Gion Ishi / Hiroaki Misawa

Gion Ishi Sakashita Building, Kyoto by Hiroaki Misawa (1969). 

I posted a photo of the building, here in 2012. I had no idea who the architect was and I certainly didn't know what was hiding upstairs. 

The ground floor houses the Sakashita Stone shop. 

The second floor is the incredible Ishi Cafe.

I had ice cream and fruit.

Hiroaki Misawa also designed the Konkokyo Karasuma Church (1971) in Kyoto, but it was demolished in 2019.