Sarasa Nishijin
Kitano, Kyoto
- Mon, Tue, Thu
- 11:30 to 21:00
- Fri
- 11:30 to 22:00
- Sat
- 7:00 to 10:30, 11:30 to 22:00
- Sun
- 7:00 to 10:30, 11:30 to 21:00
- Wed
- Closed
Source: cafe-sarasa.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Sarasa Nishijin is a cafe in the old Fujinomori-yu bathhouse, which closed in 1999. The coffered ceiling and the walls of Japanese majolica tiles are still there, and in the evening you can sit where the baths were with a beer or a glass of wine.
Insider tip
It serves lunch from 11:30, and coffee and cake until closing. On Saturday and Sunday it opens at 7:00 for breakfast, a beef rice bowl. It's closed on Wednesdays, and Funaoka Onsen is about five minutes west along Kuramaguchi-dori.
What the guides say about Sarasa Nishijin
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 Sarasa Nishijin
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Sarasa Nishijin, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Genbu Yasurai Festival
玄武やすらい祭
One of the three odd festivals of Kyoto and an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. Four flower umbrellas parade with gongs and drums through the parish.
Nishijin Kosho-ji Autumn Special Opening
西陣興聖寺 秋の特別公開
Time 10:00 to 16:00 (last entry), gate closes 16:30 Station Tenjin Koen-mae bus stop (City Bus 9), 1 min walk
The Oribe-associated temple opens in autumn. Admission is half price for visitors with disabilities and one companion.
Myoren-ji Marugoto Museum
妙蓮寺 まるごと美術館
Time 10:00 to 16:00 Station Horikawa Terauchi bus stop, about 3 min walk
The temple opens as an art venue, with the Sixteen Arhats stone garden and seasonal sliding-door paintings. Closed Wednesdays.
Genkensai, 11th Urasenke Grand Master: 150th Memorial Exhibition
玄々斎 ―裏千家十一代家元 精中宗室居士百五十回忌記念
Time 9:30 to 16:30 (last entry 16:00), closed Mondays Station City bus stop Horikawa-Teranouchi, 3 min walk
Special exhibition on the eleventh Urasenke grand master, with a tea service available for an extra ¥1,000. Part one to 1 November, part two from 3 November.
Senbon Enma-do Kyogen
千本ゑんま堂大念佛狂言
Time Weekdays 19:00, holidays 12:00 and 18:00 Station Senbon-Kuramaguchi bus stop (City Bus 206), right by the stop
The only one of Kyoto's three nembutsu kyogen with spoken lines, so it's the easiest to follow, and plenty of the pieces are comic. Free.
Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert, CC BY 4.0 Nearby
Around Kitano
Tenjin's head shrine, Kyoto's oldest geisha district and Daitoku-ji
Start at Kitano Tenmangu, head shrine of about 12,000 Tenjin shrines, founded in 947 for Sugawara no Michizane, the scholar students still pray to before exams. Come on the 25th, when the Tenjin-san Market fills the approach and the lanterns are lit after dark. Kamishichiken, Kyoto's oldest geisha district, lines the shrine's east approach, and Daitoku-ji's Zen temples are about 1.7 km north-east.
Kitano has 25 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 10 shrines and temples, 3 cafes, 3 shops, 2 restaurants, 2 bathhouses, 1 viewpoint, 1 neighbourhood, 1 museum, 1 bar and 1 market. Read the Kitano guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Sarasa Nishijin?
- 11-1 Murasakino Higashi-Fujinomori-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市北区紫野東藤ノ森町11-1).
- What are the opening hours of Sarasa Nishijin?
- Mon, Tue, Thu 11:30 to 21:00; Fri 11:30 to 22:00; Sat 7:00 to 10:30, 11:30 to 22:00; Sun 7:00 to 10:30, 11:30 to 21:00; Closed Wed.
- How do I get to Sarasa Nishijin?
- The nearest station is Senbon-Kuramaguchi bus stop (City Bus 206). Sarasa Nishijin is in Kitano, Kyoto.
- How much does Sarasa Nishijin cost?
- Sarasa Nishijin is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Sarasa Nishijin?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Sarasa Nishijin?
- Weekend breakfast.
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