Rokkakuace (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture), a sister restaurant of the popular Kyoto izakaya (Japanese-style bar) Sake-no-Bingo, has a casual Western-style atmosphere that attracts many repeat customers, including women. The menu includes such delicacies as potato salad topped with Ufumayo, extra-large fried horse mackerels, and thick Calbo-Meshi rice, all of which are sure to be delicious. The menu is full of "That's definitely delicious!

Inoue [Inoue] (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is a small restaurant in a 90-year-old machiya (traditional Kyoto townhouse) with an atrium that offers a view of the unusual roof structure. Sisters Ai Inoue and Sayaka Inoue entertain diners with a la carte dishes using seasonal ingredients as well as standard dishes such as potato salad. Ai selects the sake that goes well with the dishes, so ask her for a recommendation.

Hashiya and Nakase (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is a house tucked away in a quiet residential area off an alley off Higashinotoin Street. ［The owner-chefs, Hashiya and Nakase, who met during their training at Il Ghiottone, aim to create a space between an Italian restaurant and an izakaya (Japanese-style pub). In a relaxed atmosphere, you can enjoy their high-quality cuisine prepared with their proven skills to your heart's content.

Sun Buddy (Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) was opened by Mr. and Mrs. Wakisaka, former owners of a popular izakaya (Japanese-style bar) in the Kyoto Station area, to provide a bar that can be enjoyed from 2:00 p.m. They serve heartwarming home-style dishes while encouraging conversation over the counter. The menu includes dishes such as keiko tail stew, which is a recreation of their mother's specialty, homemade nukazuke (pickles), fried tulips, and other dishes that are sure to make your drinks go down a treat.

Ponshuya Santoku Rokumi (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto), a standing bar with its main branch in Fukushima, Osaka, opened its Gojo Takakura branch as its second branch in Kyoto, following the Shijo-Karasuma branch. Responding to the request from customers who said, "I want to go there after a stroll in Kyoto if there are chairs available," the restaurant offers dishes using seasonal ingredients and a wide selection of sake while relaxing in chairs. The tasteful interior, housed in a Taisho era machiya (townhouse), is the perfect bar space with a mature yet lively atmosphere.

A little further down an elegant alley, you will find Ohashi (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture), a bar in a revitalized building from the early Showa Period (1926-1989). Mr. Ohashi, who specializes in Japanese cuisine, uses fresh fish and vegetables he has just purchased that day to serve you dishes that will make your drinks go down a treat. The menu changes daily, with obanzai lined up on the counter and local dishes from Kyushu.

Within walking distance from Kyoto Station. Kitsune Biyori (Minami-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) was established as a place where people can casually enjoy Kyoto's tofu, which at first glance may seem like a hurdle to overcome. All tofu and fried bean curd are handmade in the restaurant, using soy milk made from domestic soybeans purchased from a yuba (bean curd) store. The fried tofu is deep-fried right in front of your eyes, so you can enjoy the taste of freshly made tofu.

Tsukinokoguma (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is a sister restaurant of Jack and Matilda, a popular standing drinking establishment in Fukushima, Osaka. In addition to the standard menu including the famous stewed and char-grilled dishes, the restaurant offers a variety of daily specials such as obanzai and assorted sashimi. About 40 kinds of dishes and more than 30 kinds of sake can be enjoyed at any given time. The restaurant also offers a one-person-only "four kinds of good-looking snacks," making it a great place to visit even if you are alone.

Aburu moku (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture), run by two former employees of the famous Italian restaurant Vena, is an atmospheric space with a retro atmosphere created by fresh green tiles and antique lamps. The cuisine is based on Japanese cuisine, but there are also Italian and French elements here and there. There are always about eight classic wines available, which change daily, and they are selected with an emphasis on complementing the food.

Located on the second floor of a machiya (townhouse) in Shijo-Omiya, Nief (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto) is a hideout for adults known only to those in the know. ［The owner, who has experience at popular restaurants such as "Soliles" and "suba," serves dishes that emphasize a sense of the season. The counter, with its beautiful wood grain, was designed to create just the right distance between customers and staff, and many customers come alone to enjoy conversation with the owner.

A quiet alley north of Danguri-dori. Located in the back alley behind a laundromat, Mihara Laundry (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is an ultra-secluded izakaya that arouses curiosity when you enter. The owner, Mr. Mihara, who opened the izakaya after training in Tokyo, serves a variety of Japanese, Western, and Chinese dishes that are typical of bars.

COPPIE (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is an a la carte restaurant where three friendly couples serve you as if they were entertaining friends. They want wine lovers and sake lovers to be able to come together and enjoy dishes that are perfect for each of them," they say.

Yakitori Seri (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is located in a back alley in the city. Stepping into the elegant Kyoto townhouse, one is greeted by a stylish space. The restaurant serves yakitori made with ingredients from Shiga Prefecture, the owner's hometown, such as Omi Gundori and Omi Kurodori chicken, as well as handmade cassata and exquisite sweets that are sure to be enjoyed with alcoholic beverages.

Ibaraki, who has been exposed to such enjoyable dining scenes as wine taverns and Mexican restaurants, offers a variety of a la carte menus along with recommended wines [Cuisine & Wine Ibaraki] (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture). In a machiya space with a warm atmosphere as if you were invited to a friend's home, you can enjoy free-flowing dishes that transcend culinary borders.

Western-style izakaya Paris Honpo (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto) moved to a machiya (townhouse) in the fall of 2020 from a space it had been attached to for more than 20 years since taking over the Tomari Honpo restaurant in Higashinotoin Sanjo. The owner, Mr. Fujii, smiles, "I and my regulars are getting older, and it's getting better and better to have a place where we can relax and have a drink. The menu is full of Western-style dishes using fresh fish from Yamasada Shoten in Shichijo, such as marinated sea bream marinated in kombujime (kelp jelly) and fried cod with tartar.

Budoshukudo (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is a 150-year-old machiya townhouse with a modern atmosphere. This is a diner and wine store opened by the owner-sommelier, who carefully selects local wines from all over Italy, and a chef who honed his skills in Kyoto cuisine. Vintage wines play a leading role in the selection of dishes, and wines are paired with artisanal Japanese cuisine. You can enjoy the free combination only at this restaurant.

Mr. Tanabe, who has studied at a famous restaurant in Higashiyama, presents teppan food at All Teppan Atsuku... (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture). The appetizing yakisoba with the aroma of sauce, tonpei, grilled kama-age shirasu with green onion, ahi jogyo that never gets cold, and other entrée dishes that will make you want to stop drinking cold beer will be served at the counter, which is full of a sense of a hiding place.

Kaku-uchi and Noodles Banzan (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto) is located inside Yuasa Kaikan, a hot bar complex. The self-pouring style of kaku-uchi is enjoyable, with customers pouring their own sake or choosing from a showcase. The signature menu item is ramen with the theme of "noodles after sake for tomorrow. The soup is a blend of bonito, chicken stock, shijimi clam, and clam broth, and is characterized by its healthiness, making it a perfect ending to a night of drinking.

Gion Shimogawara Orijin (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto) is a shish-kebab and wine restaurant located at the end of a narrow alley that you might easily pass by. In the relaxed atmosphere of a machiya townhouse, you can enjoy a la carte Western-style appetizers such as crab cream croquettes and special Japanese beef cutlets, in addition to shish-kebabs deep-fried in rice oil. The selection of wines to go with the artist's vessels and shish-kebabs is also excellent. Come and join us at the counter where Kyotoites relax.

Shluv kyoto (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) was opened by a sommelier and a sake-loving sister who wanted "an extraordinary experience of drinking from noon. The store, which is housed in a renovated machiya, the family home of a former green grocer, offers 20 kinds of sake and 40 kinds of wine, and when you tell them what you want to drink, they will recommend what they think you would like to drink. The sisters, who are experts in both sake and vegetables, also offer a variety of dishes.