Chiikawa Bakery Kyoto Pop Up Shop Opens at JR Kyoto Station
The pop-up brings a Kyoto-specific product collaboration with Miseju, a local sweets maker, which is a new angle for the bakery's regional expansion beyond its two permanent stores.
Key Facts
- The Chiikawa Bakery Kyoto Pop Up Shop runs from August 13 to September 9, 2026, at JR Kyoto Station West Gate ticket gate special venue.
- The Kyoto-exclusive 'Chiikawa Bakery Fuwafuwa Otabe Caramel' costs 1,460 yen and includes one of three random stickers.
- The shop sells Chiikawa, Hachiware, and Usagi shokupan at 950 yen each.
- A purchase bonus gives a Kyoto-limited shopper tag for purchases over 2,200 yen, while supplies last.
- The bakery has permanent stores at Omokado in Tokyu Plaza Omotesando (opened October 2024) and KITTE Osaka (opened June 2026).
Reporting from 2 sources: ASCII.jp, Denfaminicogamer.
The Chiikawa Bakery Kyoto Pop Up Shop will run from August 13 to September 9, 2026, at the JR Kyoto Station West Gate ticket gate special venue, operated by LTR, a subsidiary of CL Holdings. The shop will sell bakery original goods and Kyoto- items, including a collaboration with Kyoto confectionery maker Miseju on a limited 'Chiikawa Bakery Fuwafuwa Otabe Caramel' priced at 1,460 yen with a random sticker. The shop will also offer original breads such as Chiikawa, Hachiware, and Usagi shokupan at 950 yen each, plus mascots, flake stickers, eco bags, cookies, and trays. A purchase bonus gives a Kyoto-limited shopper tag for purchases over 2,200 yen. The bakery's permanent locations include Omokado at Tokyu Plaza Omotesando, opened in October 2024, and KITTE Osaka, opened in June 2026. The pop-up is free entry with possible crowd control. The Chiikawa manga by Nagano has eight volumes published by Kodansha, and the TV anime airs within Mezamashi TV on Fuji TV since April 2022.
- Miseju, the Kyoto confectioner behind the collaboration, also makes the regional sweets "Tsubuan-iri Nama Yatsuhashi Otabe" and "Kyoto Baum."
- The shop runs daily from 10:00 to 21:00, with a 16:00 close on the final day, September 9.
- The three shokupan flavors are honey for Chiikawa, chocolate for Hachiware, and cheese with a light salt taste for Usagi.
- Mascot goods include "Staff-san" versions of Chiikawa, Hachiware, Usagi, Momonga, and Furuhonya, plus "Sand" versions of the main trio, each at 2,200 yen.
- Other goods include two flake sticker sets at 550 yen, eco bags in two colors at 2,090 yen, three cookie tins at 3,780 yen, two mini trays at 1,210 yen, and a candy pouch at 1,320 yen.
- The purchase bonus shopper tag is one design, given while supplies last.
- The pop-up is operated by LTR, a subsidiary of CL Holdings, whose president is Uchikawa Junichiro; LTR's president is Tani Jotaro.
- The shop is located at Ekimal a la Mode JR Kyoto Station West Gate store, inside the ticket gate area.
- The Chiikawa film "Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu" opened July 24, 2026, adapting the "Siren arc" from the manga.
- The bakery runs an official online shop at ltr-online.com.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.