Nanaya Kyoto Sanjo Shop — Restaurant in Kyoto

Many friends already recommended me to visit the shop. But too bad they are closed too soon at 6 PM so it was quite hard for me to manage some time to pay a visit. However, finally I came to this Nanaya Kyoto.

Their speciality is 7 level of matcha/greentea ice cream. From the very sweet one until the very bitter one. The staff told me that the normal flavour would be number 3. But eventually I tried number 4 haha... because thr number 5 quite bitter already. Next time I really wanna try the famous number 7.

Moreover, they also have any other standart flavour such as strawberry, mango etc.

If you came and wanna buy some omiyage, please noted that Nanaya not only selling icecream but also any others sweets and greentea chocolate. So please spend more time at the shop to pick your favorite.

The price range is between 300 up to 800yen. Depends on how many scoop do you want. The perfect combination is houji matcha + matcha number 4. Slightly bitter and sweet in...

Nanaya is famous for their 7 grades of matcha ice cream, with 7 infamously being the most intense matcha flavour you would have ever tried, and you should try at least once if you like matcha. However, the chestnut matcha combo would be the thing I come back for. The chestnut and chunks of chestnut are perfect, sweet chestnut goodness, and that sweetness rounds out smoothly with the soft bitterness of the matcha. It refreshes and doesn't distract, and makes the next taste of chestnut equally enjoyable on the next spoonful (the sweetness of typical chestnut flavoured things can usually also be cut with a touch of tart or sour to enable them to go more intense on the chestnut flavour). This ice cream.... yes. The store also sells chocolate in various flavours and some with an extreme percentage of matcha. There's a few stools in the back if you need a place to eat...

Must visit for matcha lovers. We read the reviews of people going for ice cream and leaving with much chocolate and thought we could resist the temptation. We could not. First of all, the matcha ice cream was out of this world. We had the #5, 6, and 7 (they have matcha strengths ranging from 1-7, 7 is strongest). Such a strong and deep matcha flavor.

Then they gave us many chocolate samples (chocolate with different types of green tea and matcha flavors) which were all delicious. We’re normally pretty frugal, but we happily bought a whole bunch of chocolate.

We plan on going back tomorrow for more ice cream and possibly more chocolate. IMO this place’s ice cream is better than the one in Nishki market, and this place has amazing...