Demachi Masugata Shotengai

This is a small arcade mall near Demachiyanagi station. It is popular not only local housewives, but also university students (Kyoto is academic city). When I buy Mamemochi at Futaba, I always peep in some shops here such as grocery, fish market, meat, Japanese drinking place, cosmetics, small articles, kimono, or clothes etc… Among them fry stall is my favorite! Various kinds of fries such as croquette, cutlet are provided here. After I ordered croquette and waited for two or three minutes, I had just fried hot one. I always have it on the spot. I don’t mind other persons’ eyes, because I stand in the downtown-​like arcade mall.
Unique and attractive point of this mall is that it has underground parking lots. Kyoto is a small town, and traffic is always busy. There is little spare space on the ground. So constructing underground parking lots is nice idea! I always go shopping at a supermarket by car to bring heavy baggage back. It is inconvenient if there is no parking lot. However I have not utilized this parking lot yet, because I am not confident in driving to Kyoto by myself.

This is my other one stop shopping for daily essentials; drugstores, groceries, butcher, barber shop, ¥100 shop, florist, craft and fashion, japanese sweets and snacks. Not much bike parking provided, though. Bit yass dont be shy, give it a try.