This sophisticated traditional Japanese dress store has the most beautiful and intricate kimonos housed in a former tofu shop, of all things! 

Another location of this amazing coffee chain. This super-stylish artisanal coffee shop serves some of the best coffee in Kyoto. Located on a lovely street leading up to Yasaka-no-To Pagoda. 

Beautiful serene traditional Japanese restaurant hidden away in the mountains. They say it's the best Kaiseki restaurant in the world, therefore a must visit. 

The former home and studio of ceramicist Kawai Kanjiro, one of Japan's most significant craft artists, is now a museum in Higashiyama. Find the kiln in the garden, the residential space decked in Kanjiro's own ceramics and wood carvings, and his studio still open to explore. Temporary exhibitions rotate with the seasons, and various other Japanese crafters –  such as Soetsu Yanagi and Tasuaki Kuroda – are curated alongside Kanjiro's works.