There are about 30 types of rice balls on standby at all times, ranging from the basic pickled plums and rice balls to unusual items like cheese hamburgers, priced between 100 and 300 yen each. With a diverse lineup that you won't get tired of even if you visit every day, the store manager, Kumi Yokoyama, also known as Ku-chan, will always have freshly prepared food. The morning rice ball set, which comes with rice balls, side dishes, and lees soup, is great value and fills you up.

The over 100-year-old townhouse has a calm atmosphere that is typical of things that have passed the time, with antique furniture collected by the owner, who is from Higashiyama, as a hobby, and bookshelves lined with first editions and reprints. Today's breakfast, available only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, includes grilled fish, two small side dishes, miso soup, and rice cooked in a clay pot. In addition, there is also a menu that goes well with alcohol, such as today's rice 1500 yen that comes with 3 kinds of small bowls as the main dish.

A specialty rice ball restaurant where you can enjoy rice balls cooked in clay pots for both eat-in and take-out. What you can enjoy inside the store is the Ichijuu Omusubi Set, which is a set of two rice balls, soup, and pickled vegetables. You can choose two of your favorite rice balls from a lineup of 23 varieties, including the classic plum and salmon, pork kimchi, and plum natto. It's a popular restaurant, so it's best to make reservations for both eat-in and take-out. Please check SNS for reservation status and store holidays.

At night, you can enjoy local sake and shochu along with the obanzai at [Shunsai Imari] in Rokkaku Shinmachi. For this morning-only Japanese set meal, freshly cooked rice in an earthenware pot is prepared for each order. In addition to Kyoto-style side dishes such as Saikyo-yaki fish, dashimaki, and daily obanzai made with seasonal ingredients, you can also enjoy plenty of vegetables.

Hanazusa Wabi, which has been a beloved Japanese tableware and snack sushi restaurant near Kitayama Street for over 35 years, moved to Kitaoji in January 2021. The tsumami sushi is stuffed into squares one by one, and you will be impressed by its beauty the moment you open the lid. The dishes are rich in color and flavor, such as sea bream seasoned with kelp, grilled conger eel, and Omi konnyaku.