First Cherry Blossom

It was freezing and snowing here last week. Summer in Kyoto is humid and sometimes hard to breathe even though winter is also very cold. It doesn't snow a lot but the air is dried so that you feel colder.

In such cold weather, the first cherry blossom blooms!

Isn't it beautiful? I don't know very well but there are several kinds of cherry trees.

The tree stands Oike street, so it is watched by many people passing by.

Cherry bloosoms usually start to bloom from end of March. I believe Kyoto is the most beautiful place for cherry bloosom in Japan or maybe in the world.

Come to Kyoto in spring!

Lucky Taxi

This morning, a yasaka taxi with pattern of a four-leaf clover came to our ryokan. Most yasaka taxies are with a three-leaf clover. Taxies with a four-leaf clover are only 4 in Kyoto city. We cannot make a reservation, so this is very lucky. It is said that this taxi bring you a lucky. If you ride on it, you can get a special certificate and sticker. When youcome to Kyoto, let’s find yasaka taxi with pattern of a　four-leaf clover. May this picture bring you good luck!

Matcha Tea Service 2025

We hold matcha(green tea)tea service in the morning at the lobby (9:00~10:30)for free. NISHIYAMA RYOKAN

NAKAMURA TOUKICHI matcha sweets Auguest 25th 2025

thank you for looking at NISHIYAMA RYOKAN brog. NAKAMURA TOUKICHIROU matcha sweets is nice. you can buy it in DAIMARU department store. it takes 25 minutes from NISHIYAMA RYOKAN to daimaru department on foot. daimaru department web is https://www.daimaru.co.jp/kyoto NAKAMURA TOUKICHIROU web is https://global.tokichi.jp thank you NISHIYAMA RYOKAN

NISHIYAMA RYOKAN Established in 1953

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