昨年、和紙を買いに京都寺町通を北へ向かっている時に、昼食のタイミングをはずし腹ごしらえしたいと思っていたところ、学生時代によく行った「常盤食堂」の看板が目に入った。
京都 寺町商店街の中にある、時代を感じさせるお店。懐かしさに惹かれドアを押した。店頭も店内も古びた感じが昔のまま。テーブルや椅子も、そして壁に下げてあるメニュー看板等も当時と変わってないような気がした。

Last year, when I was heading north on Kyoto Teramachi-dori to buy Japanese paper, I wanted to miss the timing of lunch and get hungry, but I saw the signboard of "Tokiwa Shokudo" that I used to go to when I was a student. A shop in the Teramachi shopping district in Kyoto that makes you feel the times. I was attracted to the nostalgia and pushed the door. The storefront and interior are old-fashioned. I felt that the tables and chairs, as well as the menu signboards hanging on the wall, were the same as they were at that time.

注文したのが「あじフライ定食」。見てのとおりボリュームたっぷりである。腹ペコとはいえ、私には荷が重いが、食べてびっくり、美味い！のである。そしてこれで750円。
明治11年開業。140年続く食堂。老舗感はないが、これも京都という土地柄にしっかりと根づいて繁栄している。

I ordered "Aji fried set meal". As you can see, it is full of volume. Although I'm hungry, it's a heavy load for me, but I was surprised to eat it and it was delicious! It is. And this is 750 yen.
Opened in 1891. A dining room that lasts 140 years. It doesn't feel like a long-established store, but it is also prosperous, firmly rooted in the local character of Kyoto.

腹ごしらえを済ませたあと、お茶の老舗「一保堂」に立ち寄った。常盤食堂とは真逆かの雰囲気かも知れないが、京都の老舗感が店内外に感じられる店構え。名産茶を扱う茶舗としては老舗中の老舗である。

After getting hungry, I stopped by the long-established tea shop "Ippodo". It may be the opposite of the Tokiwa Shokudo, but the store has a long-established feel of Kyoto inside and outside. It is a long-established tea shop that handles specialty teas.

ともに歴史を感じさせる。雰囲気やイメージは異なれど、「老舗」として暖簾をしっかりと守り続けている。

Both make us feel the history. Although the atmosphere and image are different, it continues to protect the goodwill as a "long-established store".

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Reported & Photos by Yuji Watanabe