Karafuneya Coffee Sanjō Honten

Downtown Kyoto


This coffee and dessert cafe is smack in the middle of Kyoto's main shopping district. In a country famous for its plastic food models, Karafuneya takes them to a whole new level – check out the centrepiece as you enter: the mother of all sundaes goes for ¥50,000! Lesser mortals can try the tasty matcha (powdered green tea) parfait (¥870).


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