Hitsuji Doughnuts

Hitsuji Donut is a donut shop in a quiet residential area of Kyoto. It makes tea cream cheese, custard, soy milk, and chocolate donuts from dough with natural yeast and germinated brown rice, and the texture is chewy and soft while warm. One visit involved lining up at noon and buying at 1:30 p.m., and orders for pickup 30 minutes to an hour later are accepted even when a sold-out sign is up. A long line forms at 2 p.m. and donuts may be gone by 3 p.m., so the long wait is a drawback.