Hyotei
Okazaki, Kyoto
- Mon, Tue, Thu to Sun
- 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 21:30
- Wed
- Closed
Hours are for the main house, last orders 13:00 and 19:00. The annex opens 8:00 to 11:00 and 12:00 to 14:00 and closes on Thursdays. Both have irregular closing days.
Source: hyotei.co.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Hyotei started more than 400 years ago as a tea stall by Nanzen-ji's outer gate, and it still serves kaiseki in separate tea-house rooms, one under the original thatched roof. Its signature dish is the Hyotei egg.
Insider tip
Kaiseki lunch starts at ¥31,625 and dinner at ¥37,950, tax and service included, and bookings are for two or more. For less, the annex serves morning rice porridge from 16 March to 30 November for ¥5,445. The main house is closed on Wednesdays and the annex on Thursdays.
What the guides say about Hyotei
Hyotei serves kaiseki in separate tea-house rooms, one under the original thatched roof, and its signature dish is the Hyotei egg. If the price stops you, the annex serves morning rice porridge for ¥5,445 from 16 March to 30 November. The main house closes on Wednesdays and the annex on Thursdays.
What's on near Hyotei
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Hyotei, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
kokoka Open Day 2026 and Peace Memorial Project
kokokaオープンデイ2026
Time 10:00 to 16:00 Station Keage (Tozai Line)
On Culture Day the international house holds its open day, with the city's Hiroshima and Nagasaki peace memorial display, a VR video of the Peace Park and children's paintings in the sister-city corner.
Kyoto City Zoo Autumn Night Opening
京都市動物園 秋の夜間開園
Time 10 to 12, 17, 24 and 31 Oct and 7 Nov, open to 20:00 (last entry 19:30) Station Keage (Tozai Line), 7 min walk
On seven autumn days the zoo stays open until 20:00 and is lit after dark, with keeper talks at 17:30, 18:00 and 18:30 and an outdoor film at 19:00 from 12 Oct. Entry is the usual ¥750, free for junior high school students and younger, and gorillas, monkeys and some birds aren't on show at night.
inunami, CC BY 2.0 Thinking Sculptors: Raphaël Zarka and Horiuchi Masakazu
思考する彫刻家 ラファエル・ザルカと堀内正和（仮称）
Time 10:00 to 18:00 (last entry 17:30), closed Mondays except 22 March and 3 May Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 8 min walk
The Paris sculptor Raphaël Zarka, known for sculpture you can skate on, shown with the Kyoto-born abstract pioneer Horiuchi Masakazu through finished works, sketches, notebooks and models. Zarka is researching at Villa Kujoyama and will show new pieces made there.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0 Gilbert & George
ギルバート＆ジョージ展
Time 10:00 to 18:00 (last entry 17:30), closed Mondays unless a holiday Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 8 min walk
Japan's first big Gilbert & George show in 30 years, from the 1969 film of their Singing Sculpture to the huge recent photo pictures. Photos and films from their 1970s visits to Japan are planned too.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0 Matsunobe Soshi: Wall
松延総司：壁
Time 10:00 to 18:00, closed Mondays unless a holiday Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 8 min walk
Matsunobe Soshi shows installations and drawings built from everyday motifs such as wallpaper and rubber bands, in the museum's free contemporary space The Triangle.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0 Smaller local events nearby
Japanese Film Screenings with English Subtitles at kokoka Performance
Wed 4 Nov, Thu 5 Nov, Fri 6 Nov · Kyoto International Community House (kokoka), Event Hall, Awataguchi
Three free afternoon screenings of Japanese films with English subtitles, Departures, Tales of Genji and Sound! Euphonium, with 200 seats and no booking.
Free · 14:00 (doors 13:30) · Map · Source: The Japan Foundation Kyoto Office · Japanese Film Screenings with English Subtitles
Nearby
Around Okazaki
Art museums, Meiji gardens and Nanzen-ji along the Lake Biwa Canal
Okazaki is Kyoto's museum quarter. Two art museums sit either side of the approach to Heian Shrine, by its giant torii, and the zoo, a crafts museum and ROHM Theatre Kyoto are a few minutes away round Okazaki Park. Follow the Lake Biwa Canal east and you're at Nanzen-ji, with Eikan-do and Murin-an a short walk from its gate.
Okazaki has 27 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 9 shrines and temples, 6 museums, 4 restaurants, 2 cafes, 2 shops, 2 landmarks and 2 parks and gardens. Read the Okazaki guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Hyotei?
- 35 Nanzenji Kusakawacho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市左京区南禅寺草川町35).
- What are the opening hours of Hyotei?
- Mon, Tue, Thu to Sun 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 21:30; Closed Wed. Hours are for the main house, last orders 13:00 and 19:00. The annex opens 8:00 to 11:00 and 12:00 to 14:00 and closes on Thursdays. Both have irregular closing days.
- How do I get to Hyotei?
- The nearest station is Keage (Tozai Line). Hyotei is in Okazaki, Kyoto.
- How much does Hyotei cost?
- Hyotei is at the higher end, marked ¥¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Hyotei?
- Plan for 2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Hyotei?
- Morning porridge in the annex.
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