Bags / Shoes / Other Decorations Spots in Kyoto Area

  • Yojiya Gion Branch
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    Kyoto prefecture Kyoto shi Higashiyama ku Gion Shijo Hanami Koji northeast corner
    A shop opened along Shijo Street in the middle of Gion by Yojiya, a cosmetics shop known for its oil blotting papers founded in 1904. The shop boasts a huge selection of Yojiya cosmetics, including signature makeups, toiletries, and implements. The Yojiya Café is located 30 meters west along Shijo Street.
  • Keibunsha Ichijoji Branch
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    4.5
    35 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Ichijoujiharaitonochou 10
    A book store, a three minute walk from Ichijoji Station. The shop’s collection of books, selected by the staff, are arranged in a unique pattern not concerned with genre. The shop also sells a variety of unique items to help purchasers enrich their lives and home interiors with books. There is also a gallery space and a floor dedicated to lifestyle books and goods. The shop is the only one in Japan to be selected for the U.K. Guardian’s list of “The World’s 10 Best Bookshops.”

    京都に遊びに行く時には、時間を作って毎回恵文社さんに行くようにしています。 それくらい何度訪れても毎回新たな発見があります。 少し京都中心街から離れますが、それでも行く価値ありです。 自転車で行くのもおすすめです。

  • Shoyeido Incense Co. Kyoto Main Store
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    4.5
    27 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Karasuma-dori Nijo Agaru East side
    A long-standing store with a long history as a leader of fragrance culture since its founding in 1705. They manufacture and sell all sorts of fragrances including incense for religious use, incense sticks for tatami rooms, informal incenses, incense for tea ceremonies, and incense pastilles. The shop interior feels like a room used for tea ceremonies and it's fun to search the shop for a scent that fits your lifestyle. Popular purchases for those looking for Kyoto souvenirs are their Hourin incenses, a traditional scent used in traditional Japanese restaurants and inns, and their popular XiangDo Series, a pure fragrance with scents of rose and lavender.

    My friend and I absolutely had the most fascinating visit to the Karasuma Nijo store where Ryoko-San introduced us to the traditional way of making incense in their fragrance factory tour. Ryoko-San...

  • Kaikado
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Shimogyou-ku Kawaramachirokujou Higashi Irumomei Minatocho 84-1
    This old tea caddy maker was established in 1875 and offers handcrafted tea caddies in copper, brass and tin plate. Each piece is a work of art made via a complicated and delicate production process of 130 steps passed down from the first generation, and is airtight with its character revealed after long use. Still using traditional methods, today they also make and sell tin plate coffee cans and pasta cans with attached measures; they are popular as gifts as well as items to use oneself. The shop is distinctive for its whitewashed walls, hanging noren curtains and show window with arranged tea caddies. The closest station is Kiyomizu-Gojo Station.

    Kaikado tin, copper, and brass canisters are superbly made all by hand and are seen in some of the better shops in Kyoto. But this is their showroom which is very small but beautifully designed. They...

  • Hakuchikudo Main Shop
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
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    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Yasuya Machiya Hexagon Tower Shirakabicho 448
    Hakuchikudo in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward specializes in selling folding fans. It sells a wide range of fans, not only traditional Kyoto-style fans made according to traditional techniques, but also fashionable fans decorated with lace or rhinestones. In this low-key store, customers can draw their own patterns on a fan or play the traditional game of fan throwing.

    ちょっとそこまで、「白竹堂京都本店」ヘ ! 白竹堂本店は京都中心部の麩屋町六角にあり落ち着いた雰囲気を伝えています。自身で好きな絵を描き扇子にできる絵付け体験や扇子への名入れサービスなどもあり品揃が豊富です。繊細で細やかな刺繍のと伝統色の京扇子は代表的なものと言えるでしょう。和小物セットも販売しています。

  • Zohiko (Kyoto Teramachi location)
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    4.5
    17 Reviews
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    Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Teramachi-dori Nijo Railway Le Rue West Side Shinjuku Temple 719-1
    A venerable Kyoto lacquerware shop established in 1661 located in Teramachi, Kyoto City. In order to explore new possibilities while continuing to respect over 350 years of history, the shop has recently begun actively collaborating with international companies and creators to produce products that meet the needs of today. The shop moved to its current location in 2014 and offers an extensive range of products such as everyday articles for the current season, gifts, and exquisite pieces which shine with the skills of the craftsmen who produced them. A five-minute walk from Exit 11 of Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai Line subway.

    If you want to have a piece of real Japanese art go to Zohiko. World best class of lacquer. Just perfect and displayed with a lot of taste. Very friendly and professional staff!

  • Rakushikan
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nakagyou-ku Sanjoutakakura Kyoto Bunka Museum 1F
    A small museum dedicated to paper located on the first floor of the Museum of Kyoto in Karasuma Oike, Kyoto City. The museum was established with the aim of presenting the wonders of paper, a product closely connecting with Japanese culture and ways of life. The museum sells a variety of unique paper goods created throughout Japan as well as original handmade washi paper products dyed according to methods dating to the Heian period. The museum also presents paper products according to the ways in which it is used such as stationary, envelopes, origami, and seals, as well as introducing how paper is connected to and enriches human life.

    紙の専門店ですが、眺めていてもただ「綺麗だなぁ」と感じはするものの、ただそれだけ。ここでどんな目的でここで売っている紙(主に和紙だが)を買うのか?私には理解が出来ない。和紙で出来た製品も数多く売られている。値打ちが解る人には良い場所なのかも知れないが・・・造詣が浅い小生には・・・どこが良いんだか?さっぱり?

  • Inobun Shijo Main Shop
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku Shijo Kawaramachi Nishi Iru Otabi Cho 26
    A five-minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station. This lifestyle goods shop is located close to the number six exit of Kawaramachi Station. Consisting of four floors above ground and one below, the shop also holds events such as exhibitions and workshops. The selection and atmosphere of each floor differs, such as clocks and accessory cases on floor B1 and accessories and the 1st floor, and customers can just have fun walking through the establishment. The shop also carries unusual items such as Buncho Bunko books which are no longer than 16 pages.
  • Maisendo Kiyomizu Store
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Yasaka Dori Futa

    Found great earrings, and other sourveniers - good stuff good value! Very helpful service - knew english

  • Maisendo Nishiki Market Store
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Nishikikoji-dori Gokomachi Nishi Iru

    There’s just so much to see and sample in Nishiki Market. Everywhere you turn there’s something delicious. We had a tamago sandwich that was made in a shop that sold mainly eggs and the sandwiches...

  • Kitayama Craft Garden
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Shimogamohangicho Kyoto
    The first Sunday of every month except January and October, 40 to 60 craft stores will be set up in the Garden Museum, an open-air museum adjacent to the Kyoto Botanical Garden. An open café space will be set up in front of the entrance, allowing visitors to enjoy a relaxing stroll.
  • lisn Kyoto
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku Karasuma-dori Shijo Sagaru COCON KARASUMA 1F
    This scent shop offers new incenses every year stemming from a design concept of Resonate. Their scents, designed to casually slip into the rhythm of everyday life, are incredibly popular for everyone from beginners to experts. The Kyoto location has a refined decor with curvaceous designs of plaster and glass that resembles the flicker of fragrance and smoke arrayed over a monochrome pattern of square tiles.
  • ARTCUBE SHOP
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Okazakisaishojicho 6-3 Hosomi Art Museum B2
    A shop that deals in a wide variety of items including Hosomi Art Museum original products, miscellaneous Japanese-style goods, and books on arts and crafts. There's also a corner for special goods relating to current exhibitions. Their expansive selection including card sets, tote bags, ceramics, mini-towels, and pouches have garnered the shop a large number of supporters.
  • Yuzuki Kyoten
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Kamigyo-ku Kamishichiken 701
    A Japanese textile store in Kamishichiken that operates out of a classic townhouse that was once a teahouse. They sell hand-made accessories that are meticulously designed in both materials and particulars from concept to design. The shop's forte is having its own personal workshop allowing them to create kimono and accessories that perfectly match each individual customers' desires. They'll listen to any request from fabric to color, pattern to composition, and you can place an order for anything from plain white fabric to custom tailoring. In the second-floor gallery they have Nishijin style kimono and obi belts on display that were woven in their workshop.
  • Kazariya Ryo
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Oshikojidori Fuyacho Nishiiru Tachibanacho 621
    A silverwork showroom for parent company Chikueido, a metal jewelry artisan with a history dating back to the mid-Edo Period. A shop and workshop operating out of a classic Kyoto townhouse which is over 100 years old. They manufacture and sell subdued silver products that can be used every day. The shop is lined with accessories including netsuke miniature sculptures with seasonal images, straps, necklaces and hair combs and you can even try copper engraving (reservation required). You can also order original products, of course from your own design but you can also bring in a vague idea and work on it with a craftsman to create your own one of a kind item.
  • Yamato Mingei-ten
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Kawaramachidori Takoyakushi Agaru
    Founded in 1946 this shop was a trailblazer in Kyoto folk craft shops. The shop, located in Kawaramachi smack dab in between Sanjo-dori Street and Shijo-dori Street, offers a wide variety of folk crafts. From Okinawa Ryukyu glass cups from the south to Iwate Nanbu Ironwork tea pots from the north everything they sell will bring a small measure of happiness to your daily life. They don't only offer folk crafts from around Japan but also ethnic apparel. Their child's jinbei summer clothes that they receive in May is well known to be moisture absorbing and quick drying and very pleasant to wear.
  • Hayashi-Ryushodo
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Sanjodori Horikawa Higashi Iru Hashihigashizumecho 15
    A fragrance specialty shop founded in 1834 at the end of the Edo period. They manufacture and sell a variety of incenses focusing on their raw ingredients individually. Offering a variety including Koboku (fragrant wood), incense pastille, incense sticks and Shoko (incense powder), and offering incense has allowed this long-standing shop to offer support to all customers including temples for every sect of Buddhism, those participating in traditional incense-smelling ceremonies, and those participating in tea ceremonies. You can enjoy their incense with all five senses, from the color and shape of the incense, to the billowing rising smoke, and the spreading scent. The shop faces Sanjo-dori Street and is a seven-minute walk from Nijo Castle. It's marked by a large wooden sign on the second floor of the building.
  • Ishiguro-Kouho
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Sanjodori Yanaginobanba Nishi Iru
    This is the only shop in Japan that specializes in Nihohibukuro scented sachets. It has designed and sold its versatile original Nihohibukuro since its founding in 1855. Naturally these sachets, patterned on seasonal flowers, zodiac signs, and animals, can be used as scents, but also as interior designs. You can choose from different fabrics like Yuzen printed silk, and Nishijin brocade, with four different scents, to create your own original Nihohibukuro.

    小さい店舗の、におい袋専門店です。お店の中には様々の紋様の和生地での「袋」「貝」「鳥」「蟹?」等々が並んでいます。スタッフは和服の若い女性で丁寧に四種類の香を説明していただき、香りのテイスティングをして、「特製香」(甘い香りが混じっています)を10ケで7000円でした。一番安い「並香」なら約400円/ケで購入できます。すき好きはありますが、お土産になります。

  • Kyogoku Iwai
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Shinkyogoku Dori Shijo Agaru Nakanocho 556
    This shop specializes in colorful Kyoto-style knickknacks made using elegant Nishijin silk brocade. The historic-feeling Kyoto townhouse is filled with craft products like incense, washi paper, fans, and aromatic sachets. The incense-scented shop is a pleasure just to browse through. The coin purses, hair scrunchies, and pouches made with gold-shot Nishijin brocade are a hit with overseas tourists. They also offer a wide variety of traditionally Japanese style small goods for men, as well.

    木造の町屋風で昔ながらのお店に入ったかのような感覚になりました。各種手工芸品が販売されていますが、さすが品質の良さそうなものばかりでした。

  • WTV Select Glasses Shin-kyogoku Nishiki Shop
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    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Higashigawacho 535-1 Nishiki Tenjinmae
    "This glasses shop, founded in 1917, is in front of Shinkyogoku's Nishiki-Tenmangu Shrine. Their motto is ""fun to wear glasses"" and they offer a huge variety of popular brands and domestic glasses. This shop prides itself on their speed. They can finish your glasses within nine minutes of receiving your order. They have designs ranging from Kyoto-esqeu to modern foreign brands, as well as traditional Sabae glasses from Fukui."

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Its wooden tea houses, shuffling geisha, and spiritual sights have seen Kyoto hailed as the heart of traditional Japan, a world apart from ultramodern Tokyo. Despite being the Japanese capital for over a century, Kyoto escaped destruction during World War II, leaving behind a fascinating history which can be felt at every turn, from the fully gold-plated Kinkakuji Temple down to traditional customs such as geisha performances and tea ceremonies, which are still practiced to this day.

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