Introduction
Higashiyama Historic District is one of Kyoto's best-preserved historic areas, featuring narrow lanes, wooden machiya buildings, and traditional merchant shops that evoke old Japan, stretching between Kiyomizu-dera and Maruyama Park. Within this district sits % Arabica Kyoto Higashiyama, a stylish coffee shop located on a lane leading up to the Yasaka-no-To Pagoda, known for serving some of the best coffee in Kyoto.