Inside and around the station are the many shops (cafes, restaurants, souvenir shops, etc) and it is very fun just walking. This is the bakery produced by a famous French restaurant, Okumura, in Kyoto. |
Many delicious-looking bread in a tiniy space. |
Several doors down is Eiraku-ya, the shop for traditional Japanese hand towels (tenugui) and wrapping clothes (furoshiki). This shop was originally started in 1615 (almost 400 years ago). |
There are so many traditional and beautiful designs, and I always visit this shop when I am in Kyoto. |
Also, there are many unique or interesting designs. |
We then walked the underground shopping center. This is one of my husband's favorite snacks, takoyaki (ball-shaped savory pancakes filled with a piece of octopus). |
They are made in a special pan (most of families in the west part of Japan have this pan at home). You can see the big pieces of octopas. |
And these are the cooked one. Looked so yummy~ |
Special sauce (slightly sweet), dried bonito flakes, dried green seaweed flakes and mayo were on top of these balls. So good. |
These are the rusks baked with shichimi (Japanese spice, meaning seven flavors) sold on the bakery called "Shin-Shin Do" (a well-known bakery in Kyoto). I love this and always bring back several bags to US. |
Other breads looked so good, too. I love Japanese bakeries! I can't find any very good bakeries in Boston. |
Behind the exhibition is Cafe du Monde. My husband insisted to order some beignets as he loved them in New Orleans. But surprisingly, beignets were not on the menu (they served sandwiches, etc). Why, oh why? Cafe du Monde = beignet, isn't it? |
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