A Public Bath Turned Café with Specialty Sweets! Five Retro Shops in Historic Kyoto Nishijin

Ichimonjiya Wasuke is a long-established shop on the path leading up to the 1000-year-old Imamiya Shrine. Its specialty "Aburimochi" (500 JPY) is a fortuitous item said to bring about sound health.

Take a little break after visiting Imamiya Shrine. Enjoy Ichimonjiya Wasuke's specialty aburimochi as a snack on the path to the eastern gate. It is comforting just to look at the coal fire on which the mochi is grilled.

The specialty "Aburimochi" (500 JPY). Takeout available from three servings.

Imamiya Shrine was built in 994 (the 4th year of Shoryaku) as a shrine to pray for safety from an epidemic, on a ground where the god of pestilence was worshiped from before the Heian capital was established. It is popular among women who wish to marry up, as Keishoin, who rose to the highest ranks of the inner chamber of the palace of the Edo shogunate, was instrumental in its restoration.

【Pray to the patron god of Nishijin for a fabulous match!?】The shrine has large premises with 11 minor shrines in addition to the main shrine, where three deities, including Okuninushi, are enshrined. Try looking for the "Ahokashisan" rock, which is said to make your wishes come true.

"Tamanokoshi" charm (800 JPY). Since Keishoin came from a greengrocer in Nishijin, Kyo yasai vegetables are embroidered on it. "Goshuin Hanagasa" (500 JPY).

Cafe Sarasa is a cafe in a renovated 80-year-old public bath, Fujinomori Onsen. Inside the cafe, the beautiful Japanese Majorca tiles that fill the walls will catch your eyes. The space full of nostalgia that purposely retains much of the visages of its history as a public bath is so comfortable you'll want to visit every day.

Full of rare tiles that were produced in Japan from the Taisho Period until the start of the Second World War. The cafe was used as a location for a popular movie.

Perhaps you've seen the magnificent karahafu roof in an animated movie!?

The "cake set" (950 JPY), with a choice from a selection of seven cakes, including caramel cheesecake, and a selection of six drinks.