Japanese Confectionery Spots in Nagano Area

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Groceries

Japanese Confectionery

Oonishiya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Ina-shi

A long-standing Japanese confectionary shop which has been in business for over a half-century. Situated along the Shinano Ina Alps Highway at the entranceway to the famous cherry blossom viewing area of Takato travelling om downtown Ina City, the shop's signature product is its Kashiwa Manju steamed buns wrapped in an oak leaf. The shop offers three choices of filling: tsubuan coarse sweet red bean paste, edible wild plant and rice, and smooth bean paste in a buckwheat and walnut dough. These exquisite culinary gems, made with Nagano wheat and buckwheat flour for the dough, exude the culture of Nagano. A perfect place for tourists to pick up gifts and souvenirs, many of the shop's sweets are rooted in the area, such as the Sakusaku Kansuke crispy wafer cakes made with amaranth, a local Ina specialty product; and Takato Manju, a Takato standard.
Engetsudo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Komagane-shi Chuo 4-17

A one-minute walk from Komagane Station on the JR Iida Line. This long-standing Japanese and Western confectionary shop was established in 1928. Carrying both Western and Japanese confections, for three generations the shop has preserved traditions and established visual styles while at the same time evolving with the times. The shop's sweets incorporating local ingredients are particularly popular, such as the Yomekko Mochi yubeshi dumplings made with chestnuts and local soy sauce; and the Fuwatto Bouche, a dough mixed with Komagane sesame seeds, white peaches, lemons, matcha green tea, and other seasonal flavors filled with whipped cream and sweet bean jam. Eat-in space available.
Shousendou

5.0

3 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Kamitakai-gun Obuse Machi Iida 607

A Japanese confectionary shop situated amidst chestnut trees. The shop aims to serve chestnut confections unlike anything found anywhere else, and popular products include the Kuri Tsukuri, a light azuki bean yokan jelly with a candied chestnut inside; and the Ume Tsukuri, a plum pulp yokan jelly made with Japanese plums marinated in honey. The shop's numerous visually delightful products influenced by the unique cultural features of Obuse make for perfect gifts and souvenirs. Here you can also by Mizore, large chunks of candied chestnut, a confection which won the chairman's prize at the Kashi Hakurankai confection exhibition. Situated away from the hustle and bustle of the town center and surrounded by a tranquil natural area, visitors are encouraged to stop by this establishment.

レンタサイクル借りてこちらへ。近くまで来ているのに栗林に囲まれて１５分ほど迷子。ここは自家栽培の栗だけ使用と聞いてどうしても来たかった。自宅用に栗ペーストと茶巾絞りの空蝉。お土産に栗鹿の子とペースト。空蝉は栗そのもの、お茶を飲むのももったいない、口の中の栗を楽しんでいたい。栗鹿の子も自宅用に買えば良かった。
Kyokado (Yashiro Ekimae-dori Shop)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Chikuma-shi Sakurado 514-6

An apricot confection specialty shop which has been in business for 66 years. The shop continues to make its traditional confections by hand according to old-fashioned methods using select ingredients and apricots from Nagano. The shop's popular apricot monaka wafer cakes have been certified as a Shinshu Chikuma brand product and can be eaten as-is or frozen to enjoy like an ice cream sandwich.
Chikufodo Matsushiro Store

4.0

30 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Nagano-shi Matsushiromachi

A shop specializing in chestnut confections which also serves as a place to rest after strolling the Sanada Jumangoku castle town area. The shop sells chestnut yokan jelly, kuri kanoko candied chestnuts in chestnut paste, and other chestnut sweets, and also serves tea, kuri okowa chestnuts in rice, and other dishes. The shop uses only superior domestically grown chestnuts with a focus on chestnuts from the local Obuse area. The shop sorts its choice chestnuts while still fresh based on sweetness and tenderness, using only specific types of chestnuts for specific recipes to ensure customers can enjoy the innate deliciousness of chestnuts.

松代藩真田十万石まつりの行列を見に松代に行きました．始まる前の腹ごしらえにと立ち寄ったのが竹風堂松代店です．竹風堂なら栗だろうと，栗あんしるこを食べました．とっても美味しかったです．
Japanese sweets Hokodo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Kiso-gun Kisomachi Fukushima 5352-1

A Japanese confectionary shop situated along Prefectural Route 269 in Fukushima, Kiso Town, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture. This long-standing establishment was founded in 1913. The shop's signature product is its Soba Manju steamed bean jam buns made with buckwheat flour, a local specialty product. The shop also sells other Japanese confections such as Osoba Sabure buckwheat leaf-shaped cookies whose dough has buckwheat flour added to it, Kiso Dayori, and seasonal Hobamaki rice cakes wrapped in a hackberry leaf.
Kaiundo Main Store

4.0

49 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Chuou 2-2-15

This long-established western sweets shop founded in 1884 was given a new building in 1998, and features a simple yet innovative design that blends in to the townscape of the Matsumoto castle town. Their representative sweets are the steamed confection Kaiun-oimatsu and Japanese style nougat Shinmito. With a cute swan as its icon, their western-style sweet Swan Lake is also popular and is frequently featured in magazines. They have a soft ice cream robot inside the store, and guests can purchase their treat by operating the touch panel themselves. The closest station is Matsumoto Station.

以前、頻繁に松本を訪れていたころに1、2度来たことがありますが、職場へのお土産を買うために久しぶりに訪れました。以前と違い、イートインコーナーが充実していました。何種類か常温で持ち帰れるお菓子を買いましたが、値段はやや高め。味は間違いないです。
Sakurai Kanseido Main Store

4.0

29 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Kamitakaigunobusemachi Obuse 774

This is an old Japanese confectionery shop in Obuse Town, Kamitakai County, Nagano Prefecture, and the Kurirakugan sweet introduced by the first owner in 1808 is said to be the start of Obuse chestnut sweets. Maintaining traditional flavors and techniques, they sell a variety of sweets of chestnuts from Japan and abroad. In the wide space of the pure Japanese interior are lined a variety of sweets including the popular Jun Kuri Yokan made with just chestnuts, sugar and vegetable gelatin, and the Jun Kuri Kanoko which is pure chestnut bean paste matched with pieces of chestnut. Both inside and out there are rest spaces in which one can take a break from shopping.

We went there after our visit to the Hokusai Museum to get some snacks. They have a big variety of cakes in glass display shelves. They were tasty. The chestnut ice cream was not available. There...
Misuzuame Honpo Ijima Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Uedashi Chuou 1-1-21

A well-known sweet making shop known as Misuzuame which has long been popular as a Shinshu confection. Using traditional methods unchanged for years the sweets are made with the real fruit flavors intact without the use of any added coloring, artificial flavoring or preservatives. As well as the dried jelly candy, Misuzuame, made with agar and starch syrup, the shop also sells a range of jams and jelly. The building, built in 1924, has been designated as a registered tangible cultural asset. The interior of the store has been created with a fusion of Japanese and Western styles, and decorated with modern furniture. The shop is located a short distance from Ueda Station making it a key city landmark.
Kirakudo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Iyamashi Iyama 1201-2

This well-established confectioner is well known for Iiyama’s famous “Chiyo no ume.” Azuki red bean jam is wrapped in gyuhi, and tucked in a shiso leaf in this Japanese confection. It has a history of popularity as an Iiyama souvenir. “Chestnut chuka manju” with chestnut-filled red bean paste in dora-yaki is recommended. Everything is made fresh, so the sekihan rice and okowa are great but require a reservation. The owner trained in a Western confection shop, so you may see fruit cakes out sometimes too.
Kiyoe

Gourmet / Alcohol

653 Yokawazawa cho Nagano city Nagano prefecture

A long-established shop near Zenkoji Temple, this confectionery produces and sells a variety of goods, including the famous “ishigoromo,” which is a bean jam ball covered in surimitsu honey. The oyaki buns are loved by locals and worshipers visiting Zenkoji Temple, and in fact, they are supplied to the monks at the temple as well.
Matsumoto Seika

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Shimotakaigunyamanouchimachi Hirao 2185-2

Located in Shibu Onsen, Hirao, Yamanouchi Town, this confectionery boasts an 80-year history. It sells many types of manju (sweet buns), including “Shinshu sesame seed soba manju,” which contains bean jam mixed with sesame paste and Shinshu miso wrapped in dough containing soba powder, “onsen manju,” “miso manju,” “jizake (local brew) manju,” and so on.
Fukiya Shoten

4.0

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Pref. Shimotakaigunnozawaonsenmura Toyosato 9350

This souvenir shop is located in Toyosato, Nozawaonsen Village and was built in 1904. The “Fukiya no onsen manju” buns are filled with homemade strained bean paste, and this popular product has been around for nearly 100 years. You’ll also find other food products Nozawa pickles and winter-exclusive “banana rolls,” not to mention folk crafts like “dove wheel” toys.

スノボ土産に、温泉まんぢうです。目新しさはないけれど、やっぱり昔懐かしい感じでホッとする美味しさです。
Kameman

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Inashi Takatomachinishitakato 1689

Kameman, founded in 1875, has been making the beloved “Kame manju” sweets for 130 years. The various products in the store use no preservatives and are made with only select ingredients, creating a delicious taste you can trust. This shop is about a 20-minute drive from Inakita Station on the Iida Line.
Kogoi Confectionery Shop

Shopping

Nagano Pref. Shimotakaigunyamanouchimachi Hirao 2114

This confectionery is located in the Shibu Onsen hot spring area in northern Nagano Prefecture. They bake and sell bread, traditional sweets, and Western sweets. The “Uzumaki” custard bread that features a swirl design being especially popular and perfect to snack on while strolling through the area. You’ll also find sweet buns and a variety of other sweets and breads.
Hata Kanseido

4.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Shimotakaigunyamanouchimachi Hirao 2316

Hata Kanseido opened in 1927 and is famous for its “onsen manju” (hot spring sweet buns), which are popular as a Shinshu souvenir. New sweets that use local ingredients, “hayamochi” soba, “doraffuru” (sweet buns), and fruit manju are also popular choices.

渋温泉に滞在中に訪れました。メインストリートにあります。蒸したての温泉まんじゅうがあるとかかれたお知らせを見て入りました。温泉まんじゅうは通常のものと黒糖のものがありました。他にもおいしそうな和菓子がいっぱいありました。お店の中にテーブルが1卓あり座って食べることもできました。蒸したての温泉まんじゅうをお茶を頂いて食べました。甘すぎずしっとりしていてとてもおいしかったです。
Kuzobe Mochi Honpo Araragi

4.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Chinoshi Kitayama Tateshina Takahara 4035

This is a long-established Japanese confectionery shop known for a famous Tateshina confection, Kuzobee-mochi (rice cake). The origin of the rice cake is that in 1839 the ancestor, Yazaki Soji, who established Tateshina Hot Springs, handed out the rice cakes to the guests who came to take a bath. The rice cake comes in the five flavors of wormwood, perilla, chestnut, walnut and cherry in spring. The rice cakes remain a perennial favorite as a souvenir with their moist and rustic taste and elegant packaging.

皇室の方々も立ち寄って、もとめていかれた名店。こういうお店を本当の老舗というのだろう。今のお菓子にはない、奥深い美味しさが、じわ-っと、口中に広がる。ぜひ多くの人々に食べてもらいたい。
Zairaiya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Idashi Honmachi 1-10-1

A goheimochi grilled rice cake skewer shop located in Hon-machi, Iida City. The shop sells rice cakes mixed with chestnuts and other ingredients covered with a miso sauce. In anticipation of the maglev Chuo Shinkansen, scheduled to be opened in 2027, the shop also sells a maglev Iida Station Bento box lunch which comes with goheimochi and south Shinshu beef served shigureni style.
Iidaya Ameten

4.5

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Ote 2-4-2

"A long-standing Japanese ""ame"" candy shop established 200 years ago which stands along Prefectural Route 295 in Ote, Matsumoto City. The shop makes ame candies crafted by skilled artisans. Shop products include ""Ame Senbei,"" a sweet with a novel texture provided by the use of wafers; ""Rakkasei Ame"" peanut candies; ""Hakka-to;"" ""Nikki Ame;"" and the ""Mame-ita,"" a Matsumoto-style ame made with komeame sugar derived from Azumino-grown glutinous rice."

老舗の飴屋さんです。あめせんべいがとても美味しかったです。ここでしか買えないとても貴重なあめだなと感じました。とても気に入ったので、また是非買いにいきたいと思います。
Fuji Ice

4.0

26 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Uedashi Chuou 2-10-14

A shop selling obanyaki (a pancake-like flour dough bun with a sweet filling) located in Chuo, Ueda City. The shop's signature obanyaki have been a local favorite for some 80 years and come in two varieties-anko (red bean jam) and custard. Despite the shop's name, the shop does not serve regular ice cream (but does sell soft serve ice cream).

路駐が多くて凄く迷惑車でこの前を通る時かなり怖いから店側も何かしらの対応したら？海野町の恥ただの今川焼き

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Nagano Areas

Nagano prefecture is an exciting mix of mountains, hot spring monkeys, and preserved Edo history. At the heart of the Japanese Alps, Nagano is one of the country’s most popular destinations, whether in winter for its snow sports and the much-loved Jigokudani Monkey Park or in the warmer months for discovering the undulating hills on foot. For fantastic Edo architecture, head to the Kiso Valley for a 60-kilometer stretch of quaint wooden buildings that marked the Nakasendo route 200 years ago.