🍵Uji & Kyoto Matcha Vlog | Cafes, restaurants, shrines, temples, shopping, Japanese food & tradition

🍵Uji & Kyoto Matcha Vlog | Cafes, restaurants, shrines, temples, shopping, Japanese food & tradition

Michelle in Tokyo Uji & Kyoto vlog This video is about Kyoto trip in summer 🍵 Kikunoi Takashimaya This cafe is very popular with matcha parfait 🌿 They have Japanese cuisine too. Yuzu dumplings with rice
1100 yen It tasted healthy enough for my friend’s baby to try! Rich Matcha Parfait
1980 yen Matcha flavor was very authentic and strong, really loved it ! Vlogmate mini
from Founist Founist gifted me this and I am now using it to take pics. You can take selfie with front camera so picture quality is much nicer. 🙉
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🙊 Using share lounge inside Tsutaya bookstore. They have Shibuya store too. free meals and drinks. I was extremely busy and needed to spend whole daytime here … Heading to a hotel. Hotel Resol Kyoto Shijo Muromachi This is 2nd time I stay here ! You can try to make matcha by yourself. Little night walk in Kyoto after 9pm. Ramen Muraji They renovated “kyo-machiya” with over 100 years. Their signature ramen is the lemon one 🍋 Lemon ramen
1350 yen Chicken white soup. Salty & creamy chicken soup and sourness of lemon matches perfectly! Sugi Pharmacy Shijo Karasuma store One of the most popular chain pharmacy in Japan. I forgot eyeshadow so got one from Canmake Tokyo. Day 2 Takagi Coffee Japanese style coffee shop with amazing coffee. toast & cafe au lait
900 yen I am finally going to Uji, matcha city 🍵 Uji Station I went to all the places by walk. Nakamura Tokichi Main Store Where they sell matcha and Japanese tea etc. You can experience to grind tea in this room! Mini Japanese garden. Japanese black pine. We Japanese feel summer with this sound. Matcha cafe. They have lots of matcha menus 😭❤️ I came here 20 min earlier to enter cafe without waiting. Welcome Japanese tea. Cold-brewed “gyokuro”. This tea was great! “namacha” jelly (matcha) + cold matcha set
3280 yen Limited at this store. Freshly made matcha jelly. “Shiratama mochi”. Red bean. Matcha ice cream. I rarely make cold matcha but it tastes perfect for summer! Speechless… I wanna come here again only for this freshly made jelly! Time to explore tea shop. 2 matcha poweder. “Seiko-no-mukashi”, 6480 yen. “Uji no mukashi”, 9720 yen. Many types of Japanese tea. Houji Tea. Jelly sweets. Walking towards another matcha shop. Uji bridge. View from the bridge. Itoh Kyuenmon – Uji Head Shop Right is cafe and left is tea shop. Their matcha products. Japanese tea. I got this matcha soba. And this too. Just 10 min walk to a shrine. This is the oldest shrine in Japan and national treasure. Ujikami Shrine Where you wash Hands and mouth first. Worship hall. Zelkova tree. Main hall from 11st century. Shrine Office. Fortune telling. Lucky charm. Stamp book. I got matcha colored stamp. Best shrine ever to me. Byodo-in Hoodo Ticket for adults
700 yen The shrine engraved on 10 yen coins. Starbucks Coffee Kyoto Uji Byodo-in Omotesando Showen Kunihimo They have varieties of Japanese braid called “Kumihimo”. They even had accessories. Silk Neck strap (green)
1980 yen It says silk 100 %. I wanted matcha color so this was the one! Back to center of Kyoto. Tsukue-Yasai Isoism Very popular place so booking is a must. Only one menu for lunch. Isoism Lunch (2025 summer)
2000 yen 12 different types of pickled vegetables. Seasonal soup was cold soy milk and corn. Everything tasted too good… Clay pot rice with pike conger and plum meat. They change menu every season so I wanna come here again! Teramachi street Kyukyodo Main store They sell incense, paper items etc and started from 1663. Their postcard selections ❤️ pencil holder. Photo frame. Oil blotting paper. Calligraphy area. So many stamp books. Minimal notebook. Japanese style diary. They even had some tea ceremony items. Sachet with Japanese scent. Incense sticks for memorial service. This cost 55000 yen. For daily use. Incense stick holder
990 yen incense stick with flower scent (chrysanthemum)
770 yen 20 sticks in one box. Teramachi Kyogoku Shopping Street Harajuku Chicago Kyoto Store 2nd floor is for kimono related items. It is not budget friendly but they have many items here. How 168cm tall ladies should find their sizes. Only kimono touching the floor. Sumizumido Run by same company as lunch place. We booked in advanced and got counter seat on the 1st floor. Kyoto tofu view… Menu as of 2025 summer. Met up with bestie. Please check instagram reel if you wanna know what we ordered. This eggplant meal was like dessert! They use charcoal for most of meal and we coud feel the scent. We spent 2 days at Osaka expo and it’s in next video! Day 3 We took a bus from center for half an hour to get here. Sarasa Nishijin They renovated public bath into cafe. Left was for men ♨️ And right was for women ♨️ Taco Rice
1100 yen Apple and walnut cake I felt a bit of sprited away vibes and meal was also very good. Daitoku-ji Temple Very well known temple and has deep connection with tea ceremony. They have so many sub-temples. (pink ones in the map) Gate for main temple. Daitoku-ji Temple. We chose here only open for autumn season. Kourin-in Only Japanese garden is allowed to shot. They also had tea ceremony room. Mini bride made by stones. Lastly, tea ceremony places. Headquarters of the “Omotesenke” school. Headquarters of the “Urasenke” school. Many types of tea ceremony related shops around. Kyoto limited items of Osaka expo at Kyoto station. Not limited ones. Thanks for watching this long video till the end ! Arigato 🗼

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I use google translate except English and Japanese.

Hi everyone, thanks for watching this video! This video is about matcha in Uji & Kyoto !
As some of you already know I love matcha and this trip was like a heaven to me 🍵

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Next video is about Osaka expo for 2 days! See you in next video!

📍Places I visited in this video（It’s all listed with the URL below! ）
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KqYdgpHLJyY2aGF89

00:00 Opening
01:01 matcha parfait in Kyoto and work
04:26 quick hotel room tour & lemon ramen
07:57 breakfast in Kyoto
08:52 Best matcha shop in Uji
14:19 another popular matcha shop in Uji
16:35 oldest shrine in Japan
21:00 The 10 yen coin shrine!
22:40 “kumihimo”, Japanese braid shop
25:04 Best lunch in Kyoto
26:43 Best incense & paper item shop in Kyoto
32:09 shopping street & my fav kimono shop
33:41 new amazing dinner place!
36:15 renovated cafe from public bath
38:14 tea ceremony related places
41:16 ending

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