Japanese Confectionery Spots in Japan

Area

Japan
- Japan
- Hokkaido / Tohoku
  
  Hokkaido
  
  Aomori
  
  Iwate
  
  Miyagi
  
  Akita
  
  Yamagata
  
  Fukushima
- Kanto
  
  Ibaraki
  
  Tochigi
  
  Gunma
  
  Saitama
  
  Chiba
  
  Tokyo
  
  Kanagawa
- Koshinetsu / Hokuriku
  
  Niigata
  
  Toyama
  
  Ishikawa
  
  Fukui
  
  Yamanashi
  
  Nagano
- Tokai
  
  Gifu
  
  Shizuoka
  
  Aichi
  
  Mie
- Kinki
  
  Shiga
  
  Kyoto
  
  Osaka
  
  Hyogo
  
  Nara
  
  Wakayama
- Chugoku
  
  Tottori
  
  Shimane
  
  Okayama
  
  Hiroshima
  
  Yamaguchi
- Shikoku
  
  Tokushima
  
  Kagawa
  
  Ehime
  
  Kochi
- Kyushu / Okinawa
  
  Fukuoka
  
  Saga
  
  Nagasaki
  
  Kumamoto
  
  Oita
  
  Miyazaki
  
  Kagoshima
  
  Okinawa

Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Bread / Dessert / Other Food Shop

Ishitani Seikado

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tottori Kurayoshi-shi Saiwaicho 459-1

This longstanding Japanese confectionary shop was established in 1880. Inside a clean-looking establishment, the shop makes and sells Utsubuki Koen Dango dumplings, one of Kurayoshi City's most well-known confections. The dumplings are made with local refined rice flour and come in three colors/flavors: white white otebo bean paste, red azuki bean paste, and matcha green tea paste. In spite of their plain and simple appearance, these traditional treats have a rich flavor and are also made without the use of any additives whatsoever. The dumplings only keep for three days; meanwhile the shop's Oshidori no Chigiri, a dried confection created out of a desire to add a longer-lasting dried confection to the shop's lineup, are also popular. Customers can enjoy the shop's confections along with a cup of tea in the in-shop cafe space.
Kuroyanagi

4.5

19 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shizuoka Izunokuni-shi Nagaoka 1288-6

This Japanese confectionary shop founded in 1945 was the first shop in the Nakaizu Onsenkyo hot spring village to sell onsen manju (hot spring steamed buns). The shop is located just next to the Fujidana bus stop on the Izuhakone Bus Nagaoka Onsenba Loop, about a six-minute bus ride from the Izu-Nagaoka Station on the Izuhakone Railway. Their onsen manju, which are made using carefully-selected ingredients and without any preservatives or food coloring, are notable for the smooth texture of their pastry covering and the pleasantly light flavor of their bean paste filling. All of the shop's products are made the day they are sold, so the shop closes as soon as it sells out.

物心がついた時には「あずさ」と「黒柳」は地元で有名な温泉おまんじゅうでした。 2000年過ぎに「あずさ」が閉店し、今は長岡土産といえば「黒柳」になってます。昔と変わらず、餡の甘さも懐かしい味です。
Taiyaki Namihei

4.0

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Hase 1-8-10

This is a taiyaki (fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam) shop located along Yuigahama Odori, about three minutes on foot from Enoshima Dentetsu’s Yuigahama Station. Not only do they offer taiyaki made with carefully crafted honey-baked tsubuan (coarse red bean paste) and fresh, velvety smooth koshian (fine-grained sweet bean paste), they also have a full lineup of other items including natural yeast bread, yakisoba, and grilled piroshky. Guests will take joy in the sight of people in the neighborhood naturally congregate here to enjoy conversation with the jovial proprietor.

昭和の民家のような面影が特徴的な、たい焼き等の和菓子専門のお店です。ほとんどの客はテイクアウトでそれらを購入しますが、店内には10席程度（カウンター席、座敷席）ですが客席があり、店内で食べることも出来ます。昭和の駄菓子屋等によく見られた小物がそこかしこに飾られており、まるでタイムスリップしたかのような感覚を味わえます。店名に『たい焼き』とありますが、たい焼きの他にかき氷が有名で、しかも冬季も含め...
Kamakura Itoko

4.0

12 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Hase 3-10-22

This shop offering pumpkin kintsuba (confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough) and located on Hase-dori Street is distinctive for its yellow noren curtains. The nutritious pumpkin and red bean with its natural sweetness is enjoyed by women, and is a popular souvenir that is representative of Kamakura. Guests can even purchase single servings, making it a nice treat to enjoy on the go.

日本国内に数ある《きんつば》を販売している店舗の中で種類の多さはこちらが日本一（添付写真参照）と思われ、今回妻は《柚子レモンきんつば 250円税込/個》私は《くるみきんつば 250円税込/個》を楽しみました。こちらでは 1個でも気持ちよく購入出来るのが嬉しいサーヒスです。
Kamakura Karin Coron

4.0

3 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Komachi 2-12-26

Operating a store in Wakamiya-oji Street located about five minutes on foot from Kamakura Station, this shop specializes in karinto (fried dough snacks) and bean confectionery. They carry products that preserve traditional tastes with carefully selected ingredients and recipes. Additionally, they stock more than 30 types of products including colorful coated bean confectionery including some made with peanuts and sora-mame (broad beans). Guests will enjoy their special seasonal products that allow one to really sense the season.

鎌倉名物と言っていいほど人気のかりんとう屋さん。かりんとうの味は勿論美味しいのですがパッケージや包装紙が可愛い。
Kamakura Beniya Hachimangu-mae

4.0

8 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Yukinoshita 1-12-4

A confectionary shop founded in 1954. All of the shop’s wide variety of sweets are handmade. The kurumikko, made with fragrant caramel and a heaping helping of walnuts sandwiched between two distinctive cake-like wafers, is particularly popular and a Kanagawa Prefecture specialty.

鎌倉のお土産に「くるみっ子」を頂きました。贅沢に胡桃が入っていて、歯応えがほど良く、美味しかったです。
Kamakura Shokado

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Yamanouchi 1340

A small yet historic Japanese confection shop located along the Kamakura Kaido a one-minute walk from Kita-Kamakura Station. The name of the shop’s meika agari yokan (sweet bean jelly) references the fact that these treats were once presented to the Owari branch of the Tokugawa clan in the Edo period. Made without the use of artificial preservatives or other additives, these yokan have an intermediate texture between soft and hard yokan jellies and are characterized by their elegant flavor. They are also known to sell out as early as before noon. Shokado also sells unique, limited time items from October to May, such as the kuri-iri kojika (steamed castella cake with sweet adzuki beans) and kiku monaka (chrysanthemum wafer cake with sweet bean jam).
Ougiya

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Fujisawashi Katasekaigan 1-6-7

A Japanese confectionary shop famous for its Enoden monaka (wafer cakes filled with sweet adzuki bean jam), which feature an Enoshima Electric Railway (Enoden) train on the package. The front of the shop incorporates a portion of a real Enoshima Electric Railway train, serving as the shop’s symbol. The monaka are available with five different bean jams—yuzu, ume (Japanese plum), sesame seed, strained bean, and coarse bean. It’s 130 yen for one monaka, but there’s also a set of 10 for 1,300 yen which comes in a box modeled after Fujisawa Station, perfect to give as a souvenir. The shop also offers a variety of other Japanese sweets, including kuzu-zakura (bean jam covered with kudzu starch jelly and wrapped in a cherry tree leaf), dorayaki (bean jam between two soft cakes) for 130 yen, and kabocha manju (sweet kabocha squash dumplings) for 100 yen.

江ノ島駅をすぎると大きな道路と線路が交差しているのに遮断機がない交差点の前にこちらのお店があります。龍口寺も近くにありますので、観光スポットです。
Dankazura Kosuzu

4.0

42 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Komachi 2-13-4

Located along the approach to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Dankazura Kosuzu is a charming soba and warabi mochi shop with a swaying willow and looks like it could appear in a historic drama. The shop’s soba is springy and smooth. The warabi mochi starch dumplings are made with rare domestically grown bracken starch, and their chewy yet melt-in-your-mouth texture has delighted many tourists. The shop’s warabi mochi can also be brought home as a souvenir.

鶴岡八幡宮で初詣の帰り道・・・鎌倉に行くと必ず娘が立ち寄るのが若宮大路沿いにある「段葛こ寿々（だんかずらこすず）」！娘の大好物のこ寿々の「わらび餅」を買いに！段葛...
Surugayahonten

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Hase 1-11-21
Nishikido (Fukuyama-Minamizao Branch)

4.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hiroshima Pref. Fukuyamashi Minamizaouchou 2-27-22

A traditional Japanese confectioner in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture that makes and sells confections including their Momiji-Manju (a steamed bun shaped like a maple leaf), dorayaki (two small pancakes with a red-bean paste filling), and monaka (wafer cake with red bean filling). Some of their more creative sweets are the New Heike Story, A Modern Translation of the Classic Tale of Love and War, which is named after Eiji Yoshikawa’s work, and the summer season only Letter from Autumn Colors. They also make a variety of creative seasonal confections.

福山東インターの入り口手前の立地もあって、広島銘菓紅葉まんじゅうを購入するにはもってこいです。また、作りたてをいただけるとあって、よく利用しています。
Kanmidokoro Totoan

4.5

7 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hiroshima Pref. Onomichishi Tsuchidou 1-10-2

This Japanese sweets shop is located in Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is famous for their warabimochi (bracken starch dumplings), which are each made to order exclusively with pure domestic bracken starch. It is popular for the fact that customers can grind their own roasted soybean flour with a stone mill while waiting for their warabimochi to be made. Customers can relax with a cup of tea in the Japanese-style interior of the shop, which is visited by many tourists.

尾道駅からロープウェイ方面へのアーケード内にあります。昔ながらの店構えで落ち着いた店内です。お蕎麦も美味しかったけど、自分で石臼を使って大豆を引いてわらび餅のきな粉を作るところは本当にユニークです。黒い本蕨餅も初めての体験で、記憶に残る旅の思い出になりました。オススメです。
Tenkoudou Honten

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Sendamachi 2-11-8

This venerable Japanese sweets shop is located in Naka Ward, Hiroshima City. Some of their offerings include momiji manju (a maple leaf-shaped confection filled with red bean paste), yokan (a jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar), and dorayaki (red bean paste pancakes). Another of their popular items is their original Horoyoi Momiji, a momiji manju made with brandy syrup. The shop puts its products on prominent display in its showcase. Many tourists visit to buy Hiroshima souvenirs.
Mochikichi (Hiroshima Inokuchi Branch)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinishiku Inokuchi 5-22-23

A traditional Japanese confectioner in Nishi Ward, Hiroshima City that makes a variety of rice treats including three types of Japanese rice crackers, Senbei, Okaki, and Arare. They also serve take-away soft serve ice cream, and their rich vanilla ice cream which fills the whole cone has earned itself plenty of fans.
Hagitsubaki

3.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamaguchi Pref. Hagishi Tsubaki East 1068-3

"This Japanese-style confectionery shop, located about a 15-minute walk from Higashi Hagi Station on the JR Sanin Line, offers a variety of traditionally made sweets. The roll cake ""Akamai Maki"", made using local produce, and the ""Hagi Komichi"" baked goods, are popular. There is also a cafe space in the shop with a Japanese atmosphere, and many people visit from afar."

松陰神社の近くにある菓子舗です。キャッチは「日本人がつくるお菓子だもん、みんな和菓子なんだよ」。先日久留米からの観光客として初来店し、当日夜宿泊先のホテルで食べる焼き菓子を2つ（萩小路、東洋美人）テイクアウトしました。結果は普通に美味。東洋美人の方は日本酒入りでした。我が家の評価は「萩市民の普段使い」。その他の情報です。店内には「カエル」が多数、というより無数。店主の趣味？それとも縁起物...
Factory of Confections and Dreams

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Migawachou 2139-5

"An all-weather amusement facility adjoining the head office of Kamejirushi, a long-standing confection company. Here visitors can tour the company's factory and see how popular Mito-born confections like ""Mito no Ume"" and ""Yoshiwara Denchu"" are made. Confections fresh from the factory are also delivered to the facility and made available for sale to the public. In addition, various events are held here throughout the year such as live demonstrations of kintsuba flour dough sweet bean cakes being made by a seasoned pro. Lastly, the facility has free parking able to accommodate 250 vehicles and can be used as a rest area for visitors exploring the area by car."
Marusan Rouho (Jingu Eki-mae Shop)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Kashimashi Miyashita 2-9-6

"A Japanese confectionary shop established in 1822 located a short walk from Kashimajingu Station on the JR Kashima Line. The shop's ""Hitachi Fudoki"" is a simple sweet which has even been presented to the Japanese Emperor made with plump, top quality adzuki beans from Hokkaido combined with mochi rice cake so soft, it melts in your mouth. Some of the shop's many other gorgeous confections include ""Kurogoma Daifuku"" rice cakes stuffed with a rich black sesame seed filling, and ""Junami Dango"" dumplings crafted according to a unique recipe using only 100% specially cultivated Koshihikari rice from Kashima."
Shichino Tsuchiura Main Store

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Tenomachi 60-3

The main location of a dorayaki Japanese-style pancake sandwich shop which has been in business for over 60 years. The shop is situated on National Route 354 along the way to the Kasumigaura Bridge in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The shop's standard dorayaki consists of sweet adzuki beans from specially contracted farms mashed into a paste and enwrapped in two moist pancakes whose recipe is changed daily as appropriate to local humidity and temperature. Other dorayaki varieties include the highly popular chestnut dorayaki made with candied Japanese chestnuts, and the unusual and spicy curry dorayaki. The shop also sells a Kijo-no-matsu dorayaki made by image of pine trees in the Tsuchiura Castle and Hasu-dora dorayaki made with candied lotus seeds only offered here in Tsuchiura.
Tezukuri Wagashidokoro Shinseido

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Yukishi Yuki 1362

A Japanese confectionary shop and cafe established in 1932 located north along National Route 302 travelling from Yuki Station on the JR Mito Line. The shop's yude manju boiled buns, a traditional confection known for its slipper and chewy texture which has been made in the region since the late Edo period, are crafted with select adzuki beans from Tokachi in Hokkaido and have an elegantly sweet flavor. The shop's cafe au lait daifuku, made with cafe au lait flavored mochi rice cake wrapped around homemade sweet red bean paste and whipped cream, are also popular. Customers can enjoy the shop's confections and seasonal lunch dishes in the adjoining Japanese-style cafe area.
Unpeido Honten Omika Main Store

4.5

23 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Omikachou 1-6-7

"A Japanese confectionary shop located not far from Omika Station on the JR Joban Line. The establishment was founded in 1868. The traditional flavor of the shop's famous ""Omika Manju"" buns have long been a local favorite. The buns make no use of preservatives and are made with Hokkaido Tokachi adzuki strained bean past wrapped and steamed in a dough primarily made from rice flour. The ""Hagi Monaka"" toasty wafer cakes filled with firm, strained bean paste are also recommended. The shop's ""Tsuitachi (the first day) Kashi"" yokan jelly bars, only sold around the first of the month, are made with seasonal fruit and are so popular the shop is regularly flooded with reserve orders."

大甕駅前にある饅頭店。日立のお土産としてはメジャーらしく、人気がある。今回、お土産に買ってみました。残念ながら自分で食べてないので味がわからず。