Our Uji matcha and soy milk baumkuchen, Kyo-baum.

Our baumkuchen uses Kyoto's famous Uji matcha and Kyoto-produced soy milk, and is baked and layered to become soft and moist.
The sponge dough is created from Kyoto-produced soy milk and melt-in-the-mouth Japanese flour, layered with matcha dough made from Uji matcha and green tea. Our baumkuchen is soft, moist and fluffy.

The ground floor is spacious and bright for shopping, and the second floor offers a quiet atmosphere after the bustling Kiyomizuzaka slope.
We also stock Kyo-baums with special designs, only available at the Kiyomizu store.

Access
Twenty-two minutes on foot from Gionsijyo Station,or
Fifteen minutes from Kyoto Station to the Gojozaka bus stop on the Kyoto City bus, and ten minutes on foot from Gojozaka.

Our Kyoto Uji matcha and soy milk baumkuchen, Kyo-baum.

Our baumkuchen uses Kyoto's famous Uji matcha and Kyoto-produced soy milk, and is baked and layered to become soft and moist.
The sponge dough is created from Kyoto-produced soy milk and melt-in-the-mouth Japanese flour, layered with matcha dough made from Uji matcha and green tea. Our baumkuchen is soft, moist and fluffy.

You can view the Kyo-baum meister in action and taste freshly baked Kyo-baum only at our Kyoto Tower Sando store.
In addition, we also have a variety of products such as baked sweets using Uji matcha and soy milk, and Kyo-baum soft-serve ice cream, which is perfect to take away.

Wanting to faithfully create an authentic financier, we opened a original financier speciality store without flour and using only almond powder.

Until now, our financiers were only available on special order. We have opened a store so that everyone can buy them, whenever they want.

We have freshly baked and directly delivered products, which can be enjoyed with tea, for gatherings and all other occasions.

We don't use any flour in our financiers. Instead, we use the simple ingredients of almond powder, brown butter and egg whites to make our cakes.

We blend rich flavored almonds from Sicily with Californian ones to achieve a texture and melting sensation expressing happiness.

In 1572, the year of the burning of Mt. Hiei by Oda Nobunaga, our store's founder Yoshida Gennojo left the battlefield of Goshu Yoshidamura and began a store producing and selling Buddhist altars in Gojo Takakura.

Before long, he was appointed as a sculptor of Buddhist images of the Imperial Palace. In the Genna era, Yoshida was awarded a prestigious award for Buddhist image makers.
Throughout Japan's history of Buddhism, the burning of the Mt. Hiei temples was the event that caused the most disorder, but also led to high demand for Buddhist altar equipment in Kyoto. Following these events, the next supreme ruler Hideyoshi approved the rebuilding of Mt. Hiei, which caused an urgency for the repairs and mending of each temple.
Our founder Yoshida gave all his efforts in the reconstruction, and was able to build a name for himself as one of the few merchants involved in rebuilding Mt. Hiei's temples.

When the era changed to Meiji, our store relocated to Sanjo Kawaramachi and has been here since.
In this way, we have been producing and selling Buddhist altars as a traditional craft of Kyoto for more than 400 years.

The first Kyoto Black Thunder speciality store Kyoto Black Thunder Kotochika Kyoto has opened in Kotochika Kyoto inside Kyoto Station for the Kyoto Municipal Subway.

Kyoto Black Thunder still retains the crunchy texture of the original Black Thunder, but blends two different types of Uji matcha and green tea to create an original flavor. It is perfect as a souvenir for your Kyoto or Japan trip.

Come and check out the collaboration between Kyoto's original flavor and Black Thunder.

Our Kyoto Uji matcha and soy milk baumkuchen, Kyo-baum.

Our baumkuchen uses Kyoto's famous Uji matcha and Kyoto-produced soy milk, and is baked and layered to become soft and moist.
The sponge dough is created from Kyoto-produced soy milk and melt-in-the-mouth Japanese flour, layered with matcha dough made from Uji matcha and green tea. Our baumkuchen is soft, moist and fluffy.

Our Gion-kita store is located on the way to the Yasaka Shrine. You can buy souvenirs in the spacious store, or pick up something to eat while sightseeing.

Kyoto Handicraft Center is a shopping complex where you can enjoy Shopping, Experiences also the Damascene Demonstration’ with the key words of “Japan” and “Kyoto”.

It takes 5 minutes-walk from Heian-Jingu Shrine which has the large gateway as a landmark.

There are over 10,000 items available on the shopping floors, handling such as handicrafts gathered from all over Japan and Japanese goods or sweets from Kyoto as well as T-shirts and others making a hit with customers from overseas.

The Kyo-Zogan (Damascene)works available at the shops are handmade by the craftsmen working at the studio inside the facility, one by one.

You can visit whenever they are present to see how they create these works.

The content of the Experiences is substantial as you can choose from 9 different craft work experience such as ‘
Woodblock Printing', 'Folding Fan Painting' etc, and cultural experience such as ‘Kimono Rental’, ‘Tea Ceremony Experience’, which are enjoyable for those who wish to ‘take time at their will inside the facility’ or ‘experience within their limited time’.
Bike-shearing Service is also available, so that you can get an easy access to Japanese gardens or popular temples and shrines near the facility.