Listed in the “Kyoto Music Spots” guide book (京都音楽空間 
A handy location to pop into for a breather if you are shopping, Rokuyosha is famous for it’s delicious home-roasted coffee beans and tasty home-baked donuts. In fact so famous are these old-style donuts that people of a sweet tooth travel from far and wide to try them based only on their reputation.
A family establishment, the current manager Okuno Osamu is also a well known singer-songwriter, and his younger brother manages the shop when it becomes a bar in the evening. There are two floors; ground and basement but the basement has the cozier atmosphere with its green tiled walls and soft lighting from orange lamps. Okuno-san’s parents opened this café in 1950, and Rokuyosha still has very much the feel of that era.
To find Rokuyosha, just walk a few yards south of Sanjo on Kawaramachi. Rokuyosha is on your left. Here’s a map.
Rokuyosha
First Floor Open: 8:30-22:30 (Last Orders: 22:00)
Basement Cafe Open 12:00-17:00 (Last Orders16:30) / Bar Open: 17:00-23:00 (Last Orders 22:30)
Donuts are served from 12:00 (not available for takeaway). The donuts are handmade so numbers may be limited.
Closed Wednesdays
First Floor Tel: 075-221-3820
Basement Tel: 075-241-3026
Note that smoking is allowed on the first floor after 12:00 but the basement is completely non-smoking.
A limited English menu is available.
This article checked and updated in June, 2025.
Text and images by Michael Lambe. All rights reserved.
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