweet sake).

Nijo Wakasaya Teramachi

  • Nijo Wakasaya Teramachi Ten
  • Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo Ward Teramachi Street Nijoshitaru Enokicho 67
  • 4-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Subway Station
  • Tel.075-256-2280

6.Bracken black syrup and soybean shaved ice from Nikenjaya (Nakamuraro), where you can enjoy the sweetness of adults / Gion

Nigenjaya is located inside the torii gate of Yasaka Shrine. Dengakudofu, which is said to have originated here, has been a specialty of the store since its establishment in the Muromachi period (1333-1573). Seasonal sweet dishes are also popular. Starting in May, a popular menu item, bracken kuromitsu kinako ice (1,100 yen), will be available. In addition, customers can enjoy shaved ice with fruits such as the standard Uji kintoki and freshly squeezed strawberries. The molasses and syrups poured over the ice are all homemade. Enjoy your treat at a historic teahouse in Kyoto.

Shaved ice at Nikenjaya

Strawberry kuromitsu kinako ice with warabi mochi and shiratama dango (white bean dumplings) for 1,100 yen. The refreshing, adult sweetness spreads in your mouth when you pour the brown sugar slowly cooked into the syrup.

Nikenjaya (Nakamuraro)

  • Nikenchaya (Nakamurarou)
  • Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Higashiyama Ward, Gion Yasaka Shrine Karasui
  • 8 minutes walk from Keihan Gion-Shijo Station
  • Tel.075-561-0016

7.Green tea shaved ice with kudzu from [Saryo SENTAMA] where you can enjoy the coolness all the time / Senbon Imadegawa

Senbon Gyokujuken, a long-established Japanese confectionery shop that has been in business for over 80 years, has opened a tea room. The shaved ice, which is made by freezing the water in which kudzu has been dissolved, is hard to melt and has a satisfying texture, so you can enjoy the ice slowly. The shaved ice comes in matcha, brown sugar, and fruits, each topped with espuma foamed syrup. The brown sugar is topped with kudzu warabi mochi and soybean flour, and the fruit is topped with pineapple.

Matcha shaved ice topped with shiratama and azuki beans, 990 yen.

Tea room SENTAMA

  • Saryo Sentama
  • October 14, 2020 open
  • 93 Jozenjicho, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 1 minute walk from "Senbon-Imadegawa" bus stop
  • Tel.075-461-5747

8.[Gion Tokuya] Surrounded by the scent of bancha with summer limited shaved ice / Gion

Bancha shaved ice available only in summer, provided by Gion Tokuya, a sweets shop famous for its warabi mochi with a thick texture. Lemon pickled in honey is placed on the fragrant Kyoto Bancha ice. You can enjoy the flavor of lemon tea at the end by adding bancha syrup and milk. Syrup and ice are in separate containers so that you can enjoy the freshly shaved texture. Such thoughtfulness is one of the reasons why Hanamachi is loved in Hanamachi.

Shaved ice of Gion Tokuya

Summer-only Obancha shaved ice 950 yen.

Gion Tokuya

  • Giontokuya
  • 570-127 South Gion-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 4-minute walk from Keihan Gion-Shijo Station
  • Tel.075-561-5554

9.Matcha shaved ice using high-quality natural water from the Suzuka mountain range at Sweet Memories / Nishiki Ichiba

Located in Nishiki Market in Kyoto, Sweet Memories is a sweet shop that mainly serves fluffy shaved ice. The shaved ice lineup includes green tea, yuzu milk, four kinds of chocolate, chocolate mint, and seasonal fruits. Take-out shaved ice is also available, so stop by while strolling around Nishiki Market.

Matcha shaved ice at Sweet Memories

Kyoto green tea shaved ice with anko (red bean paste) and shiratama (white bean curd) inside, 1,400 yen.

Sweet Memories

  • Suite Memories
  • 169-2 Higashi-Uoya-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 3 minutes walk from Hankyu Karasuma Station
  • Tel.075-223-3355

10.Honey Lemon Cheese Shaved Ice with Rich Espuma at Kyo Ice Yukimian / Nijo Castle area

A sister store of the popular shaved ice specialty store in Tokyo, Snow Rabbit, has opened in the Nijo Castle area. The shaved ice is made with fresh cream and mascarpone cheese and served in a cake-like arrangement with espuma, giving it a photogenic visual appeal. The ice is pure ice that has been made for 72 hours and thoroughly temperature-controlled to create a fluffy, snow-like texture. Mascarpone cheese is also placed inside the shaved ice to give it a different flavor.

Kyogyo Yukimian Honey Lemon Cheese

Honey Lemon Cheese 1,200 yen. Delicious syrup of sliced lemon soaked in honey and pureed. Goes perfectly with mascarpone espuma.

Kyoto Ice Yukimian

  • Kyogoori Yukimian
  • July 01, 2022 open
  • 16-45 Nishinokyo Hoshiikecho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 2 minutes walk from Subway Nijo Station
  • Tel.075-432-7700

11.Shaved ice from [BRUNBRUN] that is irresistible for chocolate lovers / Gosho Minami

Founded in 1935, this creative chocolate and western confectionery store celebrates 87 years in business this year. The popular chocolate shaved ice comes with a wide variety of toppings, including sweet chocolate, raw chocolate, maple sugar flavored walnuts, and caramelized macadamia nuts. The chocolatier spent several years researching a special chocolate sauce that does not harden, so be sure to try this gem.

BRUNBRUN shaved ice

Chocolate shaved ice 1,100 yen.

BRUN BRUN

  • brambrun
  • 462 Sanbongi-cho, Takeyamachi-dori, Higashinotoin, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi
  • 1 minute walk from Subway "Marutamachi"
  • Tel.075-231-0521

12.Pudding on the outside, pudding on the inside! Na [Confectionery and Teahouse Checa] shaved ice / Okazaki

A rustic and delicious cake shop popular for roll cakes, cream puffs, and donut-like tiramisu. The shaved ice pudding that looks cute is popular among the shaved ice that is made fluffy by controlling the temperature of the ice. It is surprising that real pudding emerges not only from the sauce but also from inside.
*Kakigori serving period: July to September *Possibility of take-out only

Confectionery/Sabo Cheka's pudding shaved ice

The shaved ice pudding (1155 yen), created by a cake artisan, is covered with a milky anglaise sauce and studded with crunchy caramel. It also comes with hojicha tea.

Confectionery and Teahouse Checa

  • Kashi・Sabo Checa
  • 25 Hosshojicho, Okazaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 10 minutes walk from Subway "Keage Station"
    1 minute walk from "Okazaki Hosshojicho" bus stop
  • Tel.075-771-6776

13.Artistic shaved ice from [Lies and I] that makes everyone happy / Uji

A cafe in a house that doubles as a painting showroom in Uji. It's a popular store that is difficult to book, but everyone who visits has an ecstatic expression in front of the real shaved ice. The shaved ice created by Instagrammer Kubo is visually unique. It is not uncommon for people to order 3-4 cups by themselves. By appointment only.

Lies and my shaved ice

Seasonal fruit parfait ice with strawberry sauce, milk syrup, jelly with pineapple, tea jelly, etc., all handmade, 1,500 yen.

lie and me

  • lie and me
  • June 20, 2020 open
  • 3-2-183 Oriidai, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 19 minutes on foot from JR Uji Station, 5 minutes by car
    6 minutes on foot from the bus stop "Uji Bunka Center"
  • Tel: None

14.[The shaved ice with green tea syrup at Tasuki Shinpukan has a fluffy texture like feathers.

Based on the concept of "valuing what already exists and creating new value", seasonal ingredients from Kyoto are used to create a classical form of shaved ice. Ice made with highly transparent pure water, exquisite bitterness of matcha, and matcha mitsuki ice with exquisite sweetness of condensed milk are a dish that spreads the scent of tea after the mellow sweetness. You can also enjoy shaved ice and tea cocktails based on cocktails.

Tea and sake Tasuki shaved ice

Matcha honey 1250 yen

Tea and Sake Tasuki Shinpukan

  • Tea and Sake Tasuki Simpukan
  • Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Nakagyo Ward, Karasuma Street
  • 1 minute walk from Subway Karasuma Oike Station
  • Tel.075-744-1139

15.Open only in summer! Peach fruit espuma shaved ice from the cake shop [Sekando] / Hyakumanben

The president of the spaghetti and cake shop [SECONDHOUSE CAKE WORKS] thinks up recipes and makes them in the kitchen. Homemade peach syrup espuma topped with colorful 3-color jelly. From 2022, you can also enjoy shaved ice at [Second House Demachi branch] (the menu may differ from the Ginkakuji branch).

Shaved ice at Sekando

The shaved ice is filled with peach pulp both inside and out, and the peach fruit espuma is 1,100 yen.

Sekando

  • the world
  • 100-25 Jodoji Nishidacho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-fu, Abita Kitashirakawa 1F SECONDHOUSE CAKE WORKS Ginkakuji
  • 4 minutes on foot from the bus stop "Kita Shirakawa"
    3 minutes on foot from the bus stop "Kitashirakawa Bettocho"
  • Tel.075-752-9004

16.[Saruya] matcha red bean shaved ice with plenty of grainy red bean paste / Shimogamo Shrine

Rest area [Saruya] in the precincts of Shimogamo Shrine. The shaved ice served there is named 'duck icehouse ice' after the midsummer Himuro ritual. We use high-density hard ice that contains no impurities as much as possible, and the ice that is finely and thinly shaved with a blade melts in your mouth like the first snow. In addition to matcha azuki, there are three types of strawberries and black honey shiratama. Enjoy a refreshing break while admiring the greenery of Tadasu no Mori.

Saruya

Matcha red bean 830 yen. Matcha green tea is made from fragrant Uji green tea and served with a generous amount of Hosen-do's signature carefully cooked Tanba Dainagon azuki red bean paste.

Saruya

  • 59 Shimogamo Izumigawa-cho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Shimogamo Shrine precincts
  • 12 minutes walk from Keihan "Demachiyanagi Station"
    7-minute walk from the bus stop "Shin-Aoibashi"
  • Tel.090-6914-4300

17.Shaved ice with beans from Breeze Tainan -TEARS II-, blowing away the heat / Around the Imperial Palace

An authentic Taiwanese restaurant that seems to have been transported from the local area to Kyoto with the air. There are more than 10 types of tapioca drinks, and a variety of sweets such as bean flowers and ice cream. The kakigori shaved ice is especially unique, and in addition to fruits such as mangoes and strawberries, there is a wide variety of variations, including the Happo Bing, which is said to have a medicinal effect, and the cold ice, which is hot ingredients covered with ice.

Cold and hot 冰 (ren la bing) 648 yen. The hot ingredients include Jinzhuang tapioca, sesame dumplings, taro dumplings, and 8 kinds of beans.

Breeze Tainan -TEARS II-

  • Bifuu Tainan Tears Two
  • Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Kamigyo Ward, Kawaramachi Street Marutamachi Agaru Masuyacho 359
  • 6 minutes on foot from Keihan "Jingu Marutamachi Station"
  • Tel.075-211-9817
*Please note that the information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.

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