Saryo Suisen

Downtown Kyoto


There are countless places in Kyoto to be restrained with your matcha and sweets...this teahouse isn't one of them. Roll up your sleeves, loosen your belt and get ready for a sugar high – it's all about the matcha parfaits here, piled as high as Kyoto Tower with sponge cake, matcha ice cream, sweet red-bean paste, dango (soft rice-flour balls) and more.


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1. Abeno Harukas Art Museum

28.18 MILES

This state-of-the art museum inside Abeno Harukas hosts temporary shows that vary wildly, including, so far, Renaissance painting and tantric Buddhist…