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鍵善良房 四条本店

Kagizen Yoshifusa began in the Kyoho era of the Edo period and has never left Gion since. The official site says it has made Kyoto sweets in a corner of the entertainment district ever since, serving tea masters, monks, literary guests of the teahouses and women of the district. Its signature Kikuju-to uses only Awa wasanbon sugar: chrysanthemum-shaped dry sweets from the Chinese tale of Kikujido, twenty in a paper box for ¥1,700, with an AWA version taking wasanbon to its limit (five in a wooden box, ¥3,000). At the Shijo flagship, don't only buy sweets — the tea room serves the famous kuzukiri, opening at 10:00, no reservations.

Good to know before you go

Its history
The shop's own page says: 「鍵善良房」の創業は江戸の享保年間。 ↗
Where to start
菊寿糖(きくじゅとう) 紙箱・20個入り ¥1,700 ↗
Signature items
菊寿糖(きくじゅとう) 紙箱・20個入り ¥1,700;菊寿糖 AWA(きくじゅとう あわ) ¥3,000;羊羹詰合せ 小・2本入(紙箱) ¥3,900 ↗

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