The exciting season "Summer" has arrived 🎐! Since Kyoto is known to be particularly hot, it is a MUST to cool down with cool sweets! Some exquisite sweets such as shaved ice (Kakigori) that is perfect for this season to parfaits made with seasonal fruits and matcha desserts will blow you away from the heat. Let's cool down with cool sweets while taking a break when you're tired from traveling in the summer, or to prevent heat stroke!
KIHARU Brasserie 
As a hotel restaurant on the 1st floor of Cross Hotel Kyoto, it is an all-day dining restaurant that offers breakfast to dinner. Summer dessert, which will be on the menu from June, offers 4 new summer sweets (800 JPY to 1,100 JPY) using tropical fruits such as grapefruit and orange. Along with the sweets, you can enjoy refreshing summer drinks such as craft lemon ginger soda which is made with homemade lemon ginger syrup and summer special drinks with bright butterfly peas, and 6 kinds of colorful flavored beers!
▼Summer desserts & drinks from June 7th ~ September 5th, 2023
sinoa
This hideaway cafe opened last year and is popular for its new-style “homemade croissant sweets,” authentic “rich cheesecake,” and photogenic “infinite arrangements of fruit sours.” It is located in a long, narrow alley about a 2-minute walk from Karasuma Station, has a Kyomachiya-style exterior and is a casual store with Instagrammable items. During the summer, you can refresh yourself with a cool shaved ice menu and fruit sour! 🎐
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nenean
This cafe is perfect and highly recommended for a break when visiting Kiyomizu Temple. They offer sweets and drinks using seasonal fruits. From the recommended shaved ice menu "banana ice" and "strawberry ice" (1,480 JPY) to summer-only watermelon ice and melon ice (1,480 to 1,980 JPY), they have a lineup of summer fruit shaved ice! The size of the shaved ice is large, but there is also a mini size with a 500 JPY discount.
BOLONIYA Coffee Store
The original Danish bread shop “Kyoto Gion Boloniya”, which has been loved since 1979, is a café based on the concept of home-roasted coffee and Danish bread. It is open from 10:00 in the morning and available for morning use, so you can enjoy a wide variety of toast and drink menus. In addition to coffee, there are also light meals such as curry and pasta, as well as a rich matcha menu using Uji tea leaves. For hot days, you can order cool parfaits, ice cream, and tiramisu that are perfect to cool you off! ✨
NOTE: Due to the on-going COVID-19 Pandemic, the business hours of the shops above may differ from the hours listed on OpenRice JP. Please confirm with the shop directly before your visit.