You can watch it all the time! Close-up on Kyoto's Craftsmen

Leaf KYOTO You can watch it all the time! A Close Look at Kyoto's Craftsmen

2023.2.24

You can watch it all the time! A Close Look at Kyoto's Craftsmen

From Leaf's official YouTube "@mkyoto", we introduce three videos closely following the artisans of [Yamamoto Menzou], [Kastella Udon], and [Hirano Tofu].

Contents of this article

1.: Kyoto's queue-up store! Close-up on a morning at a popular udon shop [Yamamoto Menzou] / Okazaki, Japan

2.: Craftsmanship shines through! Close contact with Kastella Udon, a hand-baked sponge cake specialty store in Kyoto / Enmachi

3.: Close contact with the work of Hirano Tofu, a long-established tofu shop used by famous inns and restaurants / Kyoto City Hall

1.Kyoto's queue-up store! Close-up on a morning at a popular udon shop [Yamamoto Menzou] / Okazaki, Japan

Everyone who loves udon knows the famous udon store Yamamoto Menzou. The long lines that form even before the store opens are a common sight among the locals. Mr. Yamamoto passionately kneads, cuts, and boils his udon noodles, which are firm and resilient, and go perfectly with the bonito-flavored broth.

Yamamoto Menzo
Japanese mask made from a bamboo grove with a base made from the ridge-end of a mountain
34 Okazaki Minami-Gosho-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-751-0677

2.Craftsmanship shines through! Close contact with Kastella Udon, a hand-baked sponge cake specialty store in Kyoto / Enmachi

Castella Udon is a sponge cake specialty store established in Kyoto in 1971. Each piece of additive-free dough is carefully baked by hand using a method that has been handed down since the shop's founding, and the craftsmanship shines through in the moist, baked dough.

Kastela Uden
Japanese government departments (e.g. under the ritsuryo system, governmental bodies, etc.)
245 Nishikamino-cho, 3-chome, Shimotachiuri-agaru, Gozen-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
TEL: 075-823-5905

3.Close contact with the work of Hirano Tofu, a long-established tofu shop used by famous inns and restaurants / Kyoto City Hall

Hirano Tofu, established in 1906, is one of the oldest tofu shops in Kyoto. The handmade tofu, made using Kyoto's abundant underground water, has a traditional taste and is loved by famous ryokan (Japanese-style inns) and restaurants.

Hirano Tofu
flat tofu
289 Nakahakuyama-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto
Tel. 075-221-1646

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