Nana's Green Tea

Nana's Green Tea is a popular Japanese matcha café chain with several outlets across Kyoto, including its flagship presence near Kawaramachi-Shijo in Nakagyo Ward. The chain was founded with the goal of presenting matcha — Japan's ceremonial powdered green tea — in an accessible modern café format that bridges traditional tea culture and contemporary café habits. The menu centers on matcha in its many forms: hot and iced matcha lattes (served in wide ceramic cups), matcha soft-serve ice cream with an intense grassy sweetness, elaborately layered matcha parfaits combining ice cream, red bean paste, mochi, and jelly, and seasonal specials that rotate with the calendar. Hojicha (roasted green tea) provides a warmer, caramel-forward counterpoint to the vivid green matcha, appearing in lattes, puddings, and cheesecake. While Nana's Green Tea lacks the historical depth of specialist tea houses like Kagizen Yoshifusa or Gion Mamecha, it excels at accessibility: English menus are standard, ordering is intuitive, prices are budget-friendly, and the modern setting removes the ceremony anxiety that some visitors feel in traditional tea rooms. For first-time matcha drinkers or those traveling with children, it provides a genuine and enjoyable introduction to Japan's most distinctive beverage culture. Multiple Kyoto locations exist; the Kawaramachi-Shijo area outlet is the most centrally convenient.