Groceries Spots in Fukui Area

  • Nihonkai Sakanamachi Seafood Market
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    Fukui Pref. Tsurugashi Wakabachou 1-1531
    Located in Wakaba Town, Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, this is the largest seafood market selling products from the Sea of Japan, and is host to 70 establishments like seafood shops and restaurants. Among the market stalls you’ll hear the energetic voices of the market vendors trying to sell their wares and you’ll see a wide variety of seafood delicacies on all of the stalls trucked in directly from Tsuruga Port such as fresh seafood, processed foods, and the local specialty, kombu seaweed. The seafood rice bowls, popular with tourists, are topped with a whole variety of different foods and all at a good price. Each bowl comes packed with a huge amount of seafood such as tuna, sea bream, shrimp, salmon roe and salmon, etc. The market officially opens at 10 a.m. but apart from the restaurants most stalls start trading from 8:30 a.m. onwards.
  • Wakasa Obama Fish Center
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Fukui Pref. Obamashi Kawasaki 2-5-1
    This center is a seafood market housing 11 fish shops, most of which are intermediate wholesalers, selling freshly-caught fish from local fishing ports and dried and processed marine products. It is also popular for its charcoal brazier area in a corner of the car park where you can cook the fish or dried products that you bought at the center. The best time to visit is the morning.

    10軒くらいの海産物店が軒を連ねており、食堂もあります。お店によりますが、7時くらいからお昼までの営業ですが早い時間だと入荷前だったりと訪問タイミングが難しいところです。名物の鯖や小鯛の笹漬等、魅力的なものが並んでいました。

  • Habutaemochi no Furusato
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    4.0
    28 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukui Pref. Yoshidaguneiheijichou Matsuokayoshino 35-21-1
    With over 300 years of history, “habutaemochi” is a famous sweet of Fukui, and you see how it is still made at the Habutaemochi no Furusato. They offer you warm tea inside, and you can try 11 varieties of habutaemochi with your tea. The wholesaler sells not only habutaemochi, but also local specialty goods and crafts.

    羽二重(求肥)餅がこの地域の特産で、メインのお土産。 羽二重餅のいろんな味付け・変化を楽しめる。餅のいくつかは試食出来るので間違いない。甘さが苦手の人には辛いお菓子も揃っている。 ここを出ると滋賀県琵琶湖東南部のドライブインまで2時間ノンストップで走ることが多い。

  • Itojunwado Main Store
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukui Ono-shi Motomachi 9-21
    A confectioner located along Shichiken-dori Street in Motomachi, Ono City. This long-standing shop was founded over 100 years ago and is known for their famous Imo-Kintsuba treat. It's only sold for a limited time starting every year in September and many people come even from other prefectures in search of the sweet flavor of local Ono grown sweet potatoes.

    いもきんつばを焼いているのが外からも見えます。 何と言っても、良い香りにそそられます! 焼きたてを買えるので、店内でアツアツのうちにいただきました。 とっても美味しかったです!

  • Village of Gomadofu Dansuke
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    Fukui Pref. Yoshidaguneiheijichou Aratani 24-7-1
    Dansuke is a long-established gomadofu (crushed sesame seeds boiled in water and chilled like tofu) maker, founded in 1888, which is located on National Route 364 in Aratani, Eiheiji Town, Yoshida County. Packs of Nama Gomadofu (raw gomadofu, which is not reheated after packaged) can be purchased at the firm’s direct-outlet store. The café adjacent to the workshop where the gomadofu is made and stored serves a variety of confectionery products and beverages, including raw gomadofu and brown sugar zenzai (red bean soup) made with gomadofu, etc.
  • Uotake
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    Fukui Pref. Nyugunechizenchou Kuriya 17-83
    Natural hot springs each of which is along the ocean for an impeccable view, and a separate highly-praised restaurant “Uotake” which uses the finest sea ingredients. Accessible enough for day trips, allowing you to taste the fresh bounty of the Sea of Japan at a reasonable price. They have plentiful dishes, from set meals to don bowls, crab cuisine, sashimi, and a la carte items. It’s great for a pit stop during a drive, too.
  • Tentatu
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    Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Junka 2-7-17
    Founded over 200 years ago, Tentatu is famous for its Echizen-style salt sea urchin, powder sea urchin and dried sea urchin. In the Edo period, Tentatu’s Echizen sea urchin was long beloved as a delicacy, and it was used a gift to various local masters in the imperial court or shogunate as preserved rations for military use. It keeps for days at room temperature.
  • Sachiya
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    3.5
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukui Pref. Yoshidaguneiheijichou Kyouzen 41-53-1
    A gift shop and restaurant where you can enjoy creative tofu dishes, Sachiya is situated on a small hill, offering you a wide view of nature and the mountains surrounding Eiheiji Temple while you enjoy your meal. They offer healthy meals, with morning-squeezed soy milk, freshly-made tofu, sesame tofu, and in-season vegetables. The restaurant’s tofu, sides, and stock are available for purchase at the shop.

    店内は新しく、綺麗です。 豆腐づくしの5000円のコースを頂きました。 豆腐を色々な形で楽しませてくれようとする気持ちは伝わるのですが、あともうちょっとで美味しくなるだろう、残念な結果に終わっているお品も…。 お子様プレートも頼みましたが、こども向けのはずなのにドレッシングがかなり生姜が効いて、見た目も地味な色合いで少し残念。 全体的に値段と内容のバランスが取れていないと感じました。

  • Umenosato Kaikan
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
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    Fukui Pref. Mikatakaminakagunwakasachou Narude 17-4-1
    At the Umenosato Kaikan, they perform all the operations up to shipping the product, from pickling plums to airing them. The sales corner, where they offer umeboshi, as well as a rich variety of other processed products, is popular. And at the “Plum picking field”, they sell freshly harvested green plums from mid to late June.

    梅の加工商品が豊富に取り揃えられています。特に福井梅の梅干しは、漬け込みから土用干しなどすべて手作業で行っているそうです。また、梅ワインや梅ドリンク、梅のドライフルーツなどここでしか販売していないと思われる珍しい商品もあります。

  • Castle Town Bakery Panaderia
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Fukui Pref. Onoshi Motomachi 5-23
    Opened in 2013, this is a popular bakery that always offers 50-60 types of bread and pastries, changing its wares according to the season. There is a place where you can eat in—it’s nice to be able to eat the bread you’ve bought straight away. The cream bun generously filled with home-made custard is recommended.

    七間通りにある地元人気のパン屋さんです。イートインスペースもあります。食べ歩きクーポンでクリームパンをいただきました。

  • Takano Yoshibei Shoten
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    Fukui Nanjo-gun Minamiechizencho Imajo 109-17
  • Egawa
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukui Fukui-shi Terute 3-6-14

    京王百貨店新宿店7階で開催中された『福井県 越前・若狭の物産と観光展u202c』にて購入した「えがわ」の『水羊かん』は、凛と冷えたはかない口当たりと黒糖の風味は夏にはもってこいだが、冬の室内で炬燵の中で味わうのもまた一興でした。サイズも二種あって買い求めやすく、皆複数個買って帰っていました。

  • Asano Kougetsudo
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukui Awara-shi Onsen 4-916
    A Japanese confectioner in Onsen 4-Chome, Awara City. Their famous Matsu-no-Tsuyu treat, which has been served to the royal family, is made with egg whites, sugar, and ground coffee and resembles the Shoro species of mushroom. Their Kougetsudo custard pudding, made with local egg yolks, is also popular.

    永年親しまれているあわら温泉を代表する銘菓。 サクサクで口の中に入るとさっと溶けるような食感で、お茶うけにはもってこい。

  • ESPOIR
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukui Echizen-shi Awatabecho 32-16-1
  • Tsukio
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukui Echizen-shi Houraicho 6-22
    A Japanese-style confectioner located along Prefectural Route 12 in Horai-cho, Echizen City. They make and sell the famous Baigetsu Senbei treat known throughout the prefecture for its catchy Tsuntsun Tsukio Baigetsu Senbei commercial jingle. The name draws from the famous scholar Sugawara-no-Michizane and blends the two different sweetness flavors of raw sugar and refined white sugar.

    街中散策中にたまたま見かけて立寄ってみました。地元の和菓子店でその中でも個別包装で土産物にも便利な「梅月煎餅」を購入してみました。レトロ建築風の店構えで街並みに溶け込んでいました。

  • Ishidaya
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
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    Fukui Yoshida-gun Eiheijicho Matsuoka Kasuga 1-38
    A sake store in Matsuokakasuga 1-Chome, Eiheiji Town, Yoshida County. Here you can find well known sake made by Kokuryu Sake Brewery who own the attached storeroom and shop including Kokuryu (Black Dragon) Sake and Kuzuryu (Nine-headed Dragon) Sake. They also offer special seasonal limited sakes.

    永平寺の帰りにふと福井で日本酒をお土産に買って帰りたい思い近くを検索したらあの黒龍で有名な蔵元の石田屋さんがすぐ近くに。お店の雰囲気もバッチリ。黒龍大吟醸の龍720ml 4,400円と大吟醸720ml 2,750円、300ml 1,100円を購入。お店の方もあまりお酒に詳しくない自分に丁寧に案内してくれました。おうち帰ったらゆっくり飲みたいと思います。楽しみです。 有難うございました。

  • Echizen Mikuni Famous Goods Shop Namiya
    Travel / Tourism
    Fukui Sakai-shi Mikunicho Kitahonmachi 3-3-44
    A shop selling local goods in Kitahonmachi 3-Chome, Mikuni-cho, Sakai City. They offer local Fukui seafood including Echizen sea urchin and Echizen crab as well as famous local products including confectionary treats and sake. The shop is also well known as the origin of Momiwakame made by sun-drying seaweed harvested from the Tojinbo Cliff seaside area.
  • Nishisaka
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukui Sakai-shi Mikunicho Kitahonmachi 4-2-14
    A Japanese confectioner in Kitahonmachi 4-Chome, Mikuni-cho, Sakai City. They're famous for their Sake-Manjuu treat whose recipe came from a boatman on the Kitamaebune shipping route which crossed the Sea of Japan during the Edo and early Meiji periods. The Sake-Manjuu is still made with the same classic techniques and delivers a harmonious blend of bean paste and the taste of sake. Also popular is their Nama-Dorayaki which comes in a variety of flavors including green tea and cream cheese.
  • Yamato Kanrindo
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukui Sakai-shi Mikunicho Kitahonmachi 4-4-52
    A Japanese confectioner in Kitahonmachi 4-Chome, Mikun-cho, Sakai City. Their specialty Uguisu-mochi has over 200 years of history and is made with local mochi-rice, red beans, and soybeans as well as a special sugar that was first brought to the Mikuni Minatomachi port area via trading ships. They also sell a variety of other sweets including castella cake and sweets made with homemade red-bean paste.

    蒸し羊羹がとても美味しいです。 お店の方には鴬餅を勧められたので、鴬餅を購入。 小さめなのでペロリです。 お上品な味でした。

  • Europain Kimuraya
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
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    Fukui Sabae-shi Asahimachi 2-3-20
    A bakery located along National Route 417 in Asahi-machi 2-Chome, Sabae City. This long-standing shop first opened in 1927 and is known to have been the shop to bring Anpan red-bean paste buns to Sabae. Amongst their a variety of breads their Daifuku Anpan, made by wrapping brioche dough around a daifuku rice cake, has been a beloved specialty for over 30 years ever since it was first invented by the second-generation owner.

    大福あんぱんがとてつもなくうまい。あんぱんの生地はしっとりしていて大福にあう。大福も薄皮であんぱんにあう夢のコラボレーション。

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Northeast of Kyoto, the ancient Tojinbo Cliffs separate Fukui prefecture from the Sea of Japan in a stretch of land well worth exploring. Water sports and seaside delicacies are available in abundance as the spectacular rugged coastline flattens down into beaches to the west of the prefecture, while inland, Fukui is home to Zen Buddhist temples and historic ruins.

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