Bread / Dessert / Other Food Shop Spots in Tochigi Area

  • Amakaraya
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Ashikagashi Shouheichou 2369
    This retro café reminiscent of Showa period is located on the approach to Banna-ji Temple. Although it looks like an old civilian home, inside you’ll find chairs and tables, and a modern Japanese mood. Popular items include the crisply sweet “cream anmitsu” and “mame kanten” —agar covered in black honey and red peas. The “honkaku karakuchi Indian curry” is well received, featuring a good mix of spice and onion sweetness.

    足利学校の横道にあります。なにやら動物にみせた石の置物がたくさん置いてあります。あんみつ食べました。甘すぎず、ちょうど良かったです。

  • Patisserie SOIR
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Tochigishi Asahichou 24-9
    Almost hidden within Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture—a town known for its warehouses—this patisserie is easily recognized by its white pillars and entrance. Its genuine traditional French sweets are highly regarded, with “macaron” as the most popular. With over 10 flavors, both classic and modern, it makes a great gift too. Other popular Western sweets include Mont Blanc and tarts made with tochiotome strawberries from Taninaka Farm.

    神明宮の目の前にあります。いろいろな種類のケーキやマカロンなどがあり、見た目も凝っていて、上品な味です。

  • Cafe&Gelateria HoneyB
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Kanuma-shi Muraimachi 291-5
  • Nikko Chaya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Nikko-shi Matsubaracho 253
  • Art Biotope Nasu
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Nasu-gun Nasumachi Takakuotsu
  • Yuzawa Ya
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Nikko-shi Shimohatsuishimachi 946

    Wir haben uns japanische Süssigkeiten mit Kaffee und grünem Tee gegönnt. Alles wunderbar auch mit Matcha Tee.

  • Onsen Bread Kitsuregawa
    Shopping
    Tochigi Sakura-shi Sotome 95-6
    "Located along Route 293 in Saotome, Sakura City, this bakery is famous for its ""original hot spring bread,"" which was originally school lunch bread and has a fluffy, firm texture somewhere between a loaf of bread and French bread. The company also sells bread with fried foods and other delicacies."
  • GrindelBerg Saseikai-kita Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Utsunomiya-shi Iwazomachi 743-1
    "Located along Iwaso-naka-dori Avenue in Iwaso-cho, Utsunomiya City, this confectionery sells fresh cakes and puddings made with fresh fruits, baked sweets, decorated cakes, etc. In addition to maple and green tea flavored baumkuchen, strawberry flavor using ""Tochiotome"" and ""okome A café is also located inside the store, offering cake sets and other items."
  • Vegetable Kitchen Sante
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Utsunomiya-shi Tokamicho 1085-2
    "The motto of this vegetarian restaurant is ""be healthy and beautiful by eating delicious vegetables."" Seven minutes from the Kanuma Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway, the restaurant serves dishes made with an abundance of seasonal organic vegetables. The restaurant's lunchtime Vege Meshi system involves choosing one of four main dishes - vegetable pasta, vegetable curry, vegetable omelet rice, or fluffy egg curry. The hearty and filling meal also comes with two hors d'oeuvres, seasonal vegetable soup, vegetable dessert, and vegetable ice cream."

    以前行った時は微妙に量が少なくて物足りない思いが残り、美味しかったのだけど、それきり行かなかったのですが、今回何年かぶりに行ってみました。こういう自然食系はホント量が少ないのがデフォですが、量が増えていて味も良かったし非常に満足できました。

  • Tamaki
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Utsunomiya-shi Minamiodori 4-7-20
    This Japanese confectionary shop and gallery is a 10-minute walk from Utsunomiya Station. Established as a seasonal tableware and craft shop in 1976, the shop sells monaka wafer cakes modeled after the traditional local paper mache yellow kibune carp toys from Utsunomiya whose history stretches back to the Edo period. These cute wafer cakes are created using an original mold ordered from a famous and skilled mold maker who carved the model for it by hand using a single tool. Each set of five wafer cakes comes with one Kibunakko cake colored yellow with a pigment created after much trial and effort using cape jasmine.
  • Harukiya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Utsunomiya-shi Baba Dori 2-3-10
    "This Japanese confectionary shop was opened in 1948. The shop continues to make traditional daifuku rice cakes using domestic glutinous rice pounded with a stone mortar. The shop's signature super-jumbo daifuku, around 30 centimeters in diameter, are dubbed ""the largest daifuku in Japan."" Customers rave they are great for wedding after parties and other parties, as well as a stand-in for a birthday cake for people who don't like whipped cream. The adjoining Akaitori Japanese-style sweets cafe has gained much attention for its creative desserts made with the shop's Japanese confections, such as a kintsuba flour dough sweet bean cake mille-feuille, and cappuccino daifuku."
  • Mikawaya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Sano-shi Igacho 85
    This Japanese confectionary shop was established in 1948. The shop continues to make additive-free confections by hand using the choicest ingredients and Sano's famous spring water. The shop's popular Sanomaru Sweets Monaka wafer cakes, modeled after 2013 Yuru-Chara Grand Prix-winning local mascot character Sanomaru-kun, are stuffed with a hearty helping of a filling made by hand from Hokkaido azuki beans. The cute appearance of the wafer cakes is particularly popular with women and children. The Karasawayama dorayaki pancake sandwiches, baked one at a time and filled with a handmade Hokkaido Dainagon azuki bean filling, also make delightful little presents.
  • Idei Yakisobaten
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Sano-shi Kamidaicho 2096
    This yakisoba fried noodles and deep-fried foods restaurant is a 10-minute walk from Sanoshi Station. In business for over 30 years, the restaurant serves chewy deep-fried potatoes and flavorful yakisoba noodles. The restaurant's vaunted deep-fried potatoes are exquisite and are made with choice potatoes from Hokkaido. Crafted from scratch, customers rave that the fact they hold their shape well makes them easy to eat. The restaurant's yakisoba noodles are made with an original, specially blended sauce unlike anything served anywhere else.

    佐野には芋フライが有名ですけど、こちらには焼きそばがあります。ポテトが本当にアクセントになっていていいですね。ソースはこの甘めの味がこの地域のスタンダード、いいです。

  • Jusanya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Sano-shi Tenmyocho 2214
    A 3-minute walk from Sano Yakuyo Daishi, this Japanese confectioner sells Daifuku, Dorayaki, Yokan, etc. The limited-time strawberry Daifuku is a popular item with large local strawberries wrapped in a soft rice cake; the subtle sourness of the strawberries enhances the refined sweetness of the red bean paste. Kusa-mochi (rice cake with soybean flour) is also popular.
  • Sakura Anpan Nakada
    Shopping
    Tochigi Sano-shi Yorozucho 2785
    This bakery is a two-minute walk from Sano City Hall. The bakery sells sakura anpan bread filled with smooth bean paste and laced with the faint, sweet aroma of cherry blossoms; as well as Japanese shokupan bread, melon pan bread, and baked sweets. The shop's signature and popular sakura anpan is made with koji malted rice and is stuffed with koshian smooth bean paste made from choice azuki beans. Customers rave that they are filling and substantial despite their small appearance. The shop's shokupan is simple and thus conversely allows no margin for error; baked daily, customers say that you can eat it every single day and never get tired of it.
  • Kishuya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Kanuma-shi Imamiyacho 1619
    "This longstanding Japanese confectionary shop was established in 1899. Located near Kanuma City Hall, the shop is adorned with a sign which states ""Yaki Kinton"" (Baked Sweet Buns) in Japanese and continues to make confections extolled as some of the most delicious in Kanuma. The shop's signature yaki kinton buns are made with choice, organically-grown azuki beans from Hokkaido, have been certified as a Kanuma Brand product. The buns are made with lightly sweet mashed sweet potatoes enwrapped in gyuhi soft rice cake which is then lightly baked, and they make perfect small gifts. Cool them first in a refrigerator in summer to make them even more delicious."
  • Soun Yokan Honpo
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Ashikaga-shi Midoricho 1-3261
    This Japanese confectionary shop is a five-minute walk from Ashikaga Park, a famous destination for viewing cherry and azalea blossoms. Operating out of an old-fashioned-looking establishment, the shop continues to devote itself to making yokan jelly primarily using azuki beans from Tokachi in Hokkaido. The sugar and kanten algae gelatin also used to make this yokan is carefully chosen to ensure it does not impact the flavor of the azuki beans, and customers love its simple yet deep flavor. The popular Soun Yokan is made according to an old-fashioned method in which the fresh jelly is poured into stainless steel trays to form it as it cools. This jelly has won the chief judge's award in the National Confectionary Exposition.

    栗蒸羊羹がおすすめです。足利市に昔からある羊羹のお店です。足利市駅からは遠いので車がないと行きづらい。

  • Buheisaku Dango Tochigi Station Shop
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    3.5
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Tochigi-shi Sakaicho 1-22
    This shop is operated by Buheisaku, a Japanese confectionary company with several establishments in the prefecture. Standing just beyond the north exit of Tochigi Station, the shop sells traditional Japanese confections and seasonal Western-style confections. The shop's popular dango dumplings come in six varieties, including koshian smooth bean paste, tsubuan coarse bean paste, sweet soy sauce glaze, and young greens. The shop's chewy dumplings are beloved by locals of all ages, from children to senior citizens. The shop's Tatta Ichido milk buns are filled with a sweet bean paste made from azuki beans grown in Otofuke Town, Hokkaido and make delightful Tochigi souvenirs.

    間違えて1本(40分)早く着いてしまった。待ち合わせの友人が来るまでどこかで時間つぶしを・・・と思ったが栃木駅は本当に何もない。何もない中での唯一の商業施設がこちら。だんごか・・と思いつつ入ったら意外におせんべいが充実!スナックも見たことないのばかりでたくさん購入してしまった。みたらし団子好きの娘にはお団子を買ったのだが、こちらは残念ながら口にあわなかったようです。値段は手頃。

  • Sabo Kuraya
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Tochigi-shi Yorozucho 2-7
    Located at the end of a narrow alley on Flea Market Street, about a 5-minute walk from Tochigi City Hall, this teahouse faces the promenade along Tomoehagawa River and serves special anmitsu (sweet bean paste), ojiruko (sweet bean soup), handmade cakes, shaved ice, etc. The warm and cozy interior is a homey space with a nostalgic feel. The kiwi parfait with plenty of vanilla ice cream and whipped cream topped with kiwi sauce is a popular menu item that is not too sweet, making it the perfect stopover during a stroll through Tochigi City, a town of warehouses.

    巴波川沿いにあり、蔵の街の散策中に一休みするのに適しています。パフェやあんみつ、軽食もいただけます。

  • Wamiya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Nasu-gun Nakagawamachi Bato 91-10
    This Japanese and Western confectionary shop adjoins the Nakagawa Town General Gymnasium. The white and brown shop makes traditional Japanese confections and seasonal Western confections. The shop's whipped cream daifuku rice cakes, an exquisite balance of smooth bean paste and whipped cream, are particularly popular and many fans come from far and wide just to buy them. The shop's strawberry daifuku rice cakes are also highly regarded and consist of a deliciously tart Tochiotome strawberry wrapped in soft and chewy mochi rice cake. The shop's dorayaki pancake sandwiches, consisting of bean jam and butter sandwiched between two pancakes covered in stripes from the cooking process, make delightful little gifts.

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Most visits to Tochigi revolve around Nikko, a small city home to the spectacular, lavishly decorated Toshogu Shrine and Nikko National Park with its mountains, lakes, waterfalls, onsen, and wild monkeys. Neighboring Oku-Nikko is an extension of the fantastic scenery famous for its autumn leaves, while Tochigi’s capital, Utsunomiya, is the only place in the world where you can find oya stone beautifully exhibited in temples and the Oya History Museum.

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