Rokuyosha Coffee
Kawaramachi, Kyoto
- Mon, Tue, Thu to Sun
- 8:30 to 22:30
- Wed
- Closed
Ground floor hours, last order 22:00. The basement opens 12:00 to 23:00 (last order 22:30), as a bar from 17:00. Both close on Wednesdays.
Source: rokuyosha-coffee.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Rokuyosha is two separate coffee rooms on Kawaramachi-dori just south of Sanjo. The basement opened in 1950 and the ground floor 15 years later, and the basement's green tiles are said to come from a Kiyomizu-ware tile shop. The basement has roasted its own beans since the early 1980s, serving coffee by day and turning into a bar at 17:00.
Insider tip
The handmade doughnuts come out at 12:00 and aren't sold to take away. The ground floor is a smoking room but asks you not to smoke during the morning service, 8:30 to 12:00, and the basement is non-smoking. The two rooms sell different beans.
What the guides say about Rokuyosha Coffee
Rokuyosha Coffee on Kawaramachi-dori is two rooms, and the basement roasts its own beans and turns into a bar at 17:00. Sarasa Nishijin is a cafe in an old bathhouse, with the majolica tiles still on the walls, and on weekends it opens at 7:00 for breakfast.
What's on near Rokuyosha Coffee
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Rokuyosha Coffee, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Kamogawa Odori
鴨川をどり
Time 12:30, 14:20 and 16:10 Station Sanjo (Keihan Line), 5 min walk from exit 6
Pontocho's geiko and maiko in a dance drama and then a set of pure dance, in the 1927 Pontocho Kaburenjo by the river. First staged in 1872, it's been performed more times than any other Kyoto geisha show.
Mariemon, CC BY-SA 3.0 Suimei-kai Recital of Pontocho
水明会（先斗町）
Time 15:30 (doors 15:00) Station Sanjo (Keihan), 5 min walk
Pontocho's geiko recital, held since 1930 and named after the clear water of the Kamo River. Reserved seats were ¥10,000 and ¥8,000 and unreserved ones ¥5,000 in 2026.
Mariemon, CC BY-SA 3.0 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 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 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
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
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
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 Rokuyosha Coffee?
- 40 Daikoku-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市中京区河原町三条下ル大黒町40).
- What are the opening hours of Rokuyosha Coffee?
- Mon, Tue, Thu to Sun 8:30 to 22:30; Closed Wed. Ground floor hours, last order 22:00. The basement opens 12:00 to 23:00 (last order 22:30), as a bar from 17:00. Both close on Wednesdays.
- How do I get to Rokuyosha Coffee?
- The nearest station is Sanjo (Keihan), Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae (Tozai Line). Rokuyosha Coffee is in Kawaramachi, Kyoto.
- How much does Rokuyosha Coffee cost?
- Rokuyosha Coffee is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Rokuyosha Coffee?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit Rokuyosha Coffee?
- Afternoon, or the basement after 5pm.
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