Kyoto Tower Sando
A shopping complex connected to Kyoto Station, filled with Kyoto sweet and tea shops.
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Kyoto Tower Sando
SaveA shopping complex connected to Kyoto Station, filled with Kyoto sweet and tea shops.
The second floor is for making things: your own Kyoto sweets at one shop, sushi at another.
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Three floors of shops and workshops open off Kyoto Station. The basement food hall holds sixteen counters, from Korean food and gyoza to grilled skewers, udon and tempura, and crepes. Conveyor-belt sushi and a yakitori restaurant sit on the same level. The ground floor is a market of Kyoto sweet and tea shops, yatsuhashi among them. Above them, the second floor holds a wagashi class, a sushi seminar, a craft workshop and kimono rental. A public artwork built from Tahi Saihate's poems sits inside.
| Diaper changing table | Yes | Changing mats are in the women's cubicles on floors 2-4 and in the all-gender accessible toilets on B1F and 8F | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | kyoto-tower-sando.jp |
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| Family restroom | Yes (2) | Two all-gender accessible toilets, on B1F and 8F | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | kyoto-tower-sando.jp |
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor & outdoor | Indoors over three floors, with some terrace seating | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | kyoto-tower-sando.jp |
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Worth a look before you go
Japanese · opens translatedFirst-hand
A Kyoto itinerary with kids, by age: 0-3 year olds and primary schoolers
A route she walked with her children. Tower Sando at about 16:00: each buys from a different counter, one table.
kumasukimama.com2026
Japanese · opens translatedFirst-hand
Kyoto Tower with a small child, 100m up - including the things to watch out for
With a one-year-old: no nursing room in the building; use Yodobashi 4-5F or Isetan B1. Strollers cannot be checked.
kotonoha-koto-koto.com2023
Japanese · opens translatedFirst-hand
Making wagashi: a Kyoto memory at an old sweet-maker
Her own session at Shichijo Kanshundo: 60-90 minutes, four sweets made, three taken home, one eaten there. Y2,530.
kyotopi.jp2022
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- Fee：You pay at each shop. Credit cards (including contactless) and QR payments are accepted, though some shops take fewer of them■
- Hours：Open daily. B1F food hall 11:00-23:00, 1F market 10:00-21:00, 2F workshops 10:00-19:00. Some shops keep different hours; the 1F Starbucks opens at 7:00■
- Time needed：90 min
- Booking：The workshops differ: the wagashi class at Shichijo Kanshundo takes same-day bookings, the sushi seminar is advance-booking only, and kimono dressing on the day closes at 15:30■Official booking site ↗
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