Hyogo Tourism Guide TID Blog GO! GO! HYOGO: Title: Kiyomori Chaya (CAFE Kiyomori), OPEN!

Last month, “Kiyomori Chaya (CAFÉ Kiyomori)” opened! The café is open on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays in four places: The temples Nofuku-ji, Shinko-ji and Yakusen-ji as well as Wada Shrine in Hyogo Ward, Kobe City. Each of these four places has a deep connection with Taira no Kiyomori (see the last three articles about Taira no Kiyomori).

Visitors can make themselves comfortable while enjoying the unique atmosphere of a typical Japanese Chaya (café).

At “Kiyomori Chaya (CAFÉ Kiyomori)” in Nofukuji-temple.

A Chaya is an open-air café where guests sit on a bench covered with a red felt carpet and have tea and refreshments under a traditional Japanese parasol made of coarse red oilpaper.

The four cafes feature a set menu called “Kiyomori Gozen” (\500). The set includes “Karigane-cha” or a kind of traditional Japanese tea produced in Kobe and three kinds of refreshments that can be selected from eight options.

The Kiyomori Gozen (\500): from left, traditionally-cooked sea weed, salmon and sand eels.

“Kiyomori Chaya, Ossettai (CAFÉ Kiyomori’s hospitality team) puts on an open-air performance at Nofuku-ji Temple. The performers of the team put on Heian-period style costumes and give performances including a mini-drama involving Kiyomori twice a day, at 10:30 am and 2:00 pm.

“Kiyomori Chaya, Osettai”

A round trip service by a pedicab called “Rin-taku Kiyomori-go” operates a tour starting at Nofuku-ji Temple before visiting Shinko-ji Temple, Kiyomorizuka (a tower in memory of Kiyomori), “Canal Promenade” (a walking trail along the Hyogo Canal) finishing up at Nofuku-ji Temple or at the “Taira no Kiyomori” Historical Museum.

Tourists can hire this two-seater pedicab and can enjoy visiting sightseeing spots comfortably as if sat on a couch. Why not try a tour with Rin-taku Kiyomori-go ?