Must-Buy Souvenirs

Real product names, brands, and prices for the souvenirs worth bringing home — plus exactly where to buy them.

Yatsuhashi (cinnamon rice-flour sweet, 12-piece)

京都 (multiple historic makers, e.g. Otabe/Shogoin)

Thin, cinnamon-spiced rice-flour crackers, baked crisp or served soft around sweet bean paste — Kyoto's oldest and most classic souvenir sweet.

📍 Otabe or Shogoin shops near Kiyomizu-dera / Kyoto Station

¥250

Aburatorigami (oil-blotting paper)

よーじや (Yojiya)

The quintessential Kyoto beauty souvenir since 1904 — thin sheets that blot facial oil without smudging makeup, sold at Yojiya's shops across the city including near Kiyomizu-dera.

📍 Yojiya shops, e.g. Kiyomizu Sannenzaka branch

¥356

Uji Matcha Gift Set

伊藤久右衛門 (Itoh Kyuemon)

Ceremonial-grade matcha and matcha-flavored sweets from a centuries-old Uji tea house — Uji, just south of Kyoto, is Japan's most historically prestigious matcha-growing region.

📍 Itoh Kyuemon, Uji main store / Kyoto branches

¥2,500