When approaching Shimogamo Shrine, there is a cafe-like shop across from the famous mitarashi dango shop, but it is a soba restaurant as indicated by the sign that says "soba". I decided to enter as it seemed perfect for lunch. I ordered the mountain vegetable grated soba (cold) and the toriten. The soba, boiled to a firm texture, was delicious, and I was surprised by the generous serving of toriten. Normally, toriten is just that, but it also came with noriten, zenmaiten, and other tempura, which made me happy. The modestly named restaurant is said to be an old-fashioned way of saying "aoi".

Specialty Moon-viewing Tororo Soba * Kyoto Demachiyanagi. @aoi_shimojin_soba. Located right next to Shimogamo Shrine, this soba shop offers 100% buckwheat soba. It has a stylish and chic atmosphere like a Japanese cafe. The specialty set includes two items for 1,680 yen: your choice of three types of 100% buckwheat soba (with fluffy tororo soba, yuba kakesoba, or sansai oroshisoba) plus a mini tempura or maguro rice bowl. I chose the cold fluffy tororo soba with a mini tempura! I love 100% buckwheat soba! The soba noodles are firm and delicious, topped with fluffy tororo egg yolk and colorful sesame seeds. The tempura, with its crispy texture, is also delightful. The spacious interior and terrace seating are perfect for a relaxing dining experience, and dogs are welcome too. Highly recommended after visiting Shimogamo Shrine! Address: 52-10 Matsunokicho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 744-1873 Opening hours: 12:00-16:00, closes when sold out. #ShimogamoShrineCafe #ShimogamoShrineLunch #ShimogamoShrineGourmet #ShimogamoGourmet #ShimogamoCafe #100%BuckwheatSoba

In Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, near the east exit of Shimogamo Shrine, there is a soba restaurant. The glass-walled interior gives it a cafe-like feel with an open atmosphere. Prices seem to be around 1000 yen for just soba, and 1500 yen for a set. I ordered the tempura and soba set for 1600 yen, choosing the warm mountain soba. Despite it being a weekday, the restaurant was full with 2-3 groups waiting outside. The staff, probably one cook and one server, seemed a bit overwhelmed. I waited patiently and was served sooner than expected. The tempura was colorful and crispy, with a variety of ingredients. The mountain soba was topped with seven spices, giving it a flavorful taste. The soba was warm and fragrant, with a subtle dashi flavor. The tempura was freshly fried and crispy, perfect with a sprinkle of salt. The dishes and the interior of the restaurant were clean and well-designed. It seemed popular among female customers.

Kyoto City Bus, get off at Shimogamo Shrine, 1 minute walk. A stylish restaurant located about 1,000m from Mototanaka Station, where you can enjoy delicious 100% buckwheat soba. The exterior is fully glass, allowing natural light to fill the bright space inside. The restaurant is spacious with about 30 seats, resembling a trendy cafe and providing a comfortable atmosphere. We ordered: - Limited set: fluffy grated yam soba + assorted tempura for 1,600 yen - Oyakodon (chicken and egg rice bowl) for 950 yen - Bottled beer - Soba snacks (appetizer) We started with a bottled beer and crispy soba snacks with seaweed, which were delicious and addictive. The colorful assorted tempura was served with salt, and the main attraction, the fluffy grated yam soba, had a slightly firm texture with a perfect balance of grated yam, egg yolk, and dashi broth. It was incredibly delicious! There were condiments like tempura flakes and chili pepper for flavor variation, but the soba was so tasty that we finished it quickly. The oyakodon was also flavorful and satisfying. With different types of soba available, it's worth trying various options. The restaurant and food are both stylish and offer good value for money, so be sure to check it out! If you find it to be a great place, don't forget to save it.

Aoi‼️ A stylish soba restaurant near Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto. The interior is bright and spacious with full glass windows. They serve 100% buckwheat soba noodles made in-house with a noodle-making machine that the owner fell in love with! Despite being 100% buckwheat, the noodles are firm and smooth to eat. The broth is light and easy to enjoy. The parent and child bowl was also delicious and filling. ☺

The udon restaurant I wanted to go to had a long line, so I ended up going to a soba cafe nearby. The cafe was open until 3 pm, which was nice because many other places close around 2 pm. It was a bit cold waiting outside though. They advertised that they serve domestically-made 100% soba noodles. I decided to try the cold soba with grated yam topping. It looked very Instagram-worthy, with a sprinkle of spice sesame in the middle and foam-like grated yam. The soba noodles were firm and had a unique texture, and the flavor was decent. The dipping sauce was flavorful, and I ended up finishing it all. I also tried the rolled omelette, which looked delicious and tasted great too. Overall, I enjoyed the experience of having cafe-style soba noodles. The atmosphere was cozy and would be appealing to female customers. There are two outdoor terrace seats available, and pets are allowed. Thank you for the meal!

This is a recently opened soba restaurant near Shimogamo Shrine. The interior feels more like a cafe than a traditional soba restaurant, but the soba itself is authentic. While I didn't sense a strong buckwheat flavor, the hand-cut soba noodles were firm and well-made. Personally, I prefer a stronger buckwheat taste, but that's just a matter of preference. The tempura is quite unique, with rice crackers sprinkled on top before frying, giving it a Kyoto-style twist. Both the soba and tempura have a charming Kyoto-esque appearance, making it a great place to visit for tourists exploring the area.

After finishing work around Kamogawa, I visited "Afuhi," a soba restaurant that specializes in 100% buckwheat noodles for lunch. The restaurant had a stylish interior with a large island table in the center, which served as the counter seats. Many customers seemed to be ordering the "limited set menu," but I opted for the "Ebi-Ten Soba (1300 yen)" which came with cold noodles, zaru style, and tempura. The soba had a firm texture and was enjoyable to slurp. The tempura, including two prawns, enoki mushrooms, and shiso leaves, was generously portioned and delicious with the accompanying salt. The soba broth was also well-prepared, and the restaurant had a cozy atmosphere with natural light coming through the large windows. Overall, I had a great dining experience in this charming neighborhood.

The bright, glass-walled interior of the restaurant with terrace seating is surprising for a traditional soba noodle shop. The head chef is strict, but the atmosphere is lively. The decor may be flashy, but the soba noodles and broth are well-prepared. The open kitchen allows customers to see everything. It's a bit different.

I visited this place again because I had been here once before and liked it. The fluffy tororo soba, which is a specialty here, was popular among almost everyone. Last time I had warm fluffy tororo soba, but this time I tried the cold version with tempura, which was perfect for the season. The soba had a gentle flavor and the tempura provided a unique texture to enjoy. The cafe-like atmosphere is stylish and relaxing, which I really like.

After visiting Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto and feeling hungry, I stumbled upon this soba restaurant nearby. The interior was carefully designed with a nice color scheme, and each chopstick rest was different and cute. The soba was reasonably priced and had a cute touch with colorful arare sprinkled on the tempura. The taste was simple and delicious. Thank you for the meal!

I visited this restaurant recommended by a soba enthusiast friend, and it was as wonderful as I had heard. The exterior and interior of the restaurant had a stylish atmosphere similar to an apparel store. As it was my first time there, I asked the staff for recommendations and ordered the lunch set menu, where you can choose from three types of 100% buckwheat soba: - Fluffy tororo soba (what I chose) - Yuba kake soba - Sansai oroshi soba with mini tempura or maguro rice bowl for ¥1,500 including tax (great value). The staff were very friendly and I gave them a high score. They recommended a delicious way to eat the soba, by mixing the egg yolk from the center and then taking a bite. It was so tasty that I finished it in just 5 minutes. I have already decided to go back in January. I had a truly wonderful time there. Thank you for the meal.

I had Nishin soba. The texture of the buckwheat noodles was good and the taste was delicious! It was a satisfying feeling of having eaten soba. The atmosphere was very beautiful and calming. However, after being seated, I had to wait for water and the menu. I waited for almost 10 minutes before finally flagging down a waiter to get the menu. It was a bit frustrating to see two other groups of customers who arrived after me being served first. The rushed feeling was evident, so I tried to be patient, but it was a bit too much. There was no opportunity to address the issue with the staff. It's a shame because the food was delicious.

Near the Kamigamo Shrine, there was a stylish soba restaurant that felt like it was near a shrine. We sat at a large table and ordered zaru soba (800 yen), grilled duck with salt (850 yen), and my wife had the fluffy tororo soba, cold (1000 yen). The grilled duck with salt came out first, followed by the soba and tororo soba. We enjoyed the soba with a slightly strong tsuyu sauce and salt, but it was tastier with salt. The grilled duck had a satisfying flavor. I don't like tororo, so I didn't try it, but my wife said the fluffy tororo soba was a new and delicious experience!

<Introduction> I am looking for a lunch spot around Shimogamo with two staff members from my company in Kyoto. I used to live in the Shimogamo Izumigawa-cho area, so I was quite familiar with this area, but recently I heard that a soba restaurant opened where the animal hospital used to be, so I decided to check it out. The restaurant is new, bright inside, and has a stylish interior, giving off a vibe that targets female customers. The location is right next to Shimogamo Shrine, so the menu pricing seemed a bit on the higher side, but we decided to each order a different menu item with the two staff members. I, being a fan of yuba, ordered the yuba soba without hesitation, while the male staff member ordered the herring soba, and the female staff member ordered the summer vegetable-filled beauty soba. The naming of the dishes might make it a bit awkward for male customers to order, haha. Also, I decided to order the yuba soba with a set menu for 3000 yen to share among the three of us. <Yuba Kake Soba (Cold)> In the end, we didn't end up sharing the soba, and I enjoyed the yuba kake soba on my own, which was quite delicious! I had tried yuba soba at a different restaurant before, but it didn't taste as good as this one. The yuba in the soba and soup at this restaurant matched really well, and I was able to enjoy it without any discomfort. <Maguro Bushi Gohan> I chose the maguro bushi gohan as part of the set menu, and it had a simple taste but was very delicious. For someone like me with a sensitive stomach, the combination of yuba soba and this maguro bushi gohan might be ideal. If they could offer these two sets for 1000 yen, the restaurant might become quite popular. <Overall> Being close to Shimogamo Shrine, it's a great location for a restaurant to stop by while sightseeing. The interior design and menu structure that cater to female customers are well thought out. I particularly enjoyed the yuba kake soba! I graduated from a school called Rakuhoku High School in this area, so I asked the staff if there were any employees who also graduated from Rakuhoku, and it turned out that one of the part-time staff had a junior from the same school, even in the same brass band club. It's just heartwarming to have a junior from the same high school, let alone from the same club. It's a bit of a tangent, but this restaurant made me want to try out more things.

While strolling around the area of Shimogamo Shrine, I found these colorful rice crackers wrapped in shrimp tempura. They look vibrant and cute, and have a chewy and crispy texture. The flavor is enhanced by the dashi soy sauce, making it delicious!

☆The atmosphere and presentation of the dishes are excellent, giving off a vibe of being a restaurant from a woman's perspective. The staff are very attentive and polite. The dishes are also beautifully presented and photogenic. The taste is gentle and elegant, although a bit too mild for my preference as I like stronger flavors. It might be more suitable for those with a delicate palate. This restaurant would be well-received by women, making it a great choice for a date. Why not visit along with Shimogamo Shrine as a set?

Today's lunch was soba at Afuhi, located near Shimogamo Shrine. The restaurant has a stylish atmosphere with two glass walls and indoor plants. My husband and I ordered the 100% buckwheat soba noodles. Unfortunately, the noodles were a bit too firm and lacked the typical soba fragrance. The dipping sauce was also too salty, and we were disappointed that they didn't serve soba broth. We also ordered a tempura assortment, which was visually appealing with crispy shrimp tempura and thin slices of grilled eel. However, the eel was a bit too thin for the price. The restaurant was crowded, and we had to wait for a long time due to a large group occupying the back tables. The interior was cold, possibly due to the glass walls, so we couldn't take off our coats. Overall, despite the nice ambiance, there were several disappointing aspects to our dining experience.

Day 4 of the Kansai trip (final day of the 3-day weekend). Today, we continued our sightseeing in Kyoto for the second day in a row. First, we visited the Kamigamo Shrine in the north. For lunch, we took a bus to the Shimogamo Shrine and had lunch at a cafe-like restaurant nearby. The interior of the restaurant was beautiful and had a new feel to it. We ordered the fluffy grated yam soba (cold) for 900 yen each and the grilled duck for 800 yen. The total came to 2,600 yen. We received two orders of the grated yam soba instead of one, and the staff apologized with a smile, which was a bit awkward. Despite the mix-up, the soba and duck were delicious. Overall, it was a disappointing experience.

I visited the restaurant in the afternoon of Labor Thanksgiving Day. I ordered the tempura and soba noodles that I was curious about after seeing them on a certain blog. It took quite a long time for the food to be served, possibly because there were too few staff members compared to the number of seats in the restaurant. I had high expectations for the new soba noodles, but the taste was just average. The tempura had colorful rice crackers sprinkled on top of the shrimp, giving it a cute impression, but the taste was nothing special. The presentation and atmosphere of the restaurant were outstanding, but the overall impression of the food was just average. Since they have a wide variety of menu options, I plan to come back and try a different dish next time.