Groceries Spots in Ise Area

  • Meibutsu Henba Mochi Miyagawa Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Nishitoyohamachou 342-1
    This long-established Japanese confectionery shop sells one of Ise's specialties, henba mochi (rice cake filled with bean paste and lightly grilled on both side). It has a dine-in space, and you can enjoy traditional Japanese sweets such as the famous henba mochi with tea. The store also has a parking lot where large buses can park and bathrooms, making it the perfect place to rest from a drive. By the way, there used to be a henba-jo to send back horses when worshippers crossed the Miyagawa River to head towards Ise Jingu Shine in the Edo period (1603-1868). It is said the henba mochi came from the sweets given there.
  • Meibutsu Henbamochi Main Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Obatachouakeno 1430-1
    This veteran Japanese sweet shop was established in 1775. Their Henba Mochi sweets are round, flat, and browned on both sides. They're made with carefully selected, domestically produced ingredients, and the shop continues to produce them with the traditional flavor they've been known for since their founding. These tasty treats are popular for the unique texture that rice flour gives them and the melt-in-your-mouth goodness of their koshian strained bean paste filling. You can eat them right in the shop, and they're so popular that they sometimes sell out before 17:00. They also have Sawa Mochi (a sweet that's well-known in the Iseshima and Matsusaka region), Brown Sugar Mochi (made by blending brown sugar with glutinous mochi rice), and in summer, mizu yokan (chilled sweet bean jelly).
  • Naikumae Senokuniya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujimazaikechou 117
    This Japanese confectionery shop is located a one-minute walk from Uji Bridge that leads to Ise Jingu Shrine's Inner Shrine. One of their specialties is kamiyo mochi, a historical product known as something given for travelers to eat on their pilgrimage, called okage-mairi, to Ise Jingu Shrine in Edo period. It looks like green, bite-sized kusamochi (rice cake with Japanese mugwort mixed in the dough). Using mochi rice milled from select red beans and brown rice, they use no preservatives and only natural mugwort for their color and aroma. It was awarded the Ministers Award at the 19th National Confectionary Exposition for its great taste, and has received the honor of being presented to the Crown Prince in 1975.
  • Henbamochi Oharai Town Branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujiurata 1-149-1
    Henbamochi Oharai Town Branch, located in Oharai Town near to Ise-jingu Shrine Naiku in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, is a Japanese sweet shop, and this well-established shop opened its main store in 1775. Henbamochi, which is mochi (rice cake) made from rice flour filled with smooth sweet bean paste and browned on both sides, is famous. It has a light texture with a roasted aroma and mild sweetness, and is popular as a local sweet to go with tea as well as a tourist souvenir. In the shop, there is a range of Sawamochi in which sweet paste is sandwiched in noshimochi (flat rice cake) and kombu seaweed cooked in soy sauce. It offers a takeaway service as well as an eating in at a small Japanese style seating area.
  • Toraya Uiro Naikumae Branch
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    4.5
    54 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 91
    Toraya Uiro Naikumae Branch, located in Oharai Town which is near Ise-jingu Shrine Naiku in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, is a Japanese sweet shop, and the main shop opened in 1923. It recreates uiro (rice flour pudding) which was traditionally made in Ise, and about 35 types ranging from standard flavors to season limited items are manufactured and sold. There is a range of colourful uiro including Ogura Uiro from Japanese red beans as well as Sakura Uiro with sakuramochi flavor, and they are popular as a local sweet with tea as well as a tourist souvenir. The spongy texture and elegant sweetness is superb.

    おはらい町にある虎屋さん。今やあちこちに点在する、知る人ぞ知るういろ屋さんですね。この日は季節限定&訪問日が最終販売日だった『柚子ういろ』と『星屑ういろ』を買いました。柚子ういろうは柚子皮を散りばめて柚子の風味豊かで爽やかなういろうでした。星屑ういろうは黒糖使用のこしあんと、白ういろの二段ういろう。小口の栗で星屑をイメージした、とっても可愛いういろでした。ういろなんて滅多に買わないけど、不思議です...

  • Fujiya Sogetsudo
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    4.5
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 46-1
    This Japanese confectionery is located in Oharai Town, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, which is near Naiku, Ise-jingu Shrine. It is a longstanding shop that has been around since 1868, the beginning of the Meiji period. Its most famous item since its opening has been the “Rikyu manju,” which was created for a tea ceremony exhibition held at Ise-jingu Shrine attended by the master of the Senke school of tea ceremony. Smooth bean paste is wrapped in a thin layer to create a manju bun with a light sweetness. The Rikyu manju is popular as a “kohaku (red and white) manju” for celebrations as well. The shop also offers “Moritake no Matsu,” which consists of dough kneaded with brown sugar and baked, as well as seasonal cakes and other sweets.

    おはらい町通り沿いの明治元年創業の老舗和菓子店。紅白の可愛らしい利休まんじゅうが名物でお土産にも最適です。店頭ではどら焼きやソフトクリームが売られていますが焼立てどら焼きが疲れた体に元気を呼び戻してくれます。店構えも伝統と歴史を感じさせてくれます。

  • Isuzu Seigoan
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Futamichouchaya 569-35
    Isuzu Seigoan, located in Futami Town, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, which is famous for Meoto Iwa (paired rocks), sells “Iwato no shio yokan,” a well-known Futami sweet. The secret of this sweet is a salt “Futami Iwato no Shio”, which is harvested by boiling water from the Futami Kouzaki coast, where fresh water and salt water mix. The “shio yokan” (salted sweet bean jelly) is made by taking carefully selected azuki beans and kneading this salt into them, giving it an exquisitely balanced taste that is salty and yet refreshingly sweet. It may be a small shop, but there is an eating space where you can enjoy a matcha tea and shio yokan set.

    二見浦の表参道入り口に建つお茶屋さん風の和菓子屋さん。名物は塩羊羹。この辺りでは天然の塩を採っていた伝統があるんですよね。 塩味が羊羹の甘さを上手に引き立てていて、なるほど-。インパクトありの羊羹です。

  • Koujiya
    Shopping
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Miyajiri 1-10-39
    This longstanding miso and soy sauce maker is located near Geku, Ise-jingu Shrine in Ise City, Mie Prefecture. Founded in 1816, their focus is on producing and selling dark soy sauce with a unique sweetness and flavor that goes well with famous Ise dishes, such as “Ise udon” and “tekone-zushi.” Their famous soybean miso is made using only fully fermented unprocessed soybeans. Their “koji pudding” features the light sweetness of malted rice and a nice, thick texture along with the rich flavor of tamari soy sauce, making it popular as a souvenir or gift.
  • Yamamura Milk Gakko Gekumae Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Ise-shi Honmachi 13-6
    A dairy manufacturer that opened in 1919, this company store is right next to Geku, Ise-jingu Shrine in Ise City, Mie Prefecture. The display cases feature milk, yogurt, pudding, and other items in traditional bottles. The most popular product is their ice cream made from a combination of rich milk and homemade condensed milk. You’ll also find popular sweets such as warm lava cake and bread pudding topped with ice cream.
  • Ofukumochi Honke
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    4.5
    28 Reviews
    Shopping
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Futamichouchaya 197-2
    This longstanding Japanese confectioner first opened in 1738 and their famous Lucky Mochi has been an Ise favorite since the Edo period. Their Lucky Mochi is made of white mochi made from Kyushu mochi-rice wrapped around smooth red-bean paste, giving it a simple sweetness without being too heavy. Each hand-shaped treat creates a shape that brings to mind the waves around Futamino-ura. They also sell a popular red-bean paste lollipop called Ofuku Ice Mac. Inside the shop is an attached café where they offer tea and shaved ice alongside traditional Japanese confections. The nearest station is Futamino-Ura Station.

    3つの味を堪能できるセットにしました。とても美味しい。 御福もちも少し購入したかったのですが、13時に伺ったのに、4個入りは売り切れたとのことで8個入りからしか購入できないとことでした。残念です。 すごく丁寧な接客ですが、商売っ気がなく、古風で伝統的なお店です。 3種類とも美味しかったので、できればこういういろいろな味が楽しめるセットや、個数が少ないものも販売して欲しいです。

  • Isuzuchaya Main Branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 30
    You’ll find this confectionery near Naiku, Ise-jingu Shrine in Oharai Town, Ise City, Mie Prefecture. It is run by the Akafuku Group. You’ll find Japanese sweets that evoke the seasons as well as Western sweets, Japanese tea, and more. The “okage inu shortbread” is inspired by a dog that came all the way to Ise in its master’s stead, and makes a popular souvenir with tourists. The café space offers Akafuku rice cakes and matcha tea sets as well as other sweets. The charming building was restored from an old Ise warehouse, and you can gaze at the dry landscape garden from the tatami and table seats.
  • Zeniya
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 52 Inside Okage Yokocho
    You’ll find this confectionery inside “Okage Yokocho” area next to Naiku, Ise-jingu Shrine in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, marked by a signboard with an old coin. This small shop brims with old-fashioned Japanese charm and is always full of tourists. There are 150 varieties of sweets available, including “karinto” (fried dough cookies), candy, wheat-gluten snacks, rice crackers, and more. The most popular is the “waraji karinto”, which is as big as a straw sandal. All the sweets are traditional, relatively healthy, and great as gifts or eating as you walk about.

    ちょっと安めな海老せんやおかきなどがあります。 一番人気のわらじかりんとうは普通のかりんとうよりも薄く食べやすい硬さです。 パリポリと折れるので噛みやすく、黒蜜は蜜の味がしっかりしていて、かりんとうが好きな人にはいい感じでした。

  • Dangoya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 12
    This dango (rice dumpling) specialty store is in the Okage Yokocho shopping area found in front of Ise Shrine’s gate. Four large ping pong ball sized dumplings are skewered on a long stick. A variety of flavors include mitarashi (sweet soy), pure soy sauce, brown sugar syrup, and roasted soybean flour. The Mitarashi Hanako, dumplings with sweet soy syrup inside, are popular souvenirs. You can enjoy the dumplings there or take them home as a gift.
  • Mitsuhashi Panjyu
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Honmachi 5-3
    This shop specializes in the traditional Ise sweet “panju,” which combines “pan” (bread) and “manju” (bean paste buns)—hence “panju.” The puffy dough is prepared with plenty of honey and can contain a number of seasonal flavors, such as “koshi-an” (strained bean paste), “Ise cha” (green tea), chestnut, custard, “tsubu-an mochi-iri” (coarse bean paste with tiny rice cake), purple sweet potato, soymilk, and more, never making you tired of endless variety.

    今川焼ともたい焼きとも言えない・・・でも懐かしいおやつです。値段も100円程度でお手頃です。カスタードを食べたのですが、温かくて食べるとほっこりする感じのおやつです。色々な味があるのでその時の気分で楽しめますよ。

  • Uoharu
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Shopping
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 49
    This long-established marine product store opened in 1931 and is located at the entrance of Oharai Town in front of Ise-jingu Shrine. The old wooden building has a big “Uoharu” sign as its landmark. You’ll find saury, dried round herring, horse mackerel, and many other dried marine products that Ise has been blessed with for ages. The “same no tare,” which is sun-dried shark slices that can only be eaten in Ise and are provided as an offering to the shrine, is a popular product that has been featured as an Ise souvenir in magazines and newspapers.

    おはらい通りに2店舗あります。 さめたれが有名ですがさめたれは冷蔵で保管しないとアンモニア臭が出て食べられなくなるとのこと。 無料で小さい保冷剤、100円ほどで大きい保冷剤を入れていただけますが、買ったときはまだ凍っていた塩のさめたれも4時間ほどかかって家に帰ると保冷剤は解けてないけどしっかり解凍済みでした。 急いで帰ったので食べる分にはおいしくいただけましたが塩味の強い骨のない白身魚といった感じ...

  • Iseji Meisan Aji no Yakata
    Shopping
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 52
    A food goods store with specialty products from along the Ise Road in Okage Yokocho, Kameyama City, Mie. This traditional store built in an old Japanese-style house offers rows upon rows of tightly packed Ise Road food items made from ingredients from the rich seas and mountains. These high-quality gifts are popular as souvenirs and to take home, including the highly recommended Ise Tea, Ise Takuan, Ise Udon, and Ise Soy Sauce, all made from the rich nature and climate of Ise. It’s a great place to buy gifts in bulk.
  • Kikuya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujimazaikechou 42
    This store in Oharai-machi in front of Ise-jingu Shrine makes and sells shoga (ginger) candy. Shoga candy, an Ise specialty made by simmering ginger juice and sugar together, has been a long-time a staple of Ise gifts. They offer a variety of flavors including matcha green tea, red bean and cinnamon. The retro packaging of Ise-jingu Shrine’s card is well loved by all ages.
  • hembamochi iseshi Sta. Mae
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Honmachi 17-16

    JR伊勢市駅の近くの外宮参道にあるので、電車に乗る前に気軽に購入できます。餅2つ入りの1個から購入できるます。餡は甘すぎずさらっともちもちで、懐かしい味がします。

  • Mother Fruit
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Okamoto 1-2-3
    Founded in 1991, Mother Fruit is located near the Ise City Hall and specializes in Ise-style confections. It sells only Jingu Shiraishi Cookies and Beni Kajitsu cookies. Jingu Shiraishi Cookies are meant to evoke the white stones (Shiraishi) that are spread on the ground in the most sacred part of Ise Jingu Shrine, and their rounded shape gives an impression of neatness. Customers like their crunchy texture, their faint sweetness, and the scent of chestnut. Together with the pink Beni Kajitsu cookies, they form a contrast between red and white and are therefore recommended as presents for celebrations.
  • Asahiya Sakamoto Manju Seizohonpo
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Futamichouchaya 107-6
    This veteran Japanese-style confectionery at Futaminoura Station was founded in 1913. They take pride in providing genuine manju buns, so everything's handmade. Their delicious Sakamoto Manju feature 100% Hokkaido adzuki red bean jam in buns prepared with naturally fermented rice koji starter. These treats with chewy outsides and the clean sweetness of adzuki beans are only available at their shop, providing a traditional flavor that you can only find there. Once they're sold out, that's it. Of course, they're great as snacks, but they make fine souvenirs as well.

    二見浦駅を出て市街に向かってすぐ。酒素饅頭は、「さかもとまんじゅう」。 ご主人曰く「よそは酒粕を入れているんで酒饅頭と言っているが、これはそうではなくて、麹菌で作っている酒饅頭。本物の酒饅頭です」。 まあ、自意識の高いお店です。

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Spread across the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, Mie prefecture boasts hundreds of kilometers of pretty coastline comprising the oyster-rich Toba city and Shima National Park all the way down to Kumano, a city that marks the beginning of part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, which runs into neighboring Wakayama prefecture. However, Mie is best known for the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine inland, one of the oldest and largest shrines in the country.

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