Since 1962! "Yudofu TAKEMURA" is the old restaurant in Arashiyama. Enjoy the specialty "Sagano Tofu" and the Kyoto's atmosphere!

"Arashiyama" is the popular sightseeing place for not only the foreigner but also the Japanese.
When you come and visit Arashiyama, you must eat "Yudofu (Boild Tofu in Hotpot)".

You may think "Eat Yudofu in Arashiyama must be expensive?".

But acutually, in some restaurant you can eat the genuine Yudofu at a reasonable price.
"Yudofu TAKEMURA"is one of them.

Since 1962, "Yudofu TAKEMURA" is the old and well known restaurant where you can eat the traditional delicious Tofu "Morika Tofu". Thought they are very famous but the minimum price for the course meal is just ￥2,600.

They recommend the set course menu, but also you can order only Yudofu or home made Gomadofu(Sesame Tofu) in addition. Because this restaurant is in the center of Sagano・Arashiyama area so you can access easly. And further more , they are open until 8 pm while other restaurants and shops are close around 6 pm or 7 pm. Make the reservation in advance and you can have dinner here.

Today, we show a lot of information about "Yudofu TAKEMURA", access information, menus and its taste.

Table of contents for this article

１，Basic information
２，Useful information
３，Quality of Yudofu
４，TAKEMURA's BEST MENU
５，Access information
６, Recommended information around Yudofu TAKEMURA

１，Basic information

Name： Yudofu TAKEMURA
Name in English： YUDOFU TAKEMURA
Prefecture： Kyoto
Area： Kyoto city (Arashiyama・Takao)
Address： 48-7 Kitatsukurimichi-cho, Sagano Tenryuji, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi
Tel： 075-861-1483
Closed day： Tuesday ※ In Spring and Autumn open all day. They have summer holiday in July.
Open：11:00～20:00 ※L.O.19:50

Price (minimum)： KOSUMOSU course ¥ 2,600
Official web site：http://www.tofu-takemura.com

Inside the Restaurant

Inside the Restaurant

This is the Inside of TAKEMURA. All seats are Tatami room and tables and Japanese floor cushions are setting. It seems a traditional Japanese old folk house. They have both homelike atmosphere and Kyoto's atmosphere. You can feel the tradition of the Japanese good old days different from expensive restaurant.

２，Useful information

The comment from EnjoyJapan! Edit deptl： Reasonable and tasty Yudofu in old restaurant in Arashiyama!

Less walk than 10 min from a station：◯
Free Wi-Fi： ☓
Credit Card： 〇
Seat type：60 seats／ Tatami room
When should we go： Lunch, Dinner
Accompany with： family／friend／date／alone
Staff who can speak foreign language： Unknown
Smoking： not acceptable
Car Parking： 〇 ※4 cars or mater parking around the restaurant
To go： ☓
Reservation： 〇

３，Quality of TAKEMURA's Yudofu

Sagano dofu MORIKA

"Yudofu TAKEMURA" is old restaurant in Kyoto since 1962. They have served Tofu dishes for long years. First we talk about their Tofu, they use the Tofu of "MORIKA" which is the famous Tofu shop in Arashiyama and made from 100% Japanese soy bean and clean spring water. Soft and smooth but bit chewy. This Tofu is specialty of Japan even written in the literary work of Yasunari Kawabata and Ryotaro Shiba. Also please eat the Tofu with TAKEMURA's secret Dahi Shoyu (Soy sauce with soup stock) using specially selected Tosa Bonito. Put the dried bonito flakes on the Tofu and put it in the Dashi Shoyu must be excellent.



Goma dofu

In addition, TAKEMURA have keep the same flavor of Goma dofu (Semame Tofu) from 50 years ago. Goma dofu made from fried white sesame paste smells rich and creamy so it tastes different from normal Tofu.

４，TAKEMURA's BEST MENU

Now we show the Best menu of "Yudofu TAKEMURA"

Standard Menu

TAKEMURA'S course meal

In "Yudofu TAKEMURA", course meal is popular. They have 5 different courses, KOSUMOSU, TAKE, MATSU, MOMIJI, SAKURA.

Details of course meal

Yudofu is included in course menu

KOSMOSU course is the cheapest \2,600, other course include Tempura or Goma dofu or both. You may worry about "Tofu is not enough for the dinner?" but actually enough amount of Tofu and bowl of rice and soup and also other side dishes are included. So you don't have to worry about it.

Even though the minimum course is enough for the dinner, but if you want to ear more or taste another dishes we recommend you MATSU , MOMIJI or SAKURA.
This is the details for each course meal.

KOSMOSU course：¥2,600 (tax included)

KOSUMOSU course： ¥2,600 (tax included)
Yudo fu, Hassun (appetizer), Hirousu (deep fried Tofu with minced vegetables), Rice, Konomono (pickles)

TAKE course：¥3,100 (tax included)
Yudo fu, Hassun, Hirousu, Tempra, Rice, Konomono
(KOSUMOSU course & Tempra)

MATSU course：¥3,600 (tax included)
Yudo fu, Hassun, Goma dofu, Hirousu, Tempra, Rice, Konomono
(TAKE course & Goma dofu)

MOMIJI course：¥4100 (tax included)
Yudo fu, Hassun, Goma dofu, Hirousu, Tempra,Agedashi (lightly deep fried tofu), Rice, Konomono
(MATSU course & Agedashi)

SAKURA course：¥4800 (tax included)
Yudo fu, Hassun, Goma dofu, Hirousu, Tempra,Agedashi (lightly deep fried tofu), Rice, Konomono, Dessert
(MOMIJI & Dessert)


Put the some Tofu in the pot sparely.


Tofu will be trembling when it's cooked.


Then, take out from hotpot.


Put the Dashi Shoyu and spices, and it's ready!

TAKEMURA use Sagano Tofu of famous tofu shop "MORIKA". First Eat the low Tofu only with Dashi Shoyu. When the water is boiled put some Tofu in the hotpot sparely then wait until Tofu get trembling it means it's ready. Taste of Tofu will change completely you will be surprised.


Spies for Yudofu

Put the dried bonito, grated radish, green onion and laver as you like.


Osuimono

Yuba soup is included in every course menu.


Goma dofu

MATSU, MOMIJI and SAKURA course include Goma dofu. Goma dofu is the specialty of TAKEMURA which has made the and kept the same taste from 50 years ago. They spend the time and effort to make Goma dofu and it make the rich flavor and creamy taste. Please eat with Wasabi Shoyu.


Tempra

Some course meal include vegetable Tempra. Egg plants, Pumpkin, Shitake mushroom or Shiso for example, you can enjoy the seasonal fresh vegetables.

When you come to Arashiyama please try traditional Yudofu in Kyoto's old restaurant at reasonable price.

５，Access information

Address： 48-7 Kitatsukurimichi-cho, Sagano Tenryuji, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi
Tel： 075-861-1483

Transportation：

(by Train)
●1 min by walk from Randen "Arashiyama" station
●15 min by walk from Hankyu "Arashiyama" station

(by Bus9
●1 min by walk from Kyoto city bus "Arashiyama Tenryu-ji mae" stop.
Take the bus from JR "Kyoto" station.

６，Recommended information around Yudofu TAKEMURA

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