Bread / Dessert / Other Food Shop Spots in Ishikawa Area

  • Matsubaya
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Komatsu-shi Daimonjicho 69
    A Japanese confectionary shop opened in 1852. The shop’s signature Tsukiyomi Yamaji is a yokan jelly with steamed chestnuts which has the faintest aroma of bamboo; this traditional confection is an exquisite fusion of delicious flavor, quality ingredients, beautiful form, attractive colors, and enticing scent. Also recommended is the Hime Kurumi, a sweet provided to Shirayama Hime Shrine, once the most important Shinto shrine of Kaga Domain; and the Joyo, the ultimate Japanese yam confection.

    栗蒸し羊羹ではなく、比咩くるみを購入しました。 くるみの食感が良くて、とても美味しい。 栗蒸し羊羹はどこでも購入出来るので、くるみをオススメします。

  • Lumiere Koguraya Kashiho
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Yasuyoshimachi 83
  • Zenyomon
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Sannomiyamachi I55-2
    A tea shop located on the precincts of Shirayamahime Shrine. Popular items include treats like Azuki Agar jelly made with a focus on flavor and quality of the azuki beans and their Cream Cheese Azuki Soft Serve Ice Cream (only summer). Besides sweets, they also have simmered venison with miso, soy sauce flavored cooked chili leaves, butterbur shoots boiled in soy sauce, and other items that make great gifts.

    白山さん北参道駐車場近くにあります、料理旅館和田屋さんがやっている甘味処です、そばもやっていますわらび餅、ぜんざい、ソフトクリームはクリームチーズあずきが特に美味いです。

  • Meruhen Nisshindo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Suzushi Uedomachi Kitagata A) 49-1
    A long-standing shop established in 1913 selling Japanese and Western sweets in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture on the northern tip of the Noto Peninsula. People love the shop’s healthy sweets made with an abundance of local vegetables and grains and without the use of additives. The shop’s signature item is its baumkuchen, which are made by mixing in a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables. The shop sells a variety of cute baumkuchens, including five layer, five color and seven layer, seven color varieties. The rusk-like baumchips make popular souvenirs and gifts.
  • Tawaraya
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    4.5
    59 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kobashimachi 2-4
    A long-standing “ame” candy and syrup shop located in Kobashi-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa which was established in 1830. It is said the shop was started after the original owner witnessed the struggles of mothers who were unable to produce milk for their newborn babies and decided to create a highly nutritious ame which could be given to suckling infants. The shop’s ame is made with only domestic rice and barley. The shop’s signature item is its Jiro-ame, a “mizuame” thick syrup. This can be eaten as-is but it’s also popularly used as a natural seasoning and secret ingredient in vegetable, fish, and meat dishes.

    Down a lovely little street is this old fashioned sweet store. They give you a taste of the syrup but not the candies. It was interesting and we did purchase some of the sweets. The flavour is...

  • Hachinota (Ishino-machi Branch)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Hakuishi Ishinomachi T 14-1
    A popular Japanese confectionary shop dedicated to quality ingredients and the concept of local production for local consumption located in Ishino-machi, Hakui, Ishikawa. The shop’s renowned yokishigure is made with kimian egg yolk and sweet bean paste wrapped in an aromatic dough mixed with chocolate and peanuts. This popular sweet was even awarded the honorary gold prize in 19th National Confection Exposition. The shop also offers well-reviewed Japanese and Western-style confections made with Mikohara Rice, a brand rice which has even been presented to the pope, such as the chewy Mikohara Rice dango dumplings and the pure white Mikohara Rice rolls.
  • Kanazawa Urata (Mikage)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Mikagemachi 21-14
    A Japanese confectionary shop located in Mikage Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture famous for the Kaga Hachiman okiagari monaka bean jam cakes, which are popular to give as gifts celebrating the birth of a child and when visiting someone in the hospital. Modeled after the Kaga Hachiman okiagari, a traditional Kanazawa craft, these cute monaka bean jam cakes consist of a crisp outer crust filled with sweet adzuki bean paste. The shop also sells a wide variety of other fresh and baked sweets sure to delight as a souvenir or present. The shop’s Japanese-style choux crème puffs, crisp pastries filled with matcha green tea cream and tsubuan course sweet bean paste, are also well-reviewed.
  • Rakugan Moroeya Nishichaya Saryo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nomachi 2-26 - 1 Chaya Street
    A café and sweet shop located in the “Nishi Chaya District” in Kanazawa easily identifiable by its red noren shop curtain out front. Renowned for its rakugan dry starch sweets and other famous confections, this long-standing sweet shop was established in 1849. The bright interior mixes Japanese and Western styles. Customers can enjoy a seasonal fresh sweet or dried candy while gazing at the beautiful shop garden. In winter, the shop offers a popular Noto adzuki bean zenzai and oshiruko sweet bean soups which let you grill your own mochi rice cakes at your seat. In summer, the shaved ice is a customer favorite. The shop also has a corner in the back selling Japanese confections for customers to take home. The nearest station is Kanazawa Station.
  • Urushinomi
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hirosaka 1-1-60 Noh work Main office 4F
    A sweet shop and café located on the fourth floor of Nousaku, a long-standing lacquerware shop which has been operated by eight generations of owners since 1780. The popular Yoshihashi, a high class Japanese confection, isn’t sold for taking home; it can only be enjoyed in the shop at a seat in the café area. Other customer favorites include the matcha green tea cream zenzai sweet soup, which combines the elegant sweetness of Noto dainagon adzuki beans with the flavor of matcha green tea; as well as the kuzu-kiri kudzu powder noodles made to order. Everything is served with Wajima lacquerware and other lacquerware plates, bowls, trays, and spoons. Inside this quiet shop, you can enjoy your treat while gazing out over the verdure of the adjoining park.

    漆ショップ?の4階にあります。非常に上品で落ち着いた雰囲気の喫茶店です。あんみつとトーストを頂きましたが、とても美味です。 窓際のカウンター席が金沢城公園を望む眺めなので、一人ならこちらの席がお勧めです。

  • Sakakobo Taro (Onikawa Branch)
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    4.0
    33 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nagamachi 1-3-32
    A Japanese confectionary shop located next to the Nomura Samurai Residence in the Nagamachi Samurai District, a popular tourist destination in Naga-machi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. In addition to selling sweets, the shop also has a café area. Sakakobo Taro sells a variety of novel sweets, such as yokan jelly made with cacao and peanut butter, as well as colorful bite sized sweets made with dried kanten gelatin. Visitors can relax in the café space, enjoy the view of the Nomura Samurai Residence garden, and enjoy a cup of matcha green tea with a high class Japanese confection, shiratama azuki rice dumplings with sweet adzuki beans, or zenzai sweet bean soup.

    休憩コーナーも併設した和菓子屋さんです。 入口が大きく雰囲気もある店舗でした。他ではみない和菓子の数々が販売され、見ているだけでも楽しくなってしまいました。 お土産購入にお勧めです。

  • Sabo Soshin
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    4.0
    48 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-24-1
    A coffee shop located in the “Higashi Chaya District” in Higashiyama, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture which makes each cup one at a time to order. Situated inside a former tea house, the shop retains this old-fashioned, Japanese atmosphere; deep red latticework and knickknacks scattered about create a soothing atmosphere. Sweets such as the handmade cheesecake, matcha green tea blancmange, and Japanese-style parfaits are all well-reviewed. Come take a break in between exploring the town and enjoy the tea house neighborhood beyond the shop’s windows.

    Little tea house/coffee shop that was a lovely place to rest between site seeing spots. We signed ourselves up to wait at the door but only had to wait less than ten mins to get sat. I had the matcha...

  • Furukawa Shoten
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    4.5
    14 Reviews
    Shopping
    Ishikawa Pref. Suzushi Idamachi Yo Part 8-1
    A popular bakery located in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture on the northern tip of the Noto Peninsula. Furukawa Shoten sells an abundant variety of breads, such as moist breads made with local vegetables and glutinous rice, sweet breads, hearty side dish-style breads, and breads slow-risen and backed with natural yeast. The most popular bread that Furukawa Shoten sells is the cooled cream bread, a soft bread stuffed with whipped cream. A variety of creams are offered, including course ground Noto dainagon adzuki sweet bean, black sesame, and fruit creams.

    OMG best bakery ever! Great selection of sweet & savory pastries. They open Wednesday-Saturday at 11:00 and close when they sell out, which happens daily. Their cream pan is generous & has the most...

  • Tsukamoto
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    4.5
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Wajimashi Kawaimachi 1-90
    A long-standing Japanese confectionary shop located in Kawai Town, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The shop’s signature item is the egara manju, a renowned Wajima sweet. Smooth sweet bean paste wrapped in a glutinous rice flour dough which is dyed a vivid yellow using Cape jasmine which is then steamed to create an extremely rare Japanese treat. The name is said to come from its resemblance to an iga Japanese chestnut, the pronunciation of which was corrupted into “egara.” The name is sometimes also written with characters meaning “fate,” “congratulations,” and “good” for good luck. Extremely popular, egara manju often sell out early in the day.

    輪島朝市をぶらぶら歩いて見てまわっていると、朝市通りで行列ができているお店がありました。それがこちらのお店。店頭でえがらまんじゅうを販売されています。1個150円で、一つから購入できます。ご飯でこしあんをつつんでいます。

  • Chayu
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-7-8
    A sweet shop and café located in the “Higashi Chaya District” in Higashiyama, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture which operates out of the second floor of a remodeled warehouse once used for storing items used by a local public bathhouse. The first floor is a takeout shop selling gelato made with Ishikawa milk and local ingredients. The Higashiyama ice monaka, gelato sandwiched between monaka wafers made with bamboo charcoal, is particularly popular. The second floor tatami mat café space serves matcha green tea from a long-standing tea shop, high grade Japanese confections, and Japanese-style sweets made with select ingredients.

    Interesting, but delicious pancake wafer around awesome ice cream or sorbet. Great place to sit and all the tourist walking around.

  • Gyokusenan
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Marunouchi 1-1
    A rest area inside Kanazawa Castle Park in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture built on the site of an office which once managed the garden in the Edo period. Overlooking the Gyokusen-in Maru Garden, a picturesque garden dotted with ponds, islands, and bridges offering beautiful seasonal scenery, visitors can enjoy the view for free. The rest area has a spacious Japanese-style room; visitors can enjoy a cup of tea with a fresh Japanese sweet for a small fee. Come relax, take in the sights of the beautiful garden, and enjoy a cup of tea in an elegant tatami room.

    金沢の前田利家さんの持ち物だった庭。見事な手入れされてて、タイムスリップしたよう。 玉泉庵では、抹茶も 頂けます。 この日は、抹茶の体験イベントがあったので、参加してきました。 掛軸は、前田家の現当主の筆らしい。静かで落ち着いた時間が過ごせました。

  • Yubeshi Nakauraya (Waichi Main Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Wajimashi Kawaimachi 4-97
    A long-standing Japanese confectionary shop established in 1910 and located in Kawai-machi, Wajima, Ishikawa. The shop’s signature item is the maru-yubeshi yuzu dumpling, a renowned Wajima sweet. A ripe yuzu hollowed out and stuffed with uniquely-flavored glutinous rice which is then steamed several times and dried for half a year, the maru-yubeshi is a traditional sweet loved by celebrities and tea ceremony masters nationwide. Other items sold by the shop include soft gyoku-yubeshi gyuhi dumplings and refreshing yuzu jelly. The second floor is a café offering coffee and sweets served on Wajima lacquer dishes.
  • Le pont de chocolat Saint Nicolas (Korinbo Shop)
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    3.5
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kourimbou 2-12-24
    Le pont de chocolat Saint Nicolas is a shop specializing in chocolate and cake, located in Korinbo, in the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture. The charming building recognizable by its white walls and cobalt blue door, so that it looks as if it came from a street corner in Europe. Trained in Belgium, the home of fine chocolate, the patissier makes each piece of chocolate individually, resulting in a confection as beautiful as a fine jewel. This chocolate melts in one’s mouth and lets customers experience the mellow fragrance of fine chocolate. The café space inside the shop serves seasonal cakes and gelato.

    金沢市せせらぎ通りにあります、サンニコラの香林坊店です本店同様の菓子類が並びます、ここはチョコレート、ケーキが金沢ではトップクラスの味です。

  • Takagiya Confectionary
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hondamachi 1-3-9
    This is an old confectionery shop established in 1925 in Hondamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. It is a famous shop in Kanazawa winning a number of awards at the National Confectionary Expo, and the second generation successor selected as a Kanazawa confectionery master. Representative sweets include “Dainagon Monaka” and “Kaga Saogashi.” The “Kamifusen” are colorful monaka filled with Japanese style jelly in flavors such as grape or lemon. They look lovely and are popular with women as gifts or souvenirs.

    金沢市本多町あります、少しわかりずらい所にあります和菓子の老舗です、紙ふうせん、あんず餅が名物です、私の県外の友人が紙ふうせんが好きで1年に1回行きます。

  • Ishikawaya Honpo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Shimenomachi Nishi 22
    This well-established Japanese confectionery store located in the town of Shimeno Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, was founded in the mid-1800s. It sells traditional handmade confectionery paying particular attention to the ingredients and taste without mass-producing. The “Kurumi Matsukaze” is a popular miso flavored castella type cake topped with walnuts. The well-known packs of colorful dried confectionary designed as flowers or animals are also a popular souvenir of Kanazawa.
  • Koshiyama Kanseido Main Store
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Musashimachi 13-17
    This is one of the traditional Japanese sweet shops representing Kanazawa, founded in 1888. Their most famous product is the sake manju, “Yaki-man,” a long seller that has been loved for over 100 years. A variety of Japanese sweets are available in the store such as the famous “Kinjomaki,” a triangle shaped special bean paste wrapped in a moist pastry, as well as “Saisei Anzukko,”, a new apricot popular souvenir of Kanazawa. A confectionery making experience where you can make two types of fresh confectionery (reservations required) is also popular with tourists from abroad.

    金沢市武蔵町にあります、創業は明治21年だそうです金沢の老舗の和菓子店です昔は大判饅頭、五色生菓子などが主力商品でしたが時代の移り変わりにより常に新作を出されますまた店内にはカフェもやっていますまた和菓子の手作り体験もやっています。

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Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.

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