Reserve a specialty soft-sell turtle at the long-established shop founded in 1928,Tankuma Kitamise main shop

Date of visit: Sunday, May 19, 2019

”Tsuki-dashi” and ”Maru-nabe”

It’s a short walk away from Hankyu Kyoto Kawaramachi Station and Keihan Gion Shijo Station.

Go up Kawaramachi Street from Shijyo Street and you will see a second street on your right. Turn right on that street and you will see the Takumu Kitamise’s main shop on your right.

Junichiro Tanizaka and Isamu Yoshii frequented this shop.

Reference:  the official Tenki website

Their specialty is soft-sell turtle.

I’ve never eaten soft-sell turtle, so I’m looking forward to it.

There are “Tankuma Kitaten” and “Honke Tankuma”.
Both stores were taken over by Mr. Kumasaburo Kurisu, but the management is separate.

Basic information of Tankuma Kitamise main shop

Official site 

I recommended Tankuma Kitamise Honten for the following people

People who want to do Kyoto sightseeing efficiently.

Because it is located in Shijo Kawaramachi, the center of Kyoto, you can enjoy authentic Kyoto cuisine while enjoying sightseeing.

People who want to eat soft-sell turtle hot pot easily

Soft-sell turtle was an image of tens of thousands of yen, but it is a price that is easy to try at the Tankuma Kita mise head office.

Tankuma Kitamise main shop,near Shijyo-Kawaramachi

Appearance of Tankuma Kita Store Head Office

If you take out Kawaramachi Street, the street in front of the shop is quiet.

The seat which was reserved at the head office of the Tankuma Kita mise

The timing was good, there were no other customers.

I made a reservation at 13:00 on Saturday.

It’s as if I booked a private room.

Tankuma Kitamise main shop

Because it was May, the room was decorated with armor.

The hanging scroll and the flower were alive.

“Bear” is a、、、. A towel. I’ll keep it up because it’s cute.

There is considerate, so I am looking forward to cooking.

Dishes at Tankuma Kitamise main shop

I received “Hangetsu bento” (3,780 yen tax excluded) and “Marunabe” (4,220 yen tax excluded) separately.

Tsuki-dashi and Marunabe

The served dish was sesame tofu.

A staff can ask in advance when Marunabe( soft-sell turtle) will be served.

I asked the staff to be delicious.

She was said that it was better to eat before the lunch.

soft-sell turtles full of collagen

I pinched a soft-sell turtle.

It looks good on our skin.

The soft-sell turtle which I grabbed with chopsticks

The soup stock was delicious with ginger.
(The fact that ginger is quite effective means that the soft-sell turtle has a considerable smell.)）

There was mochi in the Marunabe, so at this time my stomach was so full.

“Han-getsu Bento”

Another main dish is “Han-getsu Bento”.

Han-getsu Bento is made up of ”hassun”, ”sashimi”, ”takiawase” and ”rice” and soup is served.

”Hassun”(like appetizer）is karasukarei(a kind of fish)with miso, (skewer) anp ei, aotou（green  chili), Dashimaki(cooked egg）, Yamamomo(a kind of fruits), etc.

Chidori Anpei

Chidori means bird in Japanese.

Anpei is a fish surimi.

”Sashimi” is made up of red snapper and bonito.

”Takiawase” is simmered.

”Takiawase” is made up of Kamo nasu(a kind of eggplant),Radish Makiyuba（a kind of yuba)etc.

Kamo nasu was delicious and tasted well.

 ”Rice” is two kinds.

Kayaku rice (burdock-fried,with new ginger) and white rice with yukari(a kind of sprinkle）.

Soup is red soup.

dessert

Dessert… Kinako Kazu-mochi

White sprinkles are sugar.

It’s getting hot, so White sprinkles are cool.

I thought that I was full, but it was delicious, so I ate it.

It was after 15:00 that I finished eating because I was slow.

I was full for a while until evening.

Review of Tankuma Kitamise main shop 

I didn’t reserve a private room, so I was wondering if I was messing around.

It was a room that was supposed to be about two pairs, so I was able to relax.

I’d like to have a full-fledged kaiseki instead of a lunch box this time.

After leaving the shop, we went to Kawaramachi-dori.

It is a single road about 100m from the front of the shop.

Sure enough, the shop staff had been sent off until we were out of sight.

It’s Kyoto, isn’t it?

Book the tankuma Kitamise main shop at Ikkyu.com

To make a marunabe reservation at Ikkyu.com, fill in the “Marunabe for how many people” in the “Requests and Comments” column.

Click here for a list of the establishments of the long-established stores that we have visited so far⇒ List arranged by year of establishment of the store

Sainara（See you）.