Ryoma Street Shopping District — Attraction in Kyoto

Strolling Ryoma Street is like stepping into a Quentin Tarantino fever dream… if he directed a daytime drama about pickled vegetables, sake, and shuttered beauty salons.

First of all, yes—this place is named after Sakamoto Ryoma, a sword-wielding reformer and political rock star of the late Edo period. But let’s be clear: you’re not walking through some frozen-in-time samurai fantasy. It’s a gritty, sleepy, lovable mashup of Showa-era leftovers, Instagrammable corners, and surprising bursts of creativity. Think “Blade Runner goes on a rural field trip.”

The street is quiet—almost suspiciously so—until a Keihan train barrels past, slicing through like a green flash of industrial thunder. It’s a neighborhood that lets you breathe and sweat in peace. You’ll see: 🔸 A tunnel of bright red torii gates that looks like Fushimi Inari’s cooler cousin 🔸 Rolling steel doors turned into samurai murals (Ryoma would be proud-ish) 🔸 Local shops either bursting with handcrafted personality… or closed since 2003

There’s street art. There’s tofu. There’s a guy selling fish who might be a philosopher. And there’s an eerie calm that makes you feel like you’re part of the neighborhood even if you’ve only been there five minutes.

Final word? Come here if you want to slow down, take some cool photos, buy something you didn’t expect, and catch a train slicing through a market like it’s late for a Netflix cameo. Ryoma might be gone, but his spirit’s clearly enjoying a quiet retirement here—with a...

O estilo da rua Ryoma é similar o da rua que leva ao Mercado Nishiki, e com o privilégio de andarmos sem veículos. Percebi um clima mais tradicional, com construções em madeira ao long da rua. Aos domingos, a maioria do comércio está fechado, acredito que deva ser um mercado mais voltado ao comércio de produtos não alimentícios. Encontramos uma loja e outra aberta. Lá conheci os tecidos e moda local, "um luxo". Flores, lindas , muitas. Tomara que fiquem do jeito que...

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