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Kashiya

4.5

46 Reviews

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Nara Pref. Narashi Chuinchou 22-3

This is a Japanese confectionery shop in Chuin Town, Nara City. They create the finest of sweets through the best ingredients and most time and effort in preparation. They sell fresh sweets, dried candies, and seasonal confectionery including warabimochi rice pudding using just domestic bracken starch and sugar, Miyoshino kuzu-yaki using Yoshino honkuzu (arrowroot) and Tamba strained red bean paste, and Kodane sembei (rice crackers) made with Omi mochi rice (glutinous rice) and Awa wasambon refined sugar.

After visiting the Nara Park and all the temples, my partner and I decided to stop for some afternoon tea. Found this place in the old town of Nara. The interior is decorated to pretty tradition...
Nakanishi Yosaburo,

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Nara Pref. Narashi Wakidochou 23

This long-standing confectioner first opened in 1913 and is found in the Naramachi area known for its classical appearance. Inside the shop located in a classical townhouse they offer a variety of Japanese sweets including their famous Naramachi Dango (sweet rice dumplings) and seasonal fresh sweets. They serve desserts and green tea along with their special store-only Yoshino honkuzumochi (kudzu starch cake) and their special sekihan (red rice) lunch set including Japanese and Western dishes (reservations required). The nearest station is Kintetsu Nara Station.
Hyotaro

4.5

35 Reviews

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Nara Pref. Yoshinogunyoshinochou Yoshinoyama 429

This is a Kakinoha-zushi specialty shop close to the copper torii gate of Kimpusen-ji Temple, a five-minute walk from the ropeway’s Yoshinoyama Station. Kakinoha-zushi is said to be delicious the day after thanks to the mellow flavor and aroma of persimmon leaves, and makes for a popular souvenir.

蔵王堂から降りてくると、道の右手に行列がありました。それが、柿の葉寿司の名店、ひょうたろうに並ぶ列だったんです。私たちも行列に並んで、サバと鮭が５個ずつ入っている柿の葉寿司を購入しました。こちらの柿の葉寿司は木箱に入っているんです。食べごろは、製造した翌日なんだそうですが、私たちはこの日、宿泊しているホテルの客室でいただいちゃいました。当日でも、さすがのおいしさでした。持ち帰りでも、予約して...
Chiyona Takemura

4.0

1 Reviews

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Nara Pref. Narashi Higashimukiminamimachi 22

This an old Japanese confectionery shop built in 1701, around a three-minute walk from Kintetsu Nara Station. Popular items include the Aoniyoshi (named after an ancient epithet of Nara), dried sweet using Wasanbon refined sugar, and their Nara Manju with two types of fillings which are the smooth shiro-an (white bean paste) and the kuro-an (red bean paste) made with brown sugar.

店舗入口上部にある立派な看板と入口に掲示してあった《なると大福》の宣伝に魅かれ入店し、《なると大福220円税込》《柿大福770円税込》《わらび餅粉770円税込》を購入しました。《なると大福》は［鳴門金時芋］と［小豆餡（つぶ餡）］《柿大福》は［柿］と［白餡］の組み合わせが絶妙で創業：元禄14年(1701)と長い歴史を持っていることを感じさせてくれます。《わらび餅粉》はスーパーやテパートで...
Narazuke-no-Jukichiya

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Nara Pref. Narashi Nishinokyouchou 392-2 Yakushoji Temple Namenmae

This is a Narazuke (vegetables pickled in sake lees) specialty shop facing Yakushi-ji Temple in Nishinokyo Town, Nara City. They make and sell Narazuke taking advantage of the ingredients' flavors without relying on any chemicals. They carry a great variety from the standard gourd and cucumber to celery, burdock root and melon.
Mori Narazuke Shop

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Nara Pref. Narashi Kasuganochou 23

This is a Narazuke (vegetables pickled in sake lees) specialty shop along the road from the southern gate of Todaiji Temple in Kasugano Town, Nara City. They sell Narazuke with standard and seasonal vegetables, and 40-50-centimeter-long Yamato Sanjaku cucumber, which has also been designated as a Yamato vegetable. Another popular product is their Kizami Narazuke of cut gourd, cucumber and sake lees in a Tamba-Tachikui ware jar.
Miwa Yamamoto Store and Restaurant

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Nara Sakurai-shi Hashinaka 880

Located on National Route 169 in Sakurai City, this facility is owned and operated by Miwa Yamamoto, a hand-pulled somen (a type of fine white noodle) company founded 300 years ago. The store sells the company's signature hand-pulled somen as well as dried noodles, mentsuyu (noodle dipping sauce), sweets, and more. In the adjoining restaurant, you can enjoy hiyashi somen (chilled somen) and nyumen (hot noodle soup).
Kitamachi Tofu

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Nara Pref. Narashi Higashikanenagachou 75

Kitamachi Tofu is a tofu shop located on Prefectural Route 104 in Higashikanenaga Town, Nara City. The shop sells handmade tofu in a variety of ways using different kinds of domestic soybean, as well as soy milk and okara (leftover tofu) donuts, etc. They also sell tofu in the traditional way, out and about on the streets.
Ishii Persimmon Store (Sanjo Dori Branch)

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Nara Pref. Narashi Kamisanjouchou 27-1 Murata Building 1F

The Ishii Persimmon Store on Sanjo Dori Street is a shop specializing in dried persimmons and sweets. Visitors can spend a relaxing moment or two in the white, contemporary interior of the shop. A recommended sweet to try is their Kaki Kori, a Japanese sweet made with kudzu (arrowroot) and persimmon. It comes frozen and has some wonderful flavor and texture to it. Perfect as a gift or souvenir. The store is four minutes on foot from the Kintetsu Nara Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line.
Kasugaan

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Nara Pref. Narashi Nakanoshinyachou 29

Kasugaan has been making its Satsuma-yaki since it was founded in 1897. The light and smooth bean paste made with selected red sweet beans from Hokkaido is sandwiched between pancakes made of flour and eggs, skewered and then baked. The Satsuma-yaki won the Ministers Award at the National Confectionery Exposition. It is one of those sweets which bring back the tastes of ancient Nara. The nearest station is JR Nara Station.
Imanishi Main Store

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Nara Pref. Narashi Kamisanjouchou 31

This is a Nara-zuke pickles specialty shop located on Sanjo-dori Street in Kamisanjo-cho Town, Nara City. The Nara-zuke pickles are made using the traditional method of soaking carefully selected domestically grown produce in only sake lees over and over for a number of years as a maturing period. These unique pickles are the only kind of pickle in Japan that is given the name of Pure Nara-zuke pickle.
Shiratamaya Eiju Main Shop

4.0

30 Reviews

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Nara Pref. Sakuraishi Miwa 660-1 Miwa Ming Goda Toriiima

Founded in 1844, this confectionary shop is famous for their Mimuro monaka (wafer cakes) made with Dainagon azuki beans, a Yamato specialty. The shop had the great honor of having their monaka accepted by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Kojun in 1951 and by Crown Prince Akihito (the current emperor) in 1953. The monaka make a great sweet for a seasonal tea ceremony or a gift.

とてもいい香りの最中です。皮のかをりは空也最中と遜色ありません。中の餡が少し甘めです。おおきさも2種類あり親切な設定です。個人的にはもうちょい甘さ控えめめが好みですが、そうなると2、3個食べてしまいそうです。
Milk Kobo Asuka

4.0

7 Reviews

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Nara Kashihara-shi Minamiura Cho 877

This workshop produces rare and renowned Asuka no So cheese. So cheese is a flavorful dairy product which was enjoyed by people during Japan's Asuka period. The workshop is one of only a few in Japan which produces numerous products using its own in-house brand milk and its original ice creams and bread cheesecake are particularly popular. Asuka no So is sold in limited quantities.

近くのお店に行った時に見つけて立ち寄りました。牧場直営のお店ということで牛乳ソフトと迷いましたが大和茶のソフトクリームをいただきました。のどかな雰囲気のお店でいただくソフトクリームは、お茶の風味がとても美味しかったです。
Kikokuya

4.0

4 Reviews

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Nara Yoshino-gun Yoshinocho Yoshinoyama 2396

This restaurant situated on a mountain road on Mt. Yoshino serves delicious river fish. The restaurant's wild river fish is sprinkled with salt or covered with breading and skewered whole before cooking; takeout is also available. The establishment's numerous varieties of bo sushi, handmade croquettes, and deep-fried deer sirloin kushikatsu skewers are also highly popular. Notably, the restaurant's bo sushi is served as-is rather than being wrapped in a persimmon leaf as is common.

買い食いしながら吉野の山を歩き、勝手神社へ行った後に立ち寄りました。店先で売っているアマゴの空揚げをいただきましたが、香ばしくてカリカリで頭からおいしくいただけました。あまりに美味しかったので店内で売られていた焼き穴子の姿ずしも買い求めましたが、これも美味しかったです。店内でも食事が出来るようでしたが、バスツアーでの滞在3時間ではゆっくりする時間が無かったのが残念です。
Yoshino Main Shop (Restaurant & Shop)

4.0

13 Reviews

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Nara Yoshino-gun Yoshinocho Iigai 614

This pedigreed persimmon leaf sushi company was established in 1861. Situated amidst the mountains of Ancient Yoshino, Nara, the company's signature products are its persimmon leaf sushi, a product of human intellect and ingenuity; and ayu (sweetfish) sushi, a type of sushi treasured and even given as official gifts to high-ranking personages since ancient times. You can also enjoy regional and more conventional Japanese cuisine crafted using seasonal ingredients.

柿の葉寿司以外のものを食べようと思い、茶がゆのコース料理である吉野川をランチにオーダーしました。内容は、焼鮎すし、葛切り、小鉢、茶がゆ、香の物です。目の前に来てから冷静に見てみると、メインが焼鮎すしと茶がゆですので、ごはんばかりでした。ちょっと失敗したかなと思いましたが、食べ終わった後の感想はまずまず満足でした。次回訪問時は、お寿司は柿の葉寿司で、アユは塩焼きにしましょうか。
Meisui Tofu Yamaguchiya

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Nara Yoshino-gun Tenkawamura Dorogawa 258

This tofu shop is located in Tenkawa Village in southern Nara Prefecture. You can purchase tofu to take home or enjoy it on the spot with a special soy sauce containing ginger. In addition to tofu, the shop also sells usuage and atsuage deep-fried tofu varieties, hirousu deep-fried tofu balls with vegetables, kon'nyaku devil's tongue jelly, and more. A reservation is required and you can bring a cooler to take your tofu home in. If you don't have your own cooler, you can purchase a container and cooler on the spot along with your tofu.
Yamamoto-Honke

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Nara Gojo-shi Gojo 1-2-19

This company, established in 1710, makes and sells sakes and fruit liqueurs, and also engages in forestry. The company is renowned for its flavorful sakes, including the daiginjo Ikkon, genshu Matsunotomo, seishu Jindai-Sugi, and other junmai, honjozoshu, josenshu, kasenshu, and genshu sakes. The company also makes authentic Japanese persimmon wine using Fuyugaki persimmons.
Uoman Main Shop

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Nara Nara-shi Mochiidonocho 16

This kamaboko steamed fishcake shop is located in the Mochiidono Shopping Street in Mochiidono-cho, Nara City. A longstanding establishment opened in 1901, the shop sells kamaboko crafted by the hands of artisans using select ingredients. Its famous satsuma-age deep-fried fishcake is sold piping hot fresh from the fryer at the front of the shop. You can also find limited time items made with seasonal ingredients here. The shop's satsuma-age on a stick is perfect for enjoying on the go.
Takayamaseika

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Nara Pref. Ikomashi Takayamachou 6785
KALDI COFFEE FARM Nara Tomigaoka

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Nara Ikoma-shi Shikahatacho 3027-banchi AEON MALL Nara Tomigaoka 1F

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Nara City Ikaruga / Yamatokoriyama Asuka Kashihara Yamanobe Road / Sakurai Yoshino Tenkawa Village / Totsukawa Village Ikoma

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Nara Areas

With a reputation almost as stellar as that of Kyoto, Nara is a must-visit for those searching for the remains of "traditional Japan." The largely green Nara city holds the majority of the prefecture’s treasures, such as the iconic Todai-ji Temple, in which a 15-meter tall Great Buddha sits, and Nara Park, where deer flock to befriend passersby. While mountains are by no means hard to come by in this area, for hiking with a reward, head to the Kii Mountains’ Yoshino district in spring, when the hillsides put on an impressive display of white and pink cherry blossoms.