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Kaneyo

Kawaramachi, Kyoto

Address
456 Matsugae-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 京都市中京区六角通新京極東入松ヶ枝町456番地
Hours
Mon, Tue, Thu to Sun
11:30 to 16:00, 17:00 to 20:30
Wed
Closed

Last orders 15:30 at lunch and 20:00 at dinner. A few extra closing days during repair work.

Source: kyogoku-kaneyo.co.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.

Kaneyo has grilled eel on Rokkaku-dori, just east of Shinkyogoku, since 1912, in a building from the early Taisho years that lost its third floor to a fire before the war. The eel is done the Edo way, split down the back, steamed and then grilled in a sauce topped up since the start. Order the kinshi-don, eel on rice under a Kyoto-style rolled omelette.

Nearest station Kyoto-Kawaramachi (Hankyu)
Cost ¥¥
Time needed 1 hour
Best time Weekday lunch

Insider tip

A small kinshi-don is ¥3,000 and a medium ¥4,000. It's closed on Wednesdays. The tatami room upstairs holds a rakugo night every month.

What the guides say about Kaneyo

A few old restaurants are built round a single dish. Kaneyo has grilled eel on Rokkaku-dori since 1912, and you order the kinshi-don, eel on rice under a Kyoto-style rolled omelette (¥3,000 for a small one). Mishima-tei has served sukiyaki at Teramachi and Sanjo since 1873, and the main store sells menchi-katsu and bento to take away. Inside Maruyama Park, Imobo Hiranoya Honke has made imobo for about 300 years, prawn-shaped taro simmered for a day and a night with dried cod. Sets start at ¥3,300.

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What's on near Kaneyo

Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kaneyo, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.

Festival

Izumi Shikibu Memorial Day at Seishin-in

和泉式部忌

21 Mar Seishin-in, Kawaramachi

Time 11:00 and 14:00 Station Shijo-Kawaramachi, 8 min walk

Memorial rites for the poet Izumi Shikibu at Seishin-in on Shinkyogoku, with noh chant at 11:00, a service at 14:00 and a screen linked to her shown 10:00 to 16:00.

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Exhibition ¥1,000 (junior and senior high school students ¥500)

Hozo-ji Hidden Cultural Properties Opening

宝蔵寺 京都非公開文化財特別公開

20 to 29 Nov Hozo-ji, Kawaramachi

Time 9:00 to 16:00 (reception hours) Station Kyoto Kawaramachi Station (Hankyu) about 7 min walk

Hozo-ji opens its main hall with Ito Jakuchu's paintings of a rooster among bamboo and of a skull, as part of the 62nd Kyoto Hidden Cultural Properties programme.

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Pumpkin Memorial Service at Kyoto Yada-dera

かぼちゃ供養

23 Dec Kyoto Yada-dera, Kawaramachi

Time From 10:00

Visitors stroke a pumpkin that has been blessed in the main hall to pray against illness, in a winter solstice tradition at the temple on Teramachi.

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Smaller local events nearby

  • bright green vol.3: a family concert and a Wakakusa Moeka concert Performance

    Sun 25 Oct · Hulic Hall Kyoto, Kawaramachi

    Two concerts at Hulic Hall Kyoto the same day, a family concert from 11:00 open to ages 0 and up, then a Wakakusa Moeka concert at 13:00.

    Part 1 ¥3,500 adult, ¥500 ages 3 to 18, under 3 free; Part 2 ¥6,500 or ¥12,000 VIP; both ¥9,000 · 11:00 and 13:00 · Map · Source: Hulic Hall Kyoto · bright green vol.3 めぐる愛 ~Love Comes Full Circle

  • Tenjin-san Day at Nishiki Tenmangu Festival

    Sun 25 Oct · Nishiki Tenmangu, Shinkyogoku

    Tenjin-san day observance at Nishiki Tenmangu, the shrine in the Shinkyogoku shopping district.

    Map · Source: Nishiki Tenmangu · 天神さんの日

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Nearby

Seigan-ji Temple · right here Seigan-ji, halfway along Shinkyogoku, is the head temple of the Jodo Seizan Fukakusa school, founded more than 1,300 years ago at Emperor Tenji's... Mishima-tei Food · 2 min walk Mishima-tei has served sukiyaki on the corner of Teramachi and Sanjo since 1873, when its founder came back from learning beef hot pot in Nagasaki. Teramachi and Shinkyogoku Arcades Shopping · 2 min walk Shinkyogoku was cut through old temple grounds in 1872 and runs from Sanjo to Shijo, with Teramachi parallel one street west. Katsukura Sanjo Food · 2 min walk Katsukura is the Kyoto-born tonkatsu chain, and this is its main store on Sanjo-dori just east of Teramachi, set back down a long entrance passage. Rokuyosha Coffee Cafe · 2 min walk Rokuyosha is two separate coffee rooms on Kawaramachi-dori just south of Sanjo. Smart Coffee Cafe · 3 min walk Smart Coffee, on Teramachi just north of Sanjo, opened in 1932 as Smart Lunch, and it still roasts its own beans the way it did then.

Around Kawaramachi

Downtown Kyoto, between Nishiki Market and the Kamo River

Kawaramachi is downtown Kyoto, the shopping streets round the Shijo-Kawaramachi crossing. The Teramachi and Shinkyogoku Arcades run north from Shijo-dori, Nishiki Market runs west from them, and east of Kawaramachi-dori the Takase canal and Pontocho squeeze in before the Kamo River. You'll come here to eat, mostly. Some of the tea, incense and paper shops date from the Edo period.

Kawaramachi has 26 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 5 shops, 4 cafes, 4 restaurants, 3 shrines and temples, 3 landmarks, 2 bars, 2 neighbourhoods, 1 park or garden, 1 market and 1 bathhouse. Read the Kawaramachi guide.

Good to know

What is the address of Kaneyo?
456 Matsugae-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市中京区六角通新京極東入松ヶ枝町456番地).
What are the opening hours of Kaneyo?
Mon, Tue, Thu to Sun 11:30 to 16:00, 17:00 to 20:30; Closed Wed. Last orders 15:30 at lunch and 20:00 at dinner. A few extra closing days during repair work.
How do I get to Kaneyo?
The nearest station is Kyoto-Kawaramachi (Hankyu). Kaneyo is in Kawaramachi, Kyoto.
How much does Kaneyo cost?
Kaneyo is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Kaneyo?
Plan for 1 hour.
When is the best time to visit Kaneyo?
Weekday lunch.

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