Daishodo Japanese Woodblock Prints occupies a narrow, wooden storefront that looks as if it has been transplanted directly from the Edo period into the heart of modern Nakagyo. The shop specializes in antique ukiyo-e, the delicate…
Teramachi Traditional Craft Shops
This walk takes you along Kyoto's historic Teramachi Street to meet multi-generational families keeping Japan's traditional arts alive. You will visit centuries-old shops specializing in handmade washi paper, natural incense, calligraphy brushes, and rare woodblock prints.
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1. Daishodo Japanese Woodblock Prints
2. Kamiji Kakimoto
The dark wooden exterior of Kamiji Kakimoto stands out from the surrounding neighborhood with its traditional kyo-machiya design and a prominent noren curtain swaying in the breeze. This building houses a long-standing specialist shop…
3. Saiun-do
Saiun-do features a weathered wooden facade and a traditional indigo curtain hanging across the entrance, marking a shop that has dealt in mineral pigments for Japanese painting since the Meiji era. Artists visit this spot to purchase the…
4. Kyukyodo
The store Kyukyodo occupies a narrow, wood-fronted shop in Kyoto, marked by a simple wooden sign with black ink calligraphy. Founded in sixteen sixty-three, this merchant business began as a supplier of medicine to the Imperial Court. When…
5. Unsodo Corporation
The weathered wooden facade of the Unsodo Corporation building stands out among the modern structures of Myomanjimaecho. Founded in eighteen ninety-one, this shop began as a publisher of art books and prints, specializing in the delicate…
6. Akao Shobundo Bookshop
A narrow wooden storefront sits along the street, its facade defined by hundreds of weathered, cloth-bound books stacked right up to the glass. This is Akao Shobundo, a shop specializing in ukiyo-e woodblock prints and illustrated books…
7. 龍枝堂
Ryushido stands out for the distinct, weathered wood of its traditional townhouse facade, preserved amidst the modern concrete of Nakagyo. This building functions as a center for the practice of tea ceremony and classical calligraphy.…