Japanese Confectionery Spots in Konan / Kusatsu Area

  • Ubaga Mochiya Main Store
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Pref. Kusatsushi Oji 2-13-19
    A Japanese confectionary shop situated along the Tokaido Highway in Oji, Kusatsu City. The shop sells “Ubaga Mochi,” a type of ankoro mochi (mochi rice cake wrapped in sweet bean jam). Made according to the same recipe for over 400 years, these tasty treats are said to have been eaten by the great shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and were depicted in the ukiyoe woodblock prints of renowned artists like Hiroshige and Hokusai. The shop also sells seasonal snacks and other Japanese confections like “Honjin Monaka” wafer cakes and “Aobanagashi” made with Aobana (a variety of Asiatic dayflower), the official flower of Kusatsu City.

    昔からあるお店です。 草津の名物うばがもち。 ほどよいサイズと甘さで、他県から来たお客様には必ずお出しするお菓子です。

  • Ritto Arare Hompo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Ritto-shi Ohashi 4-4-21
    A one-minute drive from the Ritto Interchange National Route 8 exit on the Meishin Expressway. This Japanese confectionary shop makes all of its arare (rice crackers) according to an old-fashioned method which involves hand-toasting them over a charcoal fire. The key ingredient is silky Shiga habutae mochi, a local Omi specialty product, and the shop takes great pride in painstakingly toasting its arare by hand over a charcoal flame. The shop's signature and exquisite Konze arare was awarded the minister's prize in the 20th National Confectionary Exposition, and the Konze snack sets make for popular souvenirs and gifts. The shop sells a wide variety of arare snacks, including nori-maki (wrapped in nori) and mame-koban (mochi ovals with soybean chunks); the Shio no Hana, which comes in nori, shrimp, and konbu flavors; and the miso-flavored Karikori are particularly popular.
  • Mochikichi Kusatsu
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Kusatsu-shi Nomura 6-chome 1-13
  • Kano Takumi Kotobuki Iori
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    4.0
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Kusatsu-shi Shibukawa 1-1-60

    こちらの《かき氷》は 日光天然氷[氷室守]を使っていることを知り 訪問、迷わず《抹茶小豆...

  • kashicho AEON Town Konan
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Pref. Konanshi Iwane 4580
  • Gomochigashiakanenoki
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Pref. Rittoushi Anyouji 1-12-3
  • Ogura Sanso Kusatsu
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Kusatsu-shi Nomura 5-1-6
  • Matutoshikashi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Pref. Kusatsushi Kusatsu 3-10-40
  • Mochikishinise
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Shiga Pref. Kusatsushi Kusatsu 3-9-25
  • Kabeya Yoshimizu
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Moriyama-shi Yoshimi 4-chome 6-7
  • Maruzen Seikaho
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Pref. Moriyamashi Yoshimi 3-1-35
  • Wakasa Ya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Moriyama-shi Shimonogo 1-4-61
  • Awaya Kiyoshige
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Shiga Ritto-shi Tsuji 376
  • Nico Nico Do
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Pref. Konanshi Shimoda 552
  • Taiyume Kusatsu Sta. nishiguchi
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Pref. Kusatsushi Nishishibukawa 1-2-16

    草津駅近く、エイスクエアを目指していくとあります。優しい味のたい焼きで美味しいです。皮が薄くて私好みでした。

  • Saika
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shiga Pref. Kusatsushi Nojihigashi 5-25-21

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Visitors to Shiga prefecture are almost always hopping east across the prefectural border from Kyoto, and they are almost certainly Lake Biwa-bound. Covering an area of 670 square kilometers, Lake Biwa makes up the bulk of Shiga prefecture, with beautiful lakeside paths that offer myriad walking and cycling opportunities, connecting a string of museums, shrines, and picturesque views that finally lead you to Hikone Castle on the eastern side of the lake.

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