Bread / Dessert / Other Food Shop Spots in Gifu Area

  • UKOKKEI DOUXCE FORET
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Ogaki-shi Takayacho 1-52-1
    "The name of this western-style confectionery shop means ""comfortable and calm forest"" in French. It sells pudding, madeleines, Baumkuchen and Castellas that are carefully finished one by one using highly nutritious silky fowl eggs. Their silky fowl pudding, which has a distinctly smooth texture, is an amazing dish that has a moderate sweetness despite its richness. Because it does not use any synthetic sweeteners or thickeners, it is reputed for being able to enjoy the clean aftertaste that is unique to using natural ingredients. Besides Western confectionery, it also sells egg noodles made with silky fowl eggs and silky fowl eggs firm enough to be pinched with chopsticks."
  • Kinseido
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Ogaki-shi Akasakacho Koyasu 3377
    This Japanese and Western confectionery shop with an appearance that makes you feel its history is located a five-minute walk from Mino-Akasaka Station. They continue to make sweets such as mizu-manju (sweetened bean paste stuffed in kuzu starch jelly) using the famous water of Ogaki, called the city of water, oni-manju with mixed sweet potatoes cut into cubes, castella with the flavor of red beans, and joyo-manju with kneaded yuzu citrus skin. The shop makes five fresh confectionery using white bean jam that is colored or shaped and sweet rice jelly, and has the skills to win top awards at confectionery contests that evaluate color, size and beauty. This long-established confectionery shop has a history that spans over 110 years.
  • Shingendo Tegano Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Tegano 453
    A branch store, located five minutes from the Nakatsugawa Interchange, of a chestnut confectionary company which has been in business for more than 90 years. The Suisai Kinton is particularly popular and customers love the gooey texture. Consisting of famed Nakatsugawa mashed chestnuts covered with an elegantly sweet koshian (smooth azuki bean paste) and a delicate jelly coating, to Japanese people, this exquisite treat exudes a nostalgic atmosphere recalling the mountains and fields along the old Kisoji road. One of the store's staple products is the Kuri Manju, a baked bun stuffed with shiroan (white azuki bean paste) and a whole chestnut; makes a perfect souvenir for your visit to Nakatsugawa.
  • Shinkinedo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Sendanbayashi 1-15
    "This chestnut confectionery and creative sweets shop was established in 1948. Traditional ""Sweet Chestnut Paste"" and colorful Japanese sweets are sold at the recreational park ""Chikori Village"" in front of the Nakatsugawa Interchange. ""Sweet Chestnut Paste"" or ""Kurikinton"" is a traditional Japanese sweet made from only the extremely simple ingredients of chestnuts and sugar, having a simple natural flavor. They are Shinkinedo's front running product and are made from 100% Japanese chestnuts without any additives, and won the Monde Selection Gold Award for three successive years."
  • Levain d'or
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Shopping
    Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Sendanbayashi 1356
    This bakery is located a two-minute walk from Minosakamoto Station. It makes bread using homemade natural yeast in a small log cabin. The bread using Hoshino natural yeast is a popular item packed with the uniqueness of the store. It is recommended to eat it simply while enjoying the fragrant scent. The stone kiln that bakes bread as well as wheat, chestnuts, red beans and yeast was also built by the store. There are many products that you cannot find anywhere else such as panettone with yogurt yeast or bread with strawberry yeast.

    テレビで紹介され、気になったので行ってみました。中央線の美乃坂本駅の近くなので、電車でのアクセスもいいです。 パンはそれほど種類は多くないのですが、何しろ酵母はもちろんブドウなどのフルーツや野菜も自家製のものを使ってるそうで、こだわりが感じられ、美味しく頂きました。イートインはないのでお持ち帰りになります。

  • Kanameya
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Magome 4291-1
    This confectionery is located about 100 meters from the Toson Memorial Museum. It is a specialty store that serves the local Kiso dish Goheimochi, which is made by crushing rice, wrapping it around a skewer, applying sauce to it, and cooking it. Goeheimochi comes in all kinds of shapes depending on the region and its culture. For example, there are waraji, dango, rice balls, and kiritanpo shaped Goheimochi, but at this store only waraji and dango shaped Goheimochi is offered. The sauce is made with ingredients such as sesame, walnut, or peanuts, which makes the Goheimochi irresistible when served fresh. In addition, it has many different souvenirs including jizake manju, karasumi (salted and dried mullet roe) and yokan.

    五平餅の専門店である「かなめ屋」へ訪問しました。 五平餅は、小判型で、甘辛だれがぬられ、香ばしく焼かれています。

  • Sabo Kago
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Magome 4571-1
    This cafe is located on the corner of the lower entrance to Magome-juku. Right around the corner of a cobblestone street is the Magomekan Annex where Japanese snacks and sweets can be enjoyed. Known for being the best place to see the sunset in Magomejuku, many tourists stop by from noon to evening after taking a walk. It sells curry with finely chopped vegetables, beef bowls, coffee with walnuts and amazake, making it ideal for a break. You can comfortably relax while looking at the seasonal scenery of the Central Japanese garden.

    Love the hot snacks of transparent jelly like noodles and red beans with chestnut soft cream. Café have a viewing area with large windows. Recommend you have coffee/tea and some snacks at the end...

  • Yugao no Eki Shokudo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Hida-shi Kamiokacho Morimo 1940
    "This cafeteria attached to the Yamanomura Camping Ground at an altitude of 1,000 meters. You can enjoy Yamanomura's specialty products in the mountains surrounded by broad-leaved forests of trees such as white birch and Japanese beech. The specialty is the ""Yamanomura Soba"" which comes in two varieties: ""Hikigurumi (Ground Buckwheat)"" and ""Dattan (Tartary Buckwheat)."" Everything for making soba noodles from cultivation to milling is done in Yamanomura. Dattan buckwheat is cultivated taking advantage of the locality of Yamanomura which is located at a high altitude, and characteristically contains more rutin polyphenols compared to ordinary buckwheat. It is said to prevent lifestyle disease and have a good effect on the skin, and on busy days, it is not uncommon for the dish to sell out."
  • Kanakidoya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Hida-shi Kamiokacho Funatsu 1077-1
    "This long-established Japanese confectionery shop is located a three-minute drive from Kamioka Castle. They sell specialty Sasamaki Yokan (sweet bean jelly wrapped in a bamboo leaf), fluffy castella (sponge cake) and hand-made rice cakes that are sold only in the winter. A famous confection in Kamioka, Sasamaki Yokan is made by hardening sweet bean jelly liquid and pouring it into kumazasa (kuma bamboo grass) that is folded like a butterfly. This sweet bean jelly has an aroma and leaf vein from a bamboo leaf clearly, and its light taste is great for gifts. It is mentioned in a haiku by one of the leading female haiku poets of the Showa period (1926-1989), Teijo Nakamura, in her book ""Furusato no Meika (Famous confectionery in hometown)."""
  • Train Bleu
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    4.0
    77 Reviews
    Shopping
    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Nishinoisshikimachi 1-73-5
    The Train Bleu bakery, which attaches great importance to ensuring that ordinary bread is made as delicious as possible every day, is very popular with local residents. On weekends and public holidays, Train Bleu can get so crowded that it has to issue numbered tickets to customers. Besides basic, everyday breads, Train Bleu also sells first-class Viennoiserie (pastries); one especially popular product features seasonal fruit with cream on a delicate croissant base. The bakery closes when it is sold out for the day, so it’s best to get there early. Train Bleu is located around 20-minute drive from the Takayama Interchange of the Chubu Jukan Expressway.

    SO GOOD! We waited outside for 15 minutes to get in but worth the wait! So flaky and delicious. Everything is about 300 yen or more. Make sure to get the strawberry tart with fresh cream!

  • Senbeidou
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Kamisannomachi 85
    This rice cracker shop is located in the Sanmachi Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings. With a dedication to fine ingredients, they select domestic rice every year, and have special rice cracker soy sauce made for them by a long-standing soy sauce maker. They toast the rice crackers over binchotan charcoal, and you can eat them as is fresh from the shop. They even have a huge face-sized rice cracker. Since it comes with a piece of nori seaweed to hold it with, your hands stay clean, and it’s perfect for eating while walking around. They also sell a variety of other items like nurekari mochi and hoba senbei, so you can pick your favorite depending on the thickness and flavor. They’re also recommended for souvenirs.

    高山の街を歩いていると醤油のいい香りが伝わってくるせんべい屋が多い。 ホテルの売店にもいろいろと置いている。 ここのせんべいは原料は銘柄米、醤油も特注品だそうだ。 大きいせんべいが200円近い。 高いけれども、うまいのに納得。

  • Kogetsu Honke
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Geroshi Kouden 1145-4
    This Japanese and Western sweet shop is in Koden, Gero City, Gifu Prefecture. Their Japanese sweet called “namadora with a filling of fresh cream and tsubuan bean paste sandwiched between pancakes made from local red eggs and milk is a local favorite. They also sell limited time items filled with the flavors of the season. Their “Wa-MORI-mori Parfait with fresh cream and fruit on kudzu mochi starch cake and sponge cake is popular too. It’s easy to hold on to and great for walking about the hot spring district.

    生どら美味しいです。秋限定の生どら(栗入り)もあり、栗きんとんもあり美味しいです。温泉街ではなく、駅近にあります。

  • Patisserie Matsuki
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Hidashi Furukawachounanseichou 3-9
    A confectionery shop about a 15-minute walk from Hida-Furukawa Station. They use milk from the local Bokuseisha (an industry producing and selling milk and dairy products), fresh Momiji eggs (a brand egg whose eggshell color is brown) within two days after laying, and as much fruit as possible from the Hida region. The most popular item is the Gateau Swiss Roll, which is made of puff pastry sheet and sponge baked separately and rolled with fresh cream. There are many other items such as Genuine Swiss Roll featuring fluffy sponge, petit gateaux using seasonal fruits, baked sweets, and gifts.

    おせんべい、ロールケーキやチョコケーキとかの洋菓子が売っているお店で、とてもおいしく召し上がることが出来ました。特にロールケーキが美味しかったです。

  • Masuen Bunsuke
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    4.0
    19 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Onogunshirakawamura Ogimachi 1915
    Masuen Bunsuke serves simple flavored Shirakawago cuisine. Housed in a building with gassho-zukuri (steep sloping roof) architecture, it's like something out of a folk tale. While gazing out at the seasonal scenery, guests enjoy cuisine with a focus on fresh water fish. They harvest the char, red spotted trout, and rainbow trout they raise in spring water from their 14 fish ponds and prepare it while fresh. Along with home-grown rice, homemade miso, and the best wild vegetables, you'll love the down-home flavors of Shirakawago.

    It is a beautiful and very nice place, we came here for our lunch and its very happy with it, they have traditional foods and the quality are perfect. The owner are warmly welcome and very friendly...

  • Sabo Fukyuan
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    5.0
    19 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Shimoichinomachi 17
    This tea shop is located about a 15-minute walk from JR Takayama Station in the city center of Takayama City. You can spend a relaxing time gazing out on the lush courtyard of the Meiji-era (1868-1912) machiya (traditional wooden townhouse). In the space where the plaster-walled storehouse was rebuilt, you can taste a menu with various items such as parfaits, crepes and Japanese sweets including warabi-mochi (bracken-starch cakes covered in sweet soybean powder) and kuzukiri (arrowroot noodles). The soybean flour soft-serve ice cream using Japanese soybeans and soy milk is very nutritious and has a gentle taste. You can enjoy the sweetness from special ingredients, such as limited season rice flour crepes and apple pies using Hida apples.

    Fuku parfait is awesome with perfect combination of flavor and texture. Warabimochi Is delicious and also soy soft cream sweetness is perfectly mixed. Anyway, coffee Is just decent.

  • Tanimatsu (Main Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Kamichinomachi 53
    This shop on Hida Takayama's Bunnemonzaka Shopping Street specializes in the local Takayama sweet known as kokusen. They've maintained the handcrafted tradition of their flagship item since they opened in 1892. These sweets with a single twist are made with charcoal fire roasted sesame seeds held together with mizuame syrup, then stretched and cut into bit-sized pieces. Being handmade, they have just the right texture, with an exquisite sweetness and the fine flavor of their carefully selected ingredients. Kids like the shop's soft genkotsu sweets made with a blend of kinako soy flour and brown sugar.
  • Ganso Umajirushi Mishima Mame Hompo
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Kamichinomachi 103
    Founded in 1868, this bean sweet shop is in the town area northwest of the Takayama Castle Ruins. Their “Mishimamame is a local favorite and is said to be the oldest bean sweet in Japan. It’s made of roasted soybeans coated with high-quality sugar and green laver, and mixed with salty ryokuto beans, making it the perfect sake snack. Their popular Nishiki-gaya featuring Japanese nutmeg is only available from late November to April. Many of their products have been featured on TV and in magazines, and Emperors have received them as gifts on many occasions.

    サクッとした味が人気の三嶋豆です。 お店の人によると、小学館のサラニという雑誌に取り上げられ、日本で1番歴史の古い豆菓子であることが判明したとか。 また、お店から見える中庭が、素晴らしいと、外国人の方が庭の写真をよく撮られていきます。

  • Patisserie Chez Gou
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Kamiokamotomachi 4-439-1
    A takeout only patisserie notable for its stylish and cute light green exterior located in Kamiokamoto-machi, Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture. The shop’s showcases are filled with Parisian-style cakes, cookies, madeleines, and other baked sweets actively incorporating local ingredients. The Mont Blanc is particularly popular—instead of being topped with chestnut cream or strings of chestnut paste, this shop’s delicious Mont Blanc are filled with flavorful chestnut cream and topped with elegant whipped cream.

    fantastic service and delicious chocolate cake - we ordered a birthday cake in the afternoon and they managed to get it done by the morning of the next day. truly a great cake shop in takayama! also...

  • Creeksyde
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Gujoushi Takasuchouhirugano 4671-378
    An ice cream shop located close to Bunsuirei Park a seven minute drive from the Hirugano Kogen Rest Area. The shop’s ice cream is made with local Hirugano Highland milk and is notable for its rich flavor and clean aftertaste. The standard Highland Milk Soft Serve Ice Cream is available in a variety of sizes starting from a kids’ size. The shop’s handmade ice cream is offered in six flavors, including raspberry, mountain grape, and milky cheese, and many customers come here again and again to enjoy the shop’s tasty treats. The shop also serves drinks made with highland milk.
  • MINOV
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Sekishi Toushinchou 7-2-2
    This takeout shop in the Fraicheur factory is a 10-minute walk from Nagaragawa Tetsudo's Etsumi-Nansen Line. They sell an innovative line of sweets combining time-honored Japanese ingredients like white rice, brown rice, and koji (malted rice) with ingredients found in Western confections like butter, wheat, cheese, and cream. Great souvenirs include their Seki Pudding made with pasteurized Seki milk and fertilized local eggs, as well as Hamomin Cakes made to resemble Seki City's mascot. Their Minov Roll Cakes, Rice Baumkuchen, and Crispy Cream Puffs are all popular.

    地元食材にこだわったスィーツが中心です。スィーツ工場の一角に店舗があり、大通りより1本南側の通りになるため、店舗の場所はわかりにくいです。 しかし、関プリンは絶品です!価格もお求めやすく、ご贈答にも最適です。 パリパリシューも美味しく、注文してからカスタードを入れてもらえ、これもこだわりの逸品です。

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Tucked away in the very center of Japan, Gifu prefecture houses mountains, old towns, and one of Japan’s greatest hot springs, Gero Onsen. A tour of the prefecture’s traditional architecture will take you from the mountain-enveloped wooden streets of Takayama to the mountain village of Shirakawago, where visitors can explore 250-year-old thatched roofed houses known as gassho-zukuri.

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