In Downtown Kyoto, just a little North of Kyoto's main street (Shijo street), a hop and a skip west of the Kamogawa river and the fashionable Geisha district (Gion area), a stone's throw from the busiest market in the city, (Nishiki market), and a 3 minute walk from pedestrian shopping street Teramachi street, lies a hidden gem. A one-way street filled with quirky shops, restaurants and pubs, with a cheery local vibe among all the business owners, lined with little lanterns, Yanaginobanba street is also known as the Little Lantern street, in Japanese chouchinkouji (提灯小路). If you can get your tongue around the pronunciation (it helps to sing the song La Bamba: ba-dabamba-badidadi-bamba), let us welcome you to Yanaginobanba street, the little Lantern street, and the home of Man in the Moon Rokkaku

A flavor of the shops and restaurants on Yanaginobanba street.
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Shops 

• Suzuki shofudou:  Handmade paper and accessory shop. You will find anything from paper lamps, notebooks, beautiful storage containers and trays in all shapes and sizes and colours and patterns, ornaments, wall-hangings and everything is handmade upstairs. Everything has interesting explanations in English.
• Kocha senmonten – a tea shop! You will find an array of different flavours of tea including a delicious sakura tea during Cherry blossom season. 
• Kyo uchiwa Aiba. A shop all about fans! Fan in Japanese is Uchiwa. The perfect momentum of your trip to Japan or a thoughtful gift for friends and family back home. 

  

Man in the Moon Rokkaku

Irish pub with the best Guinness in Kyoto, a wide selection of beers, whiskeys and cocktails, solid pub grub and friendly staff who are looking forward to welcoming you.
​Check out our events and promotions at Moon Rokkaku like Friday night Irish live music, karaoke, English night and a new addition our Student Night on Wednesday’s.

See you soon! ​

Attention all Rugby Fans in Japan!

The Rugby World Cup 2019 is getting closer and closer. We've put together the match schedule for you. 

You can watch all of the Rugby World Cup matches at Man in the Moon Pubs in Kyoto and Tokyo. It's going to be epic!

See you on September 20th for the first match - Japan vs. Russia.

Our sister pub Pig & Whistle British Pub in Kyoto will also be broadcasting the matches. 

Cheers,
Man in the Moon

1. Come to Man in the Moon pubs.
2. Order a delicious Hendricks Gin & Tonic with fresh cucumber slices
3. Drink and enjoy.
4. Repeat 9 more times and receive this beautiful fan.
5. Fan yourself til your cool, calm and elegant. FAN-tastic!
   
   PS. Great for Gion Festival too! 

*Available at all our pubs
*You receive a stamp card and get it stamped every time you buy a Hendricks Gin & Tonic。Collect 10 stamps to receive your gift.
*You can choose the fan or a pack of playing cards.
*Stamp card is valid until August 31st

Cheers, 
Man in the Moon

For those of you for whom it's not enough to see your face on just regular old photos anymore, we have bought a new  printer at our Kyoto Station Pub, that allows you to print your lovely mug, ahem, face, on your beer now.

We've scooped it first in Kyoto too, a Moon exclusive. They'll all be at it soon, so get in on it while it's still hot.

It's so easy. You just send your pic by QR code or email, and it's no extra charge. The machine is actually on the rounds of our pubs at the moment. Here's the busy schedule:

Kyoto Station Pub: 5th June - 30th June
Karasuma Pub: 1st July - 9th July
Rokkaku Pub: 10th July ~31st August
​Pig and Whistle Pub: 1st September ~

For social media, we're using hashtags #mybeer and in Japanese #マイビール. 

We can print anything actually, from your company logo and your wedding photo, to your dog's wet nose. So get creative, get snapping, get printing, get drinking. See ya soon. 
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​Cheers,
Man in the Moon