Cafe OWL (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto) is popular for its lunch plates using fresh ingredients and homemade sweets. During the "Gion Festival" season, the popular Hamo no Tempura Gion Festival set is available every year! The set includes freshly fried, fluffy and crispy hamo (conger eel) tempura, shiso leaves and chikuwa tempura. Enjoy it with your favorite seasoning of either green tea salt or plum sauce.

Menu／Tempura of pike conger eel, Gion Festival set, 1,000 yen
Sales period / July 15 (Mon., holiday) and 16 (Tue.), 17:00-22:00 approx.
Sales location / In front of Cafe OWL store

The interior of the restaurant, which is a reproduction of a Thai restaurant in a renovated machiya (a traditional Kyoto townhouse), is full of exotic atmosphere. The popular menu at Shijo Pakuchi (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto), where the chef, who has experience at a local hotel, serves Thai fried noodle Pad Thai. The sweet and sour sauce is addictive and popular. You will surely feel the authentic atmosphere when you try this classic street food.

Sales Menu／
Thai fried noodle pad thai, 858 yen at lunch time, 880 yen at dinner time
Gapao Rice: 880 yen at lunch time, 1078 yen at dinner time
Various other Thai and Vietnamese dishes
Sales period: Year-round
Sales location / In the store

Enjoy obanzai and creative Japanese dishes made with seasonal ingredients in a renovated Meiji-era kimono store in a traditional Kyoto townhouse. At "Gion Matsuri," pork kakuni croquettes are served at the store. Slowly stewed tender pork kakuni is a specialty of Manzaratei NISHIKI (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture). The flavor-soaked pork stew has a strong presence even when made into croquettes. Stop by if you are hungry.

Menu／Kakuni croquettes (250 yen per croquette)
Sales Date/Time: July 13 (Sat.) - 16 (Tue.) 14:00 - 22:00
Place of sale / Manzaratei NISHIKI Sold in front of the store

SEKAIYA is an Italian restaurant (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) where you can enjoy a course meal that incorporates an abundance of seasonal ingredients. This year, the "Gion Festival" limited menu item is an onion gratin spring roll. One bite and the onion gratin melts from the freshly fried, crispy dough. Taste the sweetness of the onion and the savory flavor of the bacon.

Sales Menu／
Onion gratin spring rolls (2) 500 yen
Fried chicken 500 yen
drink
Draft beer: 500 yen
Homemade syrup sours (strawberry, melon, kiwi, lemon, tangerine) 500 yen
Date and time of sale / July 13 (Sat.) to 16 (Tue.) *Evening to evening on July 13 and 14, and daytime to evening on July 15 and 16
Sales location / In front of SEKAIYA store

Ise Genroku Hachibana-ya, a long-established Japanese confectionery established in 1708 (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto), produces edible "yakuyaku-yoke" (bad luck repellent) raw chimakis to be given to the Takayama Preservation Society. The uchi-maki are pure white and chewy, wrapped in bamboo leaves with a talisman to ward off bad luck. This whiteness and chewiness are achieved by using domestically produced rice flour and steaming the rice while carefully monitoring the finish. The Yoiyama Warabimochi, sold at the festival, is eaten cold and has a melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Mae Festival: Yoiyama Warabimochi 378 yen
Sales period / Tuesday, July 16, 9:30 - 17:30 *Sales end when sold out
Sales location / Ise Genroku Tachibanaya stores

After Festival: Takayama's edible fresh zongzi (3 pieces) to ward off bad luck, 1,200 yen *Takayama's zongzi for decoration to ward off bad luck, 1,000 yen
Sales period / July 21 (Sun.) to 23 (Tue.) 10:00 to 21:00 (until around 20:00 on July 23) *Sales end when all items are sold out.
Place of sale / Takayama Preservation Society (advance reservation at Ise Genroku Tachibanaya store andonline store(Also available at)
41, Korotanidana-cho, Sanjodori Shinmachi Higashi-iru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
*Sales at Ise Genroku Tachibanaya stores will be available only on July 22 (Mon.) and 23 (Tue.)