Japanese Confectionery Spots in Niigata / Aga Area

  • Sasagawa Mochiya
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Nishiborimaedori 4-739
    This Japanese confectionary shop, established in 1883, was the inventor of Niigata’s famous bamboo leafdumplings. The shop’s fifth and sixth generation heads continue to make these dumplings according to the same recipe but also seek to make new and innovative products. The bamboo leaf dumplings are the shop’s signature product, and for these tasty treats, it’s all about the ingredients. Using ingredients produced in the prefecture as much as possible, the shop still makes them the old-fashioned way. Japanese mugwort is stocked from specially contracted farms growing them on embankments in the prefecture, and the bamboo leaves used to wrap the confections comes from kumai bamboo leavesgrowing amidst the mountains of Asahi and Ide. The dough is made using an original flour stone milled from Niigata-raised Koshihikari rice.

    創業100年以上の老舗、笹川餅屋です。 歴史ある外観です。 笹団子、笹田舎まんじゅう、枝豆まんじゅう、水ようかんを購入。 笹団子は間違いない美味しさ。個人的には枝豆まんじゅうが気に入りました。水ようかんも上品な甘さで美味しく頂きました。

  • Sawayama
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    4.5
    12 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Yueichou 4513
    Sawayama located in Yuei Town, Chuo Ward, Niigata City is a traditional Japanese sweet shop. It produces and sells sasadango (a sweet dumpling wrapped in bamboo strip), kusa mochi (a mugwort dumpling) as well as Original Soramame Yokan (sweet bean jelly). Particularly the daifuku rice cake coating plenty of sweet bean paste in a thin layer has many devotees and has become a popular product which is often sold out before noon.

    ここを知らない和菓子好き新潟市民はいないのではないでしょうか?10個1600円の笹団子を購入、とても美味しくいただきました。

  • Osaka-ya (Furumachi Main Branch)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Furumachidori 7 - Town 1006 - 1
    Founded in 1858, Osaka-ya is a Japanese confectionery store located in Niigata in Japan’s Snow Country. One especially popular product is the “Mandai Taiko” (“Eternal Drum”), a Niigata specialty, which has cream added to a soft cookie base to create a “tree growth rings” effect; this has been a very popular souvenir gift for people visiting Niigata to buy for 45 years. Osaka-ya also offers a wide range of seasonal confectionery; purchasers can experience a marvelous combination of the rich traditions of a long-established confectionery maker and original new flavors. The nearest railway station is JR Niigata Station.
  • Ichikawaya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Higashiboridori 5-429
    Access this traditional confectionary store from Niigata Station via a two-minute walk from the Honcho bus stop, a two-minute walk from the Furumachi bus stop, or a five minute drive from Niigata Station. Founded in 1847 this mochi-gashi (rice cakes) shop has continued for seven generations. Their signboard products, the famous Niigata Sasa Dango (bamboo leaf dumplings) are made with local rice grounded with a stone mill and pounded into rice cake with Iwafune mugwort and then steamed with Aomori cedar leaves, giving it a great fragrance. Mail order is also available; however you can only purchase the an-dango full of 100% Hokkaido adzuki-red beans and their long established soy sauce dango in-store.
  • Tanakaya Main Store Honcho
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Honchodori 6 Bancho 1105

    アーケード街にあるお店。間口が広く明るい感じで、買いやすいです。笹団子を買いに来たんだけど、ほかにもいろんなものがありました。 笹団子は常温で4日間持ちますが、冷凍すればいくらでも持ちます。ほのかに笹の香りが団子について、美味。定番の新潟土産です。

  • Kofukudo AEON MALL Niigata Minami
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Konan-ku Shimohayadori Yanagida 1-1-1 AEON MALL Niigata Minami 1F
  • HAPPY SHOP CoCoLo Niigata
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Hanazono 1-1-1 CoCoLo Niigata 2F EAST SIDE
  • taishasho issei
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Nishikan-ku Maki Kou 2925-9

    西蒲区の美味しい鯛焼き屋。いつもこの周辺でラーメンを食べた後に寄るのが私の定番ルートでした。ラーメン後のデザートに鯛焼き。皆様も実践してみては如何でしょうか。

  • Nankaya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Horiwarichou 3-45
  • Onigiri no Kotobukiya
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    3.0
    4 Reviews
    Shopping
    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Bandai 1-6-1

    みそづけ、しそのみ。地域で食べられているものらしい。コンビニで買うよくあるおにぎりとはちょっと違う、懐かしい田舎の味がした。お値段は妥当。できれば暖かい間に食べたかった。

  • naofurudo ameya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Nishikan-ku Fukui 1817
  • Tanaka Ya Main Store AEON Niigata Aoyama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Nishi-ku Aoyama 2-5-1 AEON Niigata Aoyama 1F
  • Maruya Main Store AEON Niigata Aoyama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Nishi-ku Aoyama 2-5-1 AEON Niigata Aoyama 1F
  • Yokohama Kogane Iori
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Bandai 1-6-1 Bandai City Bus center Building 2F
  • Hyakkaen
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Eishodori 1-321
  • Maruya Main Store DEKKY 401
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Kamiomi 4-12-20 DEKKY 401
  • Tanakaya Main Store Niigata Isetan
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Yachiyo 1-6-1
  • Eguchi Ya
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Horinouchi Minami 1-31-3

    氷の量り売り店です。イベントのかき氷や飲み物を冷やすための氷や、家庭でもおいしい氷を大量に使いたいときに便利なお店です。

  • Sakai Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Higashi-ku Fujimicho 2-1-2
  • Mizu Hana Isetan
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Yachiyo 1-chome 6-1

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Found along the northwestern coast of Japan, Niigata prefecture is celebrated for its high-quality rice and breathtaking nature, most notably its spectacular mountains, whose white peaks draw in snow sports lovers from far and wide over the winter months. Hit the slopes at Yuzawa, pick out your favourite modern artist at Echigo Tsumari, or take a ferry over to Sado Island for an extra adventure.

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