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- City
- Kyoto
- District
- Kibune
- Cuisine
- Kaiseki & ryotei
- Private hire
- On request
- Indicative budget
- Kawadoko kaiseki: ¥10,890, ¥14,520 or ¥20,570 per person; hot-pot courses ¥10,890 to ¥18,150 (tax and service included).
- Address
- 87 Kurama Kibune-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 601-1112
- Access
- Eizan train to Kibuneguchi, then 5 minutes by the inn's minibus (by reservation, from 2 guests); shuttles from the city can be arranged for groups. Allow about an hour from central Kyoto.
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Corporate use
A summer evening outside the city for a group that has already seen Kyoto: transfer by coach or Eizan train, a cool dinner on the kawadoko, then a walk to the lantern-lit Kifune-jinja. The inn runs shuttles from the city for groups; exact kawadoko capacity to be confirmed, with an indoor fallback in rain.
Private rooms & private hire
A kawadoko over the stream in season (May to late September) and an indoor dining room with irori the rest of the year; exact group capacity is not published and is confirmed on request. Three guest rooms for those who stay overnight.
The menu
In summer, three tiers of kawadoko kaiseki, and hot-pot courses built around a hassun and grilled ayu: wagyu shabu-shabu or sukiyaki, free-range chicken mizutaki or sukiyaki, hamo shabu-shabu and eel hot pot. In winter, irori cooking and wild-boar hot pot. Nagashi-somen is first-come, ticketed, without booking.
Frequently asked questions
When can we dine on the kawadoko?
Roughly from May to late September; it is cancelled in rain (decided at 10:00 that day) or high water, and the meal moves indoors.
How many can the kawadoko take?
The inn does not publish a group capacity; we confirm it case by case and can split a large group across several Kibune restaurants.
How does the group get there?
By private coach (the inn has parking for about fifteen vehicles) or by Eizan train with the inn's shuttle from Kibuneguchi.
What is nearby?
Kifune-jinja (main shrine 4 minutes away, Yui-no-yashiro right next door) and the mountain path to Kurama-dera.
