Japanese Confectionery Spots in Tateyama / Minamiboso Area

  • Komaso Confectionery
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Chikurachouminamiasai 1209-1
    This is a confectionery store located along the Boso Flower Line in Chikuracho-minamiasai, Minamiboso City. The store offers various kinds of Western and Japanese confectioneries such as Hana fuwari, a white steamed bean-jam pancake sprinkled with local specialty marigold petals, Waguri (Japanese chestnut) Mont Blanc cream cake using white bean paste, and cheese bouchée sandwiched with a creamed cheese of 100% Calpis butter.
  • Boyodo Tateyamaginza Branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Pref. Tateyamashi Houjou 1804
    Boyodo Tateyamaginza Branch located two minutes’ walk from Tateyama Station in Hojo, Tateyama City is a traditional Japanese confectionary shop. The hallmark product is Hananakko, a foiled-and-baked sweet using bean paste made with egg yolk. It also makes and sells sweets such as Ichigo daifuku (red bean paste and a strawberry wrapped in a rice cake) which is available only from January to early April and uses strawberries from Tateyama and can be enjoyed with two types of bean paste: white and black.
  • Takayama Seika
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Minamiboso-shi Takasaki 1355
    This simple Japanese confectionary shop is notable for the delicate flavor of its products, which harness the innate qualities of the ingredients used. The shop's signature product is its Biwa Manju buns stuffed with a mixture of local loquat jam and shiroan white bean jam. There's also the shop's Biwa Chiffon Cake, which is also made with local loquats. The shop's whipped cream-stuffed daifuku rice cakes come in more than 10 flavors, including tsubuan chunky red bean paste, cafe au lait, kabocha, matcha green tea, loquat leaf, chocolate, Mont Blanc, black sesame, purple sweet potato, cheesecake, and strawberry mousse.
  • Shirahama-do
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Minamiboso-shi Shirahamacho Shirahama 55-3
    This longstanding Japanese confectionary shop has been in business for over 130 years. The shop is famous for its sake manju buns made with high quality rice and koji. According to legend, the owner of the shop was taught how to make them by a monk wearing a conical wicker hat who visited Shirahama. Another of the shop's signature products is its Kinsenka no Hana cakes, which are made according to a proprietary recipe with pot marigold flower petals mixed in with the dough; their creation was inspired by Shirahama-cho's declaration that it was the best town for pot marigolds in Japan. Other products the shop makes include standard dorayaki pancake sandwiches and manju buns, as well as confections made using locally-grown loquats.
  • Seieidou
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Minamiboso-shi Anbaya 1984
    This longstanding Japanese confectionary shop has been in business in the area for over 100 years. The shop is dedicated to the creation of elegant and fun confections. And true to this concept, many of its confections have a humorous design. The shop's products, which come in cute, eye-catching packaging, include the Sazae Monaka turban shell-shaped wafer cakes; round, cute whale-shaped Kujira Manju buns; and Kujira Age Manju buns, which are made with brown sugar and fried. The shop also sells staple dorayaki pancake sandwiches and dacquoise cake.
  • Kameya Main Store Tateyama
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Tateyama-shi Hojo 1882
  • Kodamaseika
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Pref. Tateyamashi Houjou 1540-2
  • Ito Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Minamiboso-shi Tomiuracho Toyooka 36-1
  • Okawa Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Minamiboso-shi Ishido 315
  • Yasu Taya Confectionery shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Minamiboso-shi Wadacho Wada 4
  • Juda Confectionery shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Awa-gun Kyonanmachi Katsuyama 354

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The Boso Peninsula forms the main body of Chiba prefecture, and this is where you’ll find its endless warm water beaches and jagged mountains. Further inland, Narita - most famous as the home of Narita Airport - is a secret haven of tradition and history in the form of centuries-old Shinshoji Temple and quaint wooden Edo buildings. Chiba prefecture is also home to both Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.

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