How can you come to Kyoto and not experience an authentic breakfast?

For a Kyoto-style breakfast, we highly recommend Kyoto Aji no Mura, where you can choose your favourite four or six traditional Kyoto home-style dishes - obanzai and white rice - from the morning set menu, which also comes with miso soup, coffee or black tea.

The "Kyobanzai" dishes displayed in the glass cases inside the restaurant are made from seasonal fruits and vegetables and are seasoned simply because of the importance of the original flavour of the ingredients. There are more than 10 different types, which are changed daily. You can choose from a wide range of dishes prepared by the restaurant and enjoy a morning with a strong Kyoto flavour.

Among the many cafes in Kyoto that are rich in flavour, "Inoda Coffee Head Office" is an old favourite among local residents, and its interior is always filled with a nostalgic and retro atmosphere.

The shop's signature dish is "Kyoto no Asahi Food", which includes American-style scrambled eggs, ham, salad, kosher bread, and drinks, and not only is the portion size large, but the plating is also quite exquisite, and once it's on the table, you can't help but want to share it with your friends on social media sites.

Stylish and elegant, Sensai Imari is the renovated restaurant of Kyomachiya. The must-order breakfast is the "Japanese-style fixed Kyoto breakfast with rice in a clay pot", where you can enjoy a full breakfast early in the morning with rice cooked in a clay pot with Koshihikari rice from Kyotamba, miso-flavoured Saikyo-yaki fish, two types of traditional Kyoto dishes made with seasonal ingredients, tamago-yaki, home-made pickles and Japanese Tsukudani cooking.

Breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., and reservations are accepted until 9:30 a.m. After making a reservation, the restaurant prepares the claypot rice at the right time, so you can enjoy your meal as soon as you enter the restaurant.

The signature product of Kyoto's long-established Tsukuda cooking brand, Yayoi, is the old-fashioned Kyoto taste of "chirimenjako" (mountain pepper), which is prepared with carefully selected fish and mountain pepper.

At the Cafe Restaurant, which is operated separately from the shop where the products are sold, a variety of set menus of chirimenjako are offered, such as "chirimenjako rice" for appetisers, "chawanmushi rice" for aroma, and pasta flavoured with chirimenjako, which is served with chirimenjako, Tsukuda-yaki, and other small dishes, making for a generous portion. The rice is only available before 11am, and the tea-bubble rice set meal is limited to a limited number of people, so if you're late, you won't be able to get it!

BREAD, ESPRESSO & ARASHIYAMA GARDEN, a cafe with a wide range of outlets throughout Japan, has opened a bakery, BREAD &, and a cafe, ESPRESSO &, on the site of the Old Kobayashi Family Residence, which has been designated as a cultural property by the Kyoto Prefecture for renovation.

The popular breakfast set menu at Café ESPRESSO & includes one of four types of bread - hot dog burger, red bean cream toast, French toast and egg salad sandwich - made by Bread & Bakery, as well as a drink, salad, raw ham and cereal. In addition, there is also the Matsutake, Takeshi, and Ume set menu that offers a wider variety of meals, so don't miss it for breakfast in Arashiyama!

"Kikkoshin" is supervised by the son of the chef of the famous Kyoto cuisine restaurant "Kusakuru Naka Higashi", and is located on the 1st floor of the hotel "Hana Tooro Hotel Gion", with the latest ordering time for breakfast at 13:30.

Breakfast set menu comes with exquisite multi-course side dishes, offering clay pot rice, ryumomi sardines, and soups with three flavours to choose from. The restaurant not only pays attention to the ingredients, but also the preparation process, creating an authentic Japanese classic breakfast, which is worth a visit for gourmets.

"Kuromo offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet, using freshly picked vegetables in the morning, which are organic or low-pesticide vegetables cultivated by local farmers.

Because you can enjoy an abundance of seasonal fruits and vegetables at a relatively affordable price, not only tourists but also local residents visit the restaurant again and again, and it is always packed. It's worth mentioning that the restaurant offers a limited number of dishes every day, so you can stay fresh even if you visit every day!