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2024] 12 recommended take-out restaurants in Kyoto - popular boxed lunches and prepared foods to go.

With the spring weather, the holiday season is finally here! Here we introduce 12 take-out restaurants that are currently attracting attention in Kyoto. From the luxurious taste of fresh fish restaurants to carefully handmade home-style dishes, try using them as accompaniments to your outings or for your daily meals. (TEXT/Yuko Hanawa, EDIT/Moe Sawamura)

1. Bento box lunches filled with side dishes from Kamigamo Kirin, which are delicious even when cold / Kamigamo Jinja-mae

A sister restaurant of the popular "Rai Nei" in Ohara, the famous buffet-style lunch can be enjoyed here as well. It is also happy to offer a seasonal menu of mainly vegetables from Kamigamo, as well as ingredients from Ohara and Miyama, for takeout in bento boxes.

Kamigamo Giraffe Bento

Kamigamo bento boxed lunch with colorful seasonal vegetables for 1,300 yen. The bento is filled to overflowing with side dishes. Take your time to enjoy the carefully prepared taste!

Kamigamo giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

  • Haemerocallis fulva var. kwanso (variety of daylily)
  • 6-1 Kamigamo-misonoguchi-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 1 minute walk from Kamigamo Jinja-mae bus stop.
  • Tel. 075-711-1133

2. [Kakinuma Souzaten (Kakinuma Delicatessen): Casual takeout with the taste of a kappo restaurant / Jingu Marutamachi

This is a delicatessen and boxed lunch store operated by the kappo restaurant Rakuzen Kakinuma. The restaurant attracts many office workers and local residents at lunch time, as they can enjoy the taste of a kappo restaurant in a casual atmosphere. The bento comes in about eight varieties, priced at a reasonable 710 yen and up.

Kakinuma delicatessen Glue stick lunch box

(Front) Charcoal-grilled silver salmon nori bento for 880 yen. (Left) Croquettes with lotus root and taro for ¥270 (Right) Salad with squid, mixed beans and tomatoes for ¥480

Kakinuma Delicatessen

  • Saraswati (god of wealth, music, eloquence and water)
  • 18, Shogoin Nishi-machi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 9 minutes on foot from Keihan Jingu Marutamachi Station
  • Tel. 075-746-4954

3. Popular for its seafood-based side dishes that take advantage of its specialty [Marufuku KYOTO] / Shichijo Nanabonmatsu

A delicatessen run by Marufuku Suisan, a brokerage in the Kyoto Central Market. The lineup ranges from delicacies to sweets, and includes about 50 kinds of seafood-based side dishes. The wide range of items includes everything from delicacies to sweets, and the convenience of tasting dishes made with fresh fish has attracted the support of men and women of all ages.

Marufuku kyoto

Marufuku Gozen, a set of seafood chirashi with a variety of seafood such as mackerel and salmon, and side dishes for 1,500 yen (available only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays).

Marufuku KYOTO

  • Marfuku Kyouto
  • 17, Suzaku Urahata-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 7 minutes walk from JR "Umekoji Kyoto Nishi Station"
  • Tel. 075-950-0139

4. Professional Taste of Fish [Kinko's] Nori Bento with Kyoto Miso Pickles / Kiyomizu Gojo

Chikako, a fresh fish restaurant founded in the Meiji era, is located near Kiyomizu Gojo Station and is constantly visited by chefs, local residents, and other customers. The lively store offers fresh seafood as well as prepared dishes and boxed lunches, and the luxurious taste of fresh fish can be enjoyed at both take-out and eat-in restaurants.

Chikako's Bento

Gindara (silverfish) grilled slowly over a distant fire is so shiny that you can tell it has a good amount of fat. Fishmonger's nori bento silverfish marinated in Kyoto miso, 1,550 yen

Kinkou era (1555.10.23-1558.2.28)

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  • 1, Higashi-hashizume-cho, Gojo-dori Ohashi Higashi-iru, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 1 minute walk from Exit 4 of "Kiyomizu Gojo Station" of Keihan
  • Tel. 075-531-1333

5. Dashimaki sandwiches made by a historic egg omelet factory / Tambaguchi

This is a direct sales outlet of Daiei Seidama, which has been manufacturing dashimaki and egg rolls for sushi for 70 years. Their popular dashimaki sandwiches are made with additive-free dashimaki, bread, and mayonnaise.

Jiajia's Dashimaki Sandwich

Dashimaki Sandwich (Yuzu Mix) 600 yen. The dashimaki is grilled on a griddle to a texture that is neither too soft nor too hard, and looks beautiful as well. Mixed dashi broth made mainly from bonito and kelp with some saba-bushi (mackerel bones) is used.

Kakka era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)

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  • 18 Nishi-shinyashiki Shimono-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 5 minute walk from JR Tambaguchi Station
  • Tel. 075-351-7696
The information is subject to change. Please contact each store or facility directly for the latest information.
All prices include tax.
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