Nezameya
Fushimi, Kyoto
- Daily
- 10:00 to 16:00
Closes early when the food sells out. Closing days are irregular.
Source: nezameya.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Nezameya has fed pilgrims on the Fushimi Inari approach for 500 years, by its own count. The shop says Toyotomi Hideyoshi named it after stopping for tea here early one morning, when nowhere else was open. The menu runs to inari-zushi, saba-zushi, kitsune udon, eel and grilled quail.
Insider tip
Inari-zushi is ¥1,050 for seven pieces, kitsune udon ¥800 and the eel bowl set ¥2,400. Everyone has to order at least one dish, and you can't bring in food or drinks from elsewhere. It closes when the food runs out, so don't leave it late.
What the guides say about Nezameya
A stone at the west end of Demachi Bridge marks the end of the Saba Kaido, the old mackerel road. Gion Izuju has made Kyoto-style sushi at the foot of Yasaka Shrine's stone steps since the end of the Meiji era. Its saba-zushi is Tsushima mackerel pressed on rice and wrapped in kombu, ¥2,820 for six pieces before tax, and almost everything can be taken away. Nezameya, on the Fushimi Inari approach, does saba-zushi too, plus inari-zushi at ¥1,050 for seven and kitsune udon for ¥800.
What's on near Nezameya
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Nezameya, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Rice-planting Festival at Fushimi Inari
田植祭（伏見稲荷大社）
Time From 13:00 Station Inari (JR Nara Line), 1 min walk
After a rite in the main hall the ceremony moves to the shrine's sacred paddy, where young women called saotome plant the seedlings for the rice offered to the gods every day while the courtly Otamai dance is performed.
Thomas CUELHO, CC BY 2.0 Motomiya-sai at Fushimi Inari
本宮祭（伏見稲荷大社）
Time Eve rite 18:00, main rite 9:00 Station Inari (JR Nara Line), 1 min walk
On the eve, the stone lanterns and thousands of donated paper lanterns across the shrine and Inari mountain are lit, and about 400 lantern paintings by Japanese-style painters hang round the outer hall on both days. It's held on the first Sunday or holiday after the midsummer doyo begins.
Thomas CUELHO, CC BY 2.0 Hatsuuma Festival at Fushimi Inari
初午大祭（伏見稲荷大社）
Time From 8:00 Station Inari (JR Nara Line), right outside the station
On the first horse day of February the shrine marks the day its god first came down on Inariyama, and it's one of its busiest days. People come for the shirushi no sugi, a cedar sprig charm for business and the home.
Thomas CUELHO, CC BY 2.0 Hitaki-sai Fire Festival at Fushimi Inari
火焚祭
Time Rite from 13:00, kagura in the evening Station Inari (JR Nara Line), 1 min walk
After the rite in the main hall, priests burn well over 100,000 prayer sticks sent from all over Japan on three fires in the shrine garden while the purification prayer is chanted. In the evening the old court kagura dance is performed to gagaku in front of the main hall.
Thomas CUELHO, CC BY 2.0 Seijin-sai Coming-of-Age Rite at Fushimi Inari
成年祭（伏見稲荷大社）
Time 13:00 Station Inari (JR Nara Line), right outside the station
On Coming-of-Age Day the shrine invites new adults to a ceremony in the main hall at 13:00, after which the chief priest offers words of congratulation. The date is from the usual pattern.
Thomas CUELHO, CC BY 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Tea offering ceremony at Fushimi Inari Festival
Sat 24 Oct · Fushimi Inari Taisha
On October 24 at 10:00 the head of the Urasenke tea school makes a tea offering, and tea rooms are set up around the grounds through the day.
Map · Source: Fushimi Inari Taisha · 献茶の儀
Nukiho-sai rice-cutting rite at Fushimi Inari Festival
Sun 25 Oct · Fushimi Inari Taisha
On October 25 at 11:00 the shrine cuts the rice grown in its own paddy since the April sowing and June planting.
Map · Source: Fushimi Inari Taisha · 抜穂祭
Nearby
Around Fushimi
Torii tunnels at dawn, then sake by the old castle moat
Fushimi is two trips in one. In the north, about 10,000 torii line the paths up Mount Inari behind Fushimi Inari Taisha, and the grounds never close, so you can walk them at dawn. Five stops south on the Keihan line, about 20 breweries still make sake in the old river port, and you can taste most of them in one alley.
Fushimi has 21 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 8 shrines and temples, 4 restaurants, 2 shops, 2 landmarks, 1 bar, 1 neighbourhood, 1 cafe, 1 museum and 1 bathhouse. Read the Fushimi guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Nezameya?
- 82 Fukakusa Onmae-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市伏見区深草御前町82).
- What are the opening hours of Nezameya?
- Daily 10:00 to 16:00. Closes early when the food sells out. Closing days are irregular.
- How do I get to Nezameya?
- The nearest station is Fushimi-Inari (Keihan), Inari (JR Nara Line). Nezameya is in Fushimi, Kyoto.
- How much does Nezameya cost?
- Nezameya is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Nezameya?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit Nezameya?
- Late morning.
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