Shopping Spots in Hiraizumi / Oshu / Ichinoseki Area

  • Genbikei Rest House
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    3.0
    13 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Iwate Pref. Ichinosekishi Gembichou Kounosu 132
    This rest house is located in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture. You can look out on Genbi Gorge, a designated scenic natural monument. In addition to souvenirs from Ichinoseki available for purchase, enjoy meals such as suba buckwheat noodles and curry and dishes using Maesawa beef while gazing out on the gorge and the clear emerald green flow of the Iwai River from the observation dining area on the second floor.

    せっかくの旅が、この店に来て気分が悪くなりました。 店頭に常時いるらしい男性店員の態度があまりに酷かったからです。 マスクの付け方が多少不十分だっただけで「マスク!」と上から目線の命令。 当然最後に土産を買うつもりで、まずトイレを借りたいと尋ねると「公園にあるから」と、とりつくしまもない。 わざわざ悪い気分になりたくて旅はしないですよね...

  • Sanchoku Raimu-kun
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
    Shopping
    Iwate Prefecture Oshu City Mizusawa Mashiro cedar 51 under
    This is an agricultural produce direct sales complex in Mizusawa District, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture. In addition to such local land and sea produce such as fresh fish hauled directly from Sanriku Yamada Town, Maezawa beef, and Iwate Oshu beef, this complex offers visitors the chance to pick strawberries on the premises. Visitors can also enjoy the bread corner, always offering over 30 varieties of breads using rice flour and soft ice cream that incorporates Mo-chan milk. On the menu at the rest items using local specialty products are offered so you can enjoy the local flavors in a relaxed setting.

    奥州市の産直としては、規模は大きい方だと思います。 地物の農産物は外れなし。 レストランやイチゴのハウスも併設してます。 なんと言っても、内陸でありながら、確かな目利きの海産物は魅力的です。

  • Shoeido (Main Shop)
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Iwate Ichinoseki-shi Jishumachi 3-36
    A long-standing Japanese confectionery shop that has been around for over 100 years since the Meiji period. They sell a variety of Japanese sweets with a focus on showy high-grade Japanese fresh confections that reflect the seasons. Their Gomasuri-dango are a local favorite with velvety black sesame syrup in nicely textured mochi rice balls. Another local favorite is Tamura-no-Ume, featuring bean paste mixed with ume plum in gyuhi mochi wrapped in green shiso leaves. A sweet with a history, it was created on the orders of Tamura Clan, the feudal lord of Ichinoseki Domain since he hoped for some Ichinose specialty.

    ごますり団子で名高い和菓子屋です。それ以外の和菓子もおいしく、大福などのもち料理は本店にはイートインもあります。

  • Kikushodo (Nakamachi Main Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Iwate Oshu-shi Esashinakamachi 1-12
    A long-standing Japanese sweet shop founded in 1932. Its main shop is at the entrance to Esashi's Kuramachi Mall. They're dedicated to making sweets people love with a focus on safety, delicious flavor, and traditional hand craftsmanship. Their popular Iwayado yokan (sweet bean paste jelly) confection is wrapped in a bamboo leaf after solidifying in a rectangular wooden frame. Its traditional manufacturing method has been handed down in this region for nearly two hundred years. There are many other products that make great souvenirs too, such as their Mutsu-no-oja (their own version of a walnut tart from Switzerland's Engadin region) and their Fujiwara Yondai (pie-style manju buns).
  • Esashi Tourist Products Center (Esashi Yume Plaza)
    Travel / Tourism
    Iwate Oshu-shi Esashi Minamiodori 7-40
    Esashi Yume Plaza, a facility tied to the tourist association on National Route 456 in Esashi Ward's Minamiodori Street. Its main tourist product sales area is on the first floor. They sell Esashi specialty items such as Iwayado yokan (sweet bean paste jelly), local candies, and Kinkon-zuke pickles, as well as folk crafts, Esashi Shishi-Odori dolls, etc. They also present area highlights featured in the year-long historical TV drama Homura Tatsu that was shot in Esashi. There's a lounge as well as a gallery with handicrafts made by the locals on display. Various events are held at an outdoor area covered by a tent.
  • Yui House
    Shopping
    Iwate Waga-gun Nishiwagamachi Kotsunagizawa 55-138
    This milk direct sales shop is located along National Route 107 in Kotsunagizawa, Nishiwaga Town, Waga County. Adjacent to Yuda Milk, it sells dairy products such as fresh milk and yogurt. In addition, the adjoining cafe space offers sweets such as soft-serve ice cream using milk and drinks.
  • Ootiya
    Travel / Tourism
    Iwate Pref. Nishiwaigunhiraizumichou Hiraizumi Koromonoseki 1-7
    Ootiya is a shop that deals in lacquer ware and other items in the town of Hiraizumi in Nishiiwai County, Iwate Prefecture. It preserves the essential traditions and craftsmanship of Hidehira-nuri, Iwate Prefecture's traditional style of lacquer, but produces and sells products that are in harmony with contemporary life. In addition to bowls, containers, trays, and other food-related items, its products include inkstone cases, straps, and smartphone covers.
  • Kashi Kobo Yoshinoya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Iwate Pref. Nishiwaigunhiraizumichou Hiraizumi Izumiya 81-1
    This Japanese confectionary shop is located in Hiraizumi-cho, Nishiiwai County. A long-established store that has been in operation since 1915, their popular offerings include Japanese sweets such as sesame yokan (red bean jelly) to cakes, apple pies and cream puffs. In addition, there is a cafe space inside where you can enjoy the sweets with a cup of coffee.
  • Sake no Direct Store Seki no Ichi
    Shopping
    Iwate Ichinoseki-shi Tamuracho 5-42
  • Kaishindo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Iwate Oshu-shi Esashi Odaki Chikaraishi 211
  • Daiso&Aoyama 100 YEN PLAZA Mizusawa Maple
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    Iwate Oshu-shi Mizusawa Yokomachi 2-1 Maple (Mizusawa Maple)
  • Sakura No Department Store Kitakami
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    Iwate Kitakami-shi Hondori 2-2-1
  • AEON Ichinoseki
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    Iwate Ichinoseki-shi Yamanome Dorota 89-1
  • Don Quijote Ichinoseki
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    Iwate Ichinoseki-shi Nakasato Shinmei 76-ban
  • Supermarket Osen Kitakami
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    Iwate Kitakami-shi Ryutsu Center 8-1
  • Ezuriko Shopping Center PAL
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    Iwate Kitakami-shi Kitaoniyanagi 19-68
  • ban SAI do Kitakami
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    Iwate Pref. Kitakamishi Murasakino 14chiwari 68-32
  • K's Denki Oshu Mizusawa Main Store
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    Iwate Oshu-shi Mizusawa Sakurakawa Kawaharada 65
  • AEON Ezuriko
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    Iwate Kitakami-shi Kitaoniyanagi 19-68
  • Mini Stop Kitakami Hondori
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    Iwate Kitakami-shi Hondori 1-chome 7-20

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A northern Tohoku prefecture promising peace and quiet, Iwate is sparsely populated, replacing people with snow-capped mountains, history-rich sites, and fields of crops that are to thank for the region’s delicious local cuisine. Meander along the three-city Golden Route, where you’ll visit the grand Buddhist temples of Hiraizumi and the Tono folk villages before tasting the three famed noodle dishes of Morioka.

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