First Visit to Shrine

Japanese people visit a shrine at New Year which is called "Hatsumode".

We pray happiness and peace for new year.

Many shrines are set at shrines and it looks like a festival. Amazake which is sweet sake is sold at shrine as well. This very sweet, hot and little sake taste drink makes your body warmer!

I went to Heian shrine this year. It takes about 30 minutes from NISHIYAMA RYOKAN.

It was very crowded with visitors but it was fun! It made me feel new year has come.

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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