Mishima-tei
Kawaramachi, Kyoto
- Daily
- 11:00 to 21:00
Last entry 20:00. Closes on set days each month, mostly Wednesdays, listed on its online calendar. The butcher counter opens 9:00 to 19:00.
Source: mishima-tei.co.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
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. The machiya with its andon lantern keeps most of its Meiji rooms, ceilings and lattices, and the black wagyu is aged the house's own way.
Insider tip
The lunch course is ¥8,591, and the other courses run from ¥17,545 to ¥28,435. The butcher counter, through the right-hand door, sells the aged beef, and the main store also does menchi-katsu and bento to take away. You can book online.
What the guides say about Mishima-tei
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.
What's on near Mishima-tei
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Mishima-tei, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Pumpkin Memorial Service at Kyoto Yada-dera
かぼちゃ供養
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.
New Year's Eve Bell at Seigan-ji
誓願寺 除夜の鐘
Time From about 23:00 Station Shijo-Kawaramachi, 8 min walk
Numbered tickets are handed out from about 23:00 in front of the Shinkyogoku gate, for 108 groups of two or three people.
Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert, CC BY-SA 4.0 Setsubun Service at Seigan-ji
誓願寺 節分会
Station Shijo-Kawaramachi, 8 min walk
Setsubun at Seigan-ji with prayers, a dance offering and bean throwing.
Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert, CC BY-SA 4.0 Izumi Shikibu Memorial Day at Seishin-in
和泉式部忌
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.
Hozo-ji Hidden Cultural Properties Opening
宝蔵寺 京都非公開文化財特別公開
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.
Smaller local events nearby
Kaneyo Yose rakugo night Performance
Last Monday of the month, doors 17:00, show 19:00. Next: Mon 26 Oct · Kyogoku Kaneyo, Kawaramachi
A monthly rakugo night upstairs at the Kyogoku Kaneyo eel restaurant on Rokkaku-dori, with Katsura school storytellers. Advance tickets are by phone only, and bookings for the next month open at 11:30 the day after each show.
3,000 yen, with a 3,000 yen meal voucher for the day · Doors 17:00, show 19:00 · Map · Source: Kyogoku Kaneyo · かねよ寄席
Seigan-ji Autumn Special Opening Exhibition
20 to 29 Nov · Seigan-ji, Shinkyogoku
A special opening of Seigan-ji with a high-definition reproduction of Ito Jakuchu's Vegetables and Fruits Nirvana and Anrakuan Sakuden's Ichimai Kishomon.
Map · Source: Kyoto Heritage Preservation Association · 誓願寺
Live music nearby
Nearby
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 Mishima-tei?
- Teramachi-dori Sanjo-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市中京区寺町三条下る).
- What are the opening hours of Mishima-tei?
- Daily 11:00 to 21:00. Last entry 20:00. Closes on set days each month, mostly Wednesdays, listed on its online calendar. The butcher counter opens 9:00 to 19:00.
- How do I get to Mishima-tei?
- The nearest station is Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae (Tozai Line). Mishima-tei is in Kawaramachi, Kyoto.
- How much does Mishima-tei cost?
- Mishima-tei is at the higher end, marked ¥¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Mishima-tei?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Mishima-tei?
- Lunch.
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