Things to Do in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto
Historic red-light districts like Kamishichiken, where traditional crafts and performing arts thrive. The Kamo River runs along the east side, and Kuramaguchi Station marks one of the Seven Exits of Kyoto.
Historic red-light districts like Kamishichiken, where traditional crafts and performing arts thrive. The Kamo River runs along the east side, and Kuramaguchi Station marks one of the Seven Exits of Kyoto.
KokyuJapanese
Kyoto Imperial Palace and Kyoto GyoenPalace Museum
Yusokuryori MankameroJapanese
By TripSapien · Updated October 20, 2026
Top things to do in Kamigyo Ward
Where to eat & drink in Kamigyo Ward
Kokyu
Michelin ★Japanese· $$$$The menu evokes the changing seasons and traditional culture of Japan.
Yusokuryori Mankamero
Michelin ★★Japanese· ¥¥¥¥This long-serving restaurant was built as a general store and traded as a sake dealer before transforming into a ryotei.
KOGA
Michelin ★French· $$$The chef prizes ‘combinations of flavours and aromas’. His mentor in Paris, Christian Le Squer, taught him to seek out new flavours by developing the sensibility of a perfumer.
Tenjaku
Michelin ★Japanese· $$$Tempura kaiseki, inherited from the chef’s grandfather. Japanese cuisine expresses the turning of the seasons.
La Biographie···
Michelin ★French· $$$$Light dining is the chef’s approach. For the amuse-bouche, the theme is ‘five flavours’.
Tokuha Motonari
Michelin ★★Japanese· ¥¥¥¥Shinya Matsumoto expresses delicacy and rustic beauty through his cooking.
Salman & Sohel Halal Kitchen
★ 4.8 · 3.3kHalal· ¥1,000–2,000A restaurant near the Kyoto Islamic Cultural Center, it offers a massive menu of Halal Arabic and Indian-style meat, fish, and vegetable dishes, including biryani, curry, and mixed beef and lamb meatballs.
- Every day
- 11 AM – 10:30 PM
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Ranked using weather, setting, ratings, and review volume.
- 1Kokyu
- 2Kyoto Imperial Palace and Kyoto Gyoen
- 3Yusokuryori Mankamero
- 4KOGA
- 5common.
- 6Meditations
- 7Tenjaku
- 8Seikōsha Books
- 9La Biographie···
- 10Tokuha Motonari
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