【Kyoto Flagship Store】 Gion Festival limited offer
Enjoy the Gion Festival with tea
Kyoto Flagship Store, located on Shijo Street where the Yamahoko floats parade, will be the Gion Festival all over during the month of July.
We exhibit artworks and tea utensils associated with the Gion Festival, and offer tea experiences and cool looking foods using tea available only during this time of the year.
Please enjoy the summer festivities in Kyoto in this gorgeous space where Kyoto's elegant culture and Ujicha are fused together.
B1F Kyo no Chagura Tea experience
Cold tea drinking experience with three different types of tea
Would you like to experience the different aromas and tastes of three kinds of cold teas?
The teas to be compared are Gyokuro, Kabusecha, and Sencha from the GION series of Ujicha, which are associated with the Gion Festival. Our Japanese tea instructors will teach you everything from "what Japanese tea is all about?" to how to make delicious cold tea that you can easily practice at home.
Why not spend a cool summer day with a glass of cold tea, which will help you to feel refreshed and energised?
Period of sale: until Saturday, September 30
Duration : 30 min
Price : ¥1,650 (including tax)
Number of participants : 1～ people
B1F Kyo no Chagura
tel : 050-3152-2900
Opening hours: 11:00a.m.-6:00p.m.
Closed: New Year's Day and every Wednesday (※For details, please check website)
4F Kyo no Cha-an Tea sweets
Koicha (thick tea) Shaved Ice
We carefully knead each bowl of Koicha and pour it generously over softly shaved ice. It tastes so natural that you can fully enjoy the original rich aroma of Matcha.
Price : ¥1,320 (including tax)
Period of sale: until Saturday, September 30
Cold Matcha with Japanese sweets
Enjoy a cool and refreshing cup of cold Matcha with seasonal Japanese sweets.
Price : ¥1,540 (including tax)
※Japanese sweets change daily and in limited quantities.
4F Kyo no Cha-an
tel : 050-3152-2904
Opening hours: 11:00a.m.-6:00p.m. (last order 5:30p.m.)
Closed: New Year's Day and every Wednesday (※For details, please check website)
2F Saryo FUKUCHA Shijo Store Tea sweets
Tiramisu Shaved Ice
The new sensation shaved ices are popular, and offer a delightful change of taste with the combination of each tea and fruit, as well as the mellow cream. Ice cream and mascarpone cream are nestled in the ice, and syrup is poured over the ice to be reminiscent of tiramisu. Please enjoy the crunchy, fluffy, and creamy textures of FUKUCHA's special shaved ices.
Wakocha Tiramisu Shaved Ice (on the right side of the picture)
Matcha Tiramisu Shaved Ice (pictured center)
Hojicha Tiramisu Shaved Ice (on the left side of the picture)
Price : ¥1,000 each (including tax)
Period of sale: until Saturday, September 30
2F Saryo FUKUCHA Shijo Store
tel : 050-3152-2902
Opening hours: 11:00a.m.-6:00p.m. (last order 5:30p.m.)
Closed: New Year's Day, every Wednesday and Thursday(※For details, please check website)
3F Maison de Matsuda Fukujuen Tea and French cuisine
Gion Festival special set menu
July 15 (Sat), 16 (Sun), 17 (Mon), 22 (Sat), 23 (Sun), 24 (Mon), 2023
Six-day limited offer
French cuisine with Ujicha.
Please enjoy a special time during the Gion Festival.
【The contents of menu】
Hors d'oeuvre
Fish dish
Meat dish
Dessert and Ujicha
Gion Festival special set menu (with 1 drink including a glass of Champagne)
Price : ¥13,200 (including tax)
3F Maison de Matsuda Fukujuen
tel : 050-3152-2903
Opening hours: Lunch 11:30a.m.-3:00p.m. , Dinner 5:30p.m.-9:30p.m. (reservations only)
Closed: New Year's Day, every Tuesday and Wednesday (※For details, please check website)
1F Kyo no Chaho Products featuring the Gion Festival
Mizudashi Sencha GION 50g Price : ¥1,080 (including tax)
Tea leaves with a refreshing green fragrance, moderate astringency and rich flavor are packaged in a bag with a Folding screen of the Gion Festival depicting the lively Gion Festival.
The leaves are cut finer than regular tea leaves so that the flavor of the carefully produced tea can be fully brought out even in cold water.
Please enjoy the cool aroma of Ujicha while thinking of Kyoto in summer, when the sounds of Gion music echoes through the city.
Uji Gyokuro GION(on the left side of the picture)
50g Price : ¥2,160 (including tax)
Uji Sencha GION(on the right side of the picture)
50g Price : ¥1,080 (including tax)
1F Kyo no Chaho
tel : 050-3152-2901
Opening hours: 11:00a.m.-6:00p.m.
Closed: New Year's Day and every Wednesday (※For details, please check website)
5F Kyo no Chagu Original tea utensils with the Yamahoko float in Gion Festival
Original tea utensils perfect for enjoying cold tea are available.
The cool glass teaware features a gorgeous depiction of the Yamahoko floats of the Gion Festival, a summer tradition in Kyoto, as if the joyful sounds of the festival’s musical accompaniment can be heard.
Each glass teacup is carefully hand-painted by craftsmen in Kyoto.
In addition to Naginatahoko, which leads the Yamahoko floats procession, there are also Kikusuihoko, Tsukihoko, Ofunehoko, and many other designs.
We recommend you to find your favorite.
Glass lipped cup with the Yamahoko float in Gion Festival (on the right side of the picture)
Price : ¥4,950 (including tax)
Glass teacup with the Yamahoko float (on the left side and center of the picture)
Price : ¥2,750 (including tax)
5F Kyo no Chagu
tel : 050-3152-2905
Opening hours: 11:00a.m.-6:00p.m.
Closed: New Year's Day, every Wednesday and other irregular holidays (※For details, please check website)
Exhibition of Gion Festival-relared artworks
At Fukujuen Kyoto Flagship Store, in association with the Byobu Matsuri (Folding Screen Festival), we exhibit Gion Sairei-zu Byobu (Folding screen of the Gion Festival) on 1F Kyo no Chaho, and Rakuchu Rakugai-zu Byobu (Folding screen of urban areas and suburbs of Kyoto) on 5F Kyo no Chagu.
Exhibition period: July 1 to July 30, 2023
What is the Byobu Matsuri ?
During the Gion Festival, old houses and long-established stores in each Yamahoko town display heirloom folding screens, rare calligraphy and paintings, etc. once a year, which also serves as airing, and is called the Byobu Matsuri.
This is a rare opportunity to come into contact with gems that symbolize the culture and wealth of the Kyoto townspeople, and is therefore an event that is worth seeing, not only to see the Yamahoko floats.
Collection of Fukujuen
Gion Sairei-zu Byobu by Iwasa Koko A pair of six-fold screens
※On display on 1F Kyo no Chaho.
Collection of Fukujuen
Rakuchu Rakugai-zu Byobu A pair of six-fold screens
※On display on 5F Kyo no Chagu.