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Founded in 1967 by the then 24-year-old owner, this is a long-established Japanese confectionery in Nobeoka City, Miyagi Prefecture. In addition to numerous local famous Japanese confections born out of love for their hometown, they have also worked hard through trial and error to create low-sugar confections that even those who need to restrict their sugar intake can eat with peace of mind. The popular product “Yokan Hitori Yuzu” won the top prize in the “MIYAZAKI FOOD AWARD 2020,” and its single-serving size is highly regarded as considerate. It makes a perfect souvenir, and shaved ice and other items are also sold in the store. It is the perfect place to stop by and take a break during your trip.

Founded in 1816, the miso and soy sauce brewer is a renowned store with a long history and tradition. Their soy sauce, in particular, is a dark local soy sauce with a distinctive sweetness and flavor, and its flavor adds a deep savory taste to many dishes. We also offer a wide variety of other products made with malt, which is indispensable to Japanese food culture. The “Koji-pudding,” with its gentle sweetness and melting texture, is very popular as a souvenir. They also sell amazake (sweet sake), sauces, and dipping sauces made with malted rice, all of which are worth tasting once. When you visit Ise, Mie prefecture, be sure to stop by and enjoy the taste.

"Ice-manju" (Ice cream-buns) are a local specialty of Kuwana. "Shineido" is known as a famous ice cream bun store. An iced bun generally refers to iced milk with azuki bean paste. At Shin-eido, condensed milk is placed in a mold, red bean paste is added, frozen, and then removed from the mold to complete the product. Although simple, the deep sweetness of the condensed milk and the azuki beans are a perfect match. In addition to normal ice cream buns, matcha green tea ice milk buns and fruit ice cream are also sold, making it a great place to visit on a hot day.

Famous Mame-mochi (bean rice cake) from Demachi Futaba, a long-established shop that has been in business since 1897. Mame-mochi is so popular that people are always waiting in line. Carefully selected ingredients are used, including specially selected large, sweet beans from farmers in Hokkaido and new sticky rice from Shiga Prefecture. In addition, traditional production methods such as double pounding to make a fine dough and not touching the dough too much when forming are also used. Mame-mochi is a round, pure white rice cake with large beans that stand out. When eaten, the gentle sweetness of the rice, the fragrance of the beans, and the refined sweetness of the red bean paste mix together in perfect balance, accented by a salty taste. One bite is so delicious that it will make you smile.

This mikan juice specialty store was born in Ehime Prefecture, which boasts the second largest harvest of unshu mandarin oranges in Japan, and the largest overall citrus harvest in Japan. With a desire to boost the popularity of Ehime's mikan farmers, the company directly connects with mikan growers to develop processed products that make the most of the deliciousness of Ehime's mikans. The shop offers a variety of products such as mandarin juices, jams, and jellies, which can be bought as souvenirs.

This confectionery theme park was created with the idea of "bringing more smiles to families !". The park consists of four areas: a factory area, a shopping area, a freshly baked goods sales area, and a footbath and experience area, where families can spend a pleasant time together. Visitors cannot leave without trying the sweets park's limited products, such as custard-filled cream puffs, baked Mont Blanc with crispy dough and melt-in-your-mouth fresh Mont Blanc. Surrounded by the sweet aroma, this is a unique and happy experience!

Founded 70 years ago, this Wagashi (Japanese sweets) shop started out as a rice cake shop. The shop uses only the finest ingredients, including azuki beans from Hokkaido, glutinous rice from Saijo, and Uchinuki water from Ishizuchi Mountain, selected as one of the 100 best waters in Japan. The store also has a café where customers can enjoy a variety of products such as rice cakes freshly pounded every morning, or freshly squeezed Japanese chestnut Mont Blanc. Why not stop by for a break during your trip?

In 1991, Hayashi became the first Japanese to win the title of “World Champion” at “La Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie,” a world patisserie competition held once every two years in France, the home of confectionery. The store specializes in western-style confectionery. A native of Nara Prefecture, he opened his own store in the prefecture under the creed, "within reach of my own eyes". He is particular about the ingredients and works hard to create sweets that will remain in your heart along with your happy memories. We hope you will visit this famous store, which has been selected five times as one of the "Tabelog Best 100sweets stores in the WEST”.

Since its establishment, this Wagashi-shop(Japanese traditional sweets store) has pursued quality improvement by focusing on raw materials and production methods. The shop features techniques that make the most of the ingredients, such as red bean paste made from Hokkaido azuki beans and carefully cooked by artisans in a special oven, and gyuhi made from carefully selected glutinous rice flour. Careful attention is also paid to baking conditions to create a fluffy and moist dough. Furthermore, the shop offers more than 200 varieties of wagashi, valuing products that make use of local specialties and products with a sense of the season. While preserving tradition, the company has deepened its ties with the local community and continues to be loved by its customers.

Tsubameya, a Japanese confectionery specialty store, was started with the desire to "make Yanagase, the town where I grew up, more vibrant. Tsubameya believes that it is the store that creates the color of the town, and that offering confections loved by people of all ages brings people together and makes the town more lively. Tsubameya's confections are made with the best ingredients and have a gentle flavor that makes everyone feel at ease. The flavor and background of the popular product, warabimochi, differs among the three Tsubameya stores. The warabimochi at the Yanagigase main store here is firm yet smooth to the touch, a taste that has been maintained since the establishment of the company.

It is said that Gifu citizens have visited this confectionery specialty store which opened in 1987 at least once . The specialty of this store, which has been talked about for its faithful representation of French pastries, is the "potato pastry”. This cake is composed of fresh cream, white chocolate cream, and potato cream. The exquisitely balanced sweetness of the cake gives you a taste of the ingredients, and it is a must-try item. If you visit Gifu Prefecture, you should definitely come and try it. The cakes are as delicious as those in France.

A confectionery specialty store established in 1970. The concept is "the happiness of making customers happy and the happiness of talking to each other". The building is designed to look like a school in order to connect the hearts of customers and artisans through delicious confections. The sweet smell spreads through the store, which offers a variety of products, such as baumkuchen made mellower by adding rice flour and sake, which are unique to Akita, Goshono Rolls made with plenty of honey, and smooth Akita Pudding made with Jersey milk. You will be charmed by the sweets and space where you can feel the warm heart of the owner, who cherishes encounters between people.

"STOVE+" is a popular confectionary specialty store in Akita. Owner and patissier Saito was born as the eldest son of a confectioner and has trained at the famous Tokyo restaurant "Restaurant Crescent" and in France. He is passionate about creating confections that fuse ingredients from Akita, Japan, and around the world, and he works hard every day to bring smiles to many people's faces. We hope you will try his confections, which are filled with an elegant sweetness that will surely bring a smile to your face.

A long-established Japanese confectionary (Wagashi) store established in 1924. The shop features delicious wagashi handmade by craftsmen, starting with the basic ingredient of wagashi, red bean paste. You can enjoy seasonal items such as “Tamagokko,” a buttery rice cake wrapped in a sweet bean paste with a delicate sweetness, red bean-doughnuts, dorayaki, and more. They also make great gifts and souvenirs!

Patisserie Rond-to is a confectionary store that offers sweets made with the highest quality ingredients and finished with delicate techniques. Chef Masaaki Toyoda has trained at the store of leading French pastry chef Katsuhiko Kawata, Michel Belin in southwestern France, and starred restaurants, and aims to create French pastries that even the French would recognize. He has been selected five times as one of the “Tabelog Best 100 sweets shops EAST ” for his uncompromising approach to confectionery making. The shop offers a variety of sweets perfect as gifts for special occasions or as a reward for yourself, so be sure to visit when you are in Obuse.

A famous dumpling store that has been in business since 1902. The shop offers a variety of products with deep flavors, including Niigata's famous sasa-dango (bamboo grass dumplings), which are made using not only ingredients but also traditional methods. The main store is located in Miyamoto-cho, Nagaoka City, where you can enjoy the tranquil scenery of the countryside as well as the sweets.

Unlike conventional millefeuille, Paris Pie's millefeuille can be eaten with the hands. The millefeuille, which is carefully made to order, is crispy and full of air. The special cream inside has a luxurious aroma and deep flavor, and is a perfect match for the pie crust. Not only simple creams, but also a wide variety of creams such as raspberry, chestnut, and green tea are available. We hope you will try the experience of filling your mouth with millefeuille and drowning in the crunchy, fluffy sweetness.

A Japanese and Western confectionery specialty store that has been in business since 1962 and has long been loved by locals for its reasonable prices. The store offers a variety of products such as Nagasaki's famous castella, brown sugar buns, shortcakes, and Mont Blanc. They are sure to be appreciated as souvenirs of Nagasaki.

This confectionery specialty store is reminiscent of a villa in the south of France. The patissier Watanabe has been steadily building up a lineup of sweets based on the sensibility he has gained from seeing, eating, and feeling in France during his annual visits to France. The store has been selected as one of the “Tabelog Best 100 Sweets Shops West” for six years in a row. We hope you will visit this store, which is loved not only by locals but also by sweets lovers who come from far and wide.

Here at TORASASARU Cafe is a gallery/cafe. The café offers not only drinks, but also a variety of sweets, such as cheesecake that brings out the flavor of cheese and pound cake made with fresh butter. The gallery sells a selection of everyday items that express beauty. The shop consistently emphasizes the value of making customers feel comfortable and creates a very calm space.

Kobo chouchou's Sake-lees Cheesecake is an exquisite combination of creamy cheese and sake-lees from six different sake breweries. Blessed with clean subterranean water flowing into Lake Biwa and rice grown in the rich nature of Shiga, sake-lees is carefully produced in sake breweries in Shiga, and its rich flavor and the smooth texture of the cheese are in perfect harmony, giving it a unique taste that cannot be found anywhere else. This cheesecake, carefully crafted one by one from the selection of ingredients to the manufacturing process, is a perfect gift or dessert for a special occasion. We hope you will enjoy the fusion of Japanese tradition and Western confectionery in Sake-lees Cheesecake.

This is a locally-loved confectionery in Yanai, Patissier Kawamoto's hometown. The sweets are made with ingredients that have been in the area for a long time, and with gratitude to the people of the area. After their father's confectionery, “Tokyo-do,” closed, the Kawamoto brothers followed their father's footsteps, admired him, and trained in other prefectures before returning to Yanaii. The brothers serve as patissier and chief patissier at Chez Kawamoto, and we hope you will try their confections.

The company motto is “May there always be anko (red bean paste) on the tail of taiyaki,” which was given to us by theater critic Tsuruo Ando. Using homemade anko (red bean paste) and dough, the taiyaki are carefully baked one by one, making them crispy and savory on the outside and moist and sweet on the inside. Of course, as stated in the company motto, the taiyaki are stuffed with anko (red bean paste). In addition to taiyaki, the shop also offers seasonal products such as mitarashi dumplings, an-dango dumplings, and shaved ice, and has long been a favorite of the locals.

Fruit Coordinate "Aomoriya" is more than just a fruit store. The president of Aomoriya himself carefully selects fruits by visiting the producing areas and offers the best seasonal fruits, which are characterized by their high quality. Aomoriya also makes tarts, panna cotta, fruit sandwiches, and jellies using these fruits. These products can be enjoyed at the café.

The store features taiyakis that are carefully baked one by one in a metal mold. The crispy thin white crust filled with moderately sweet red bean paste is very popular. The simplicity of the taiyaki is what makes each one stand out for its carefully baked attention to detail and deliciousness. This is a place where both locals and tourists can enjoy the nostalgic taste of the past.

"Jacques" is a restaurant filled with the specialties of patissier Otsuka, who trained in the Alsace region, the easternmost region of France, bordering Germany and Switzerland. Otsuka, who had aspired to become a French chef, was inspired to become a pastry chef when he came across a dessert called "Hachette Desserts". After training in France, he joined the “Relais Desserts", an international association for pastry chefs, of which there were only four Japanese at the time. Why not visit the patisseries to taste the French pastries he has created?

This Australian pastry and bread store was established in Australia in 1913 and arrived in Japan in 1994. Its French bread, baguettes, and breads are well-reputed, and all breads are characterized by their fluffy texture and deep flavor. The store also has a café, where customers can eat all the bread, sandwiches, cakes, and baked goods they purchase in the store. The interior of the store is made with materials imported from Australia, and the warmth of the wood makes customers feel as if they are in Australia.

Okinawa Timeless Chocolate is a premium chocolate that makes the most of Okinawan ingredients. Cacao beans are roasted in-house and combined with a variety of sugarcane to create a chocolate that is uniquely Okinawan. When you put it in your mouth, you can feel the rich yet mild sweetness of Okinawa's natural bounty. You can enjoy the rich food culture of Okinawa through chocolate. It is also available online, so be sure to check it out.