Japanese Confectionery Spots in Ibaraki Area

  • Hoshiimo Specialty store Daimaruya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Hitachinakashi Shakamachi 18-38
    A hoshiimo dried sweet potato specialty shop located not far from Nakaminato Station. This long-standing shop was established in 1897 and has been making safe, healthy, additive-free hoshiimo for 120 years. The shop offers over 30 varieties of hoshiimo crafted with an emphasis on the tenderness and sweetness of the flesh. The shop also sells rakkyo pickled Japanese leek, baked sweet potatoes, and gelato-all additive free. The gelato, made to maximize the innate flavors of the ingredients used, is also created without eggs. The shop offers six varieties of sweet potato gelato; other flavors, like pineapple and matcha powdered green tea are also recommended.
  • Numataya
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Tsukuba-shi Numata 1400-2
    A Japanese confectionery located on Prefectural Route 42 in Numata, Tsukuba City. Their Karinto Manju Buns are a local favorite made by wrapping koshi-an bean paste in dough containing brown sugar. Their Shiroku-no-Manju buns are inspired by Gama-no-Aburauri traditional street performances, a Mt. Tsukuba specialty.

    筑波山からの帰り道沿いにあった和菓子屋さん。かりんとう饅頭を買いました。黒糖饅頭を揚げたもので、やや大きめのカリントウの形をしています。熱々で美味しかったです。

  • 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
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    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。

  • Ajinomise Takahashi
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Higashibarakigunoaraimachi Isohamachou 884
    "A Japanese confectionary shop located on the Nagacho Shotengai shopping street in Oarai Town. The shop's popularity exploded after its ""Mitsu Dango,"" skewered triple dumplings which are a local Oarai favorite, were featured in a popular animated television series. Plump mitarashi-style flour dumplings covered with a special sauce and kinako toasted soybean flour, their novel texture combined with their familiar, old-fashioned flavor have long made them a favorite with locals. Customers can purchase a single skewer or sets of five or 10 skewers. Now that Oarai has become a mecca for anime fans, the shop also has anime-themed displays and sells merchandise as well."

    ランチがちょっと物足りなかったので、味の店 たかはしに寄りました。 ここは、5本300円のパックです。 自転車でなければパックで買うのですが一本でも売っているので二人で二本買いました。 暖かくてみたらしがほんと美味しいです。 上にきな粉をまぶしてあります。

  • KAMEJIRUSHI HONPO (Mito Excel Minami Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Mito-shi Miyamachi 1-7-31 Mito Excel Minami 3F
    A Japanese sweet shop located on the third floor of Excel Minami in Mito Station's Excel Station Building, Miyamachi1-Chome, Mito City. The veteran store was founded in 1852 and even served Mito's feudal lord. They sell famous Mito sweets like Mito-no-Ume (white bean paste and gyuhi rice cake wrapped in red shiso leaves soaked in the special syrup using Fukuyui Mito-born plum), as well as Miyabi no Ume (syrup-soaked aoume plums covered in white bean paste and wrapped in gyuhi rice cake).
  • Torobisen Honpo Miwa Store
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Mito-shi Miwa 1-311-3
    This Japanese confectionery store is located along Prefectural Route 30, in 1-chome, Miwa, Mito City. It sells confectionery mostly centering on okaki mochi and rice crackers. The store's most popular items include Mito-man, which are fried dough cookies filled with the finest koshian bean paste, as well as freshly baked dango dumplings, made with mochi made every morning, and raisin cream cookie sandwiches. There is also a cafe room in the store, which displays and sells Kasama-yaki pottery.

    値段がリーズナブルで美味しいおせんべいが沢山あります。 また、買い物したお客様は奥でコーヒーや緑茶がいただけます。 驚いたのは甘いお菓子が美味しいこと。 生菓子(レーズンサンドなど)は151円ですがケーキ屋さんのもののような美味しさ。フロランタン(129円)も美味しくて、奥でコーヒーとともにいただきました。 すごく得した気分になるお煎餅やさんです。

  • Kimuraya (Main Store)
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Mito-shi Minamimachi 1-2-21
    A confectionery with both Japanese and Western sweets on National Route 50 in Minami-machi1- Chome, Mito City. They make their sweets with local ingredients like fruit grown in the prefecture. Their fresh cake is made with carefully selected local strawberries, and their Kotei Daifuku bean jam-stuffed sweets are made with an ancient variety of mochi rice. They also have pastries, mochi rice cakes wrapped in bamboo leaves, and more. The shop's atmosphere is a fusion of Japan and the West as well.

    水戸市内観光で水戸駅に車を止めて周辺部を歩きましたら、老舗らしい佇まいの和菓子屋を発見しました。何か吸い寄せられるようにお客さんが入っていきます。これは入ってみなければと思い、「水戸の梅」に目が止まりました。普段、土産物店で並んでいるものと違う!小さなサイズの試食ができました。味も違う!これが本物かと思いました。これも試食できた「わらび餅」と購入決定です。よく見ればお客さんは地元に人の方が多いみた...

  • Oshoyuya-san no Osenbei Honpo (main shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Chikuseishi Ebigashima 743
    A senbei rice cracker shop located a 20 minute drive from JR Shimodate Station. Here you can buy senbei and dango dumplings made with select ingredients by Sekiguchi Jouzou, a soy sauce maker which has been brewing soy sauce for ages in the seasonally rich Mt. Tsukuba area. In the bright and spacious shop area, you'll find shelves lined with a great variety of products, like the popular Tsukeyaki, rice crackers dipped twice in pure, raw soy sauce, but only on one side, before being baked; and the chewy and light Amakuchi Shittorisen. You can sample almost all of the products on offer to choose and purchase your favorites.
  • Kashidokoro Tobita
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Hokotashi Momiyama 6-3
    A 13 minute drive from Tokushuku Station. Tobita is a Japanese confectionary standing along National Route 51. The shop is small but bright, and its display shelves are lined with old-fashioned, delicious Japanese and baked sweets. The shop’s kashiwamochi, select a sweet bean paste wrapped in a homemade rice flour dough covered with an oak leaf, is available year round. Particularly recommended items include the melon daifuku, melon pies, chestnut monaka, and melon monaka. The melon daifuku in particular draws many repeat customers from far and wide, but it’s only available from May to July. The secret to this treat’s popularity is the distinctly invigorating sweetness of muskmelon; the dough and an bean paste is mixed with juice from muskmelons grown in Hokota, and these in turn enwrap pieces of cut melon.
  • Takaniwa Kashiten
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Sakuragawa Makabecho Furushiro 47-2
  • Kuri no Ie
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Kasama Haji 1285-2
  • Mochikichi Moriya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Moriya-shi Misono 4-1-3
  • Mochikichi Kamisu
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Kamisu-shi Horiwari 1-chome 1-40
  • Mochikichi Mito
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Mito-shi Senbacho 2284-2
  • Mochikichi Hitachi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Hitachi-shi Okubocho 2-chome 13-18
  • Mochikichi Tsukuba
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Tsukuba-shi Matsushiro 1-chome 9-1

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Just a stone’s throw from Tokyo, Ibaraki is a coastal prefecture that has mastered juxtapositions, where old shrines meet new scientific discoveries and traditional gardens are frequented by the inventors of some of the newest technology. Head to Mito City's Kairakuen - one of Japan's Three Great Gardens - in spring to experience the cellestial blooming of fantastic cherry blossoms at the annual sakura festival.

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