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- Wakayama Higashimuro-gun Nachikatsuuracho Tsukiji 4-3-13
- "This Japanese confectionery store can be found by following Prefectural Route 238 from the JR Kii-Katsuura Station, and taking a left at the intersection one turn before the dead end. It has a main store in Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture, and six stores in the southeastern part of the prefecture. It sells Annoshi and Mikasa, which are Wakayama Prefecture's most highly coveted confections on the Kumano Pilgrimage, and customers can request to purchase any number of confections. For a limited time only, the store also sells unique products such as the ""Little Rumor Potato"" Japanese-style sweets, which have a slight cinnamon fragrance, while preserving tradition.,."
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裝潢及佈置尚算舒適,燈光柔和,前一日去很多人，第二日去不用預約也有位置,服務好,但係不太有禮貌,可以更友善,不用等位,上菜如果能一次上就更好,食物份量足夠,味道很新穎特別 ,大家都讚不絕口
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- Fujino Soy Sauce Brewery
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- Wakayama Higashimuro-gun Nachikatsuuracho Tenma 1537
- This brewery is located a little to the north along National Route 42, from the JR Kii-Temma Station. The long-established store was founded in 1920, and uses underground water that springs from Nachi Mountain Range to create a special soy sauce that is made with particular techniques and ingredients. The organic JAS-certified factory sells organic dark-colored koikuchi soy sauce which clears all testing standards, as well as a variety of other soy sauces, such as dark-colored koikuchi, light-colored usukuchi and sashimi soy sauce. Factory tours are available only by making a telephone reservation in advance.
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- Marusho Rice Vinegar Brewery
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- Wakayama Higashimuro-gun Nachikatsuuracho Tenma 271
- This brewery is located approximately a two-minute walk from the JR Kii-Temma Station. It can be found by taking a right when exiting the station, then taking a left. The long-established brewery was founded in 1879, and has been featured in many different forms of media, including magazines and television shows. Its owners have used underground water from Kumano Mountain Range for brewing vinegar, expending time and effort, since its founding. Its products range from brewed vinegar such as the 12-time Monde Selection award-winning Nachikurokomesu as well as vinegar for seasoning, ponzu and other varieties.
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- Ume Ichiban (Minabe Store)
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- Wakayama Hidaka-gun Minabecho Haneta 1540
- Situated along National Route 42 in a residential neighborhood on the south side of Minabe Town near Kashima Island, this shop sells umeboshi pickled plums and other products made with Japanese plums. In addition to umeboshi such as the shop's signature Ogonzuke umeboshi pickled with honey, a style of umeboshi the Ume Ichiban company invented; the establishment also sells other foods made with Japanese plums, umeshu plum liqueur, and original Japanese knickknacks. The shop's selection includes products sold no place else. In the shop's adjoining cafe area, you can have coffee, matcha green tea, and desserts, as well as confections made by the Ume Ichiban company.
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- Honmamon Furusato Local Fresh Food Market
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- Wakayama Hidaka-gun Minabecho Higashi Yoshida 274-1
- "A five-minute drive from JR Minabe Station. This farmers market is operated by JA Kisyuu, the local Japan Agricultural Cooperatives branch. The market sells safe, healthy, and fresh foods raised amongst the area's abundant natural beauty. Some of the many foods you can buy here include Kishu Minabe Nankoume plums, a variety of Japanese plum created right here in Minabe Town; Usui peas, snow peas, and other legumes; highly sweet cherry tomato varieties such as Akatonbo, Yutosei, and Otohime; small sized watermelons, muskmelons, and other seasonal produce; flowers like statice and baby's breath; and umeboshi pickled plums, including JA Kishyuu's own original ""tomato-ume""."
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- Yamasaki Shuhoen
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- Wakayama Hidaka-gun Minabecho Kitado 222
- "This shop, located a short distance north of JR Minabe Station, has been making and selling various foods using Japanese plums exclusively from Wakayama since 1855. Particularly recommended is the shop's signature Fujiume, which is also a registered trademark of the shop. The product's name literally means ""Forbidden Plums,"" and is derived from the fact that when it was presented to a lord as a present, he praised it and ordered more to be made yet also forbade the commoners from making it for themselves. Producing this exquisite food is labor-intensive: Japanese plums are pickled in salt and further marinated in sugar, then wrapped in shiso leaves and pickled again for an additional three months. The shop can export its goods internationally for people living overseas. Some of the other products the shop sells include umeboshi pickled plums as well as plum extract and garlic marinated with plum paste and dried bonito flakes."
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- Hanamitsu (Minabe Store)
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- Wakayama Hidaka-gun Minabecho Kitado 236
- This longstanding Japanese confectionary company shop is located a short distance north of Minabe Station. Established around 1895, the company has even received an award from the prefectural government given to businesses which have been operating in Wakayama for a century or more. The company is particularly famous for its Kokyu Mikasa, a type of dorayaki pancake sandwich which is very popular and which is stuffed with sweet, high quality Tanba dainagon adzuki beans grown in Tokachi, and a heaping helping of whipped cream mixed with bean paste and honey. The company also offers a seasonal strawberry version in summer and a chestnut one in autumn. Another popular product is the daifuku rice cakes stuffed with Hassaku orange. The shop only normally closes on New Year's Day.
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- Fresh Mart Special Product Direct Sales Store
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- Wakayama Hidaka-gun Inami Cho Inami 261-1
- A five-minute drive from the Inami Interchange. This farmers market is operated by JA Kisyuu, the local Japan Agricultural Cooperatives branch. The market carries produce raised amidst the area's lush natural abundance. Here you can find Usui peas, snow peas, and other legumes; highly sweet cherry tomato varieties like Akatonbo, Yutosei, Otohime; small sized watermelons just as delicious as their bigger counterparts; and brand items from across the country. In addition, the market also sells fresh, seasonal produce.
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- Michino Hotto Station Miyama no sato
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- Wakayama Hidaka-gun Hidakagawacho Ubuyugawa 197-5
- This local specialty products shop adjoins Miyama Dome, and is conveniently surrounded by sightseeing destinations such as the longest wisteria trellis in Japan, Tsubayama Dam, and a place known as the best spot in Japan to shout and hear one's voice reverberate in echoes. The shop's wide selection of local products includes dried shiitake mushrooms, foods made with edible wild plants, and willow gudgeon boiled in soy sauce kanroni style. The shop is also known for its pickled Japanese knotweed, which is so popular it's always guaranteed to sell out.
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- Sawayaka Hidaka
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- Wakayama Hidaka-gun Hidakacho Ibaraki 5
- A five-minute walk from JR Kii-Uchihara Station and a 15-minute drive from the Kawabe Interchange. This farmers market is operated by JA Kisyuu, the local Japan Agricultural Cooperatives branch, and can be reached by exiting Kii-Uchihara Station and taking a left at the Uchihara-ekimae Intersection. The market sells locally-grown produce such as mikan oranges, Usui peas, and cherry tomatoes, as well as choice foods created by local businesses and farmers. The market holds a variety of events, as well, such as food sample sales and events where you can cram a bag with as much produce as will fit and pay the same low price regardless of how much it contains.
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- Gyomu Super & Direct Sales Market Yottette (Mihama Store)
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- Wakayama Hidaka-gun Mihamacho Tai 426-1
- This supermarket can be reached by heading west on Matsubara-dori Street from Nishi-Gobo Station on the Kishu Railway Line. Although oriented towards restaurants and businesses, the supermarket is also open to the general public and is filled with bargain-priced professional products. The supermarket stocks produce not only from within the prefecture but also local specialty products from Osaka and Nara, resulting in an extremely broad selection. The supermarket has special sales days, such as Japanese confections on Saturdays and Sundays and vegetables on Tuesdays, and also regularly puts other products on sale, plus you can buy products available in a limited number.
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- Hinokiya
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- Wakayama Hidaka-gun Yuracho Monzen 554-3
- A three-minute walk from JR Kii-Yura Station and a 10-minute walk from the Hirogawa Interchange. This shop can be reached by heading northeast on National Route 42 from JR Kii-Yura Station - it's right next to the Monzen Intersection. The shop sells soy sauce and miso, said to have originated in Japan in Yura Town. The shop's major draw is its soy sauce, which has a flavor, aroma, and luster that is simply not possible with mass produced soy sauce. The shop's signature Tengu Shoyu soy sauce is slowly fermented for more than a year and a half. There's also the Kishu Tengu soy sauce designed to be used for sashimi. The shop provides the home delivery service and its products make great souvenirs and gifts.
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- Wakayama Hidaka-gun Yuracho Sato 1356
- This longstanding Western confectionary shop was established in 1887 and can be reached by traveling from the Yura Town Office, crossing the Yura Bridge, and taking a left at the second intersection. The shop's products have won awards from government cabinet ministers in national confectionary contests and are also Premier Wakayama-certified. The shop's famous Tengu Chikaramochi cakes consist of individually-wrapped sweet gyuhimochi rice cake which you sandwich between two senbei rice crackers to eat. These exquisite treats, designed to have an incredible texture, are made with choice ingredients and are also renowned amongst tea ceremony masters. The shop also sells seasonal spring and summer flavors, as well. Some of the many other products the shop sells include Kiku Monaka wafer cakes and Orange Cake.
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- Hirogawa Town Fureai-kan
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- Wakayama Arida-gun Hirogawacho Yamamoto 971-1
- This local specialty products market is situated in front of Hirokawa Beach Station. The market sells fresh vegetables, fruits, and other products from farms in the Hirokawa Town area. The market's selection includes Arida mikan oranges, one of the area's most well-known specialty products; as well as daily necessities. In the market's adjoining restaurant, you can eat udon made with Shiawase no Kuro Udon, a patented variety of udon noodle which suppresses post-meal blood sugar level spikes. Particularly noteworthy is the visually-striking Inamura no Hi Curry Udon noodles, which is made with dozens of spices and mikan oranges and topped with shredded chili peppers arranged to resemble a bonfire in the center of the bowl. The restaurant also serves a wide selection of donburi rice bowls, teishoku combo meals, desserts, beverages, and more. In addition, the market has rental cycles, making it a convenient place from which to base area sightseeing activities.
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- Shirasu-ya Maefuku
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- Wakayama Arida-gun Yuasacho Suhara 407
- This longstanding shop, established in 1903, sells shirasu whitebait. The shop's vaunted additive-free, artificial coloring-free kama-age shirasu is made with fresh whitebait straight from Yuasa Bay boiled in a pot with just natural salt from Ako. Other products the shop sells include chirimen dried whitebait, sun-dried kaeri chirimen made with whitebait which has matured, niboshi dried sardines, and tsukudani made with Budo sansho pepper seeds. The shop's product assortments, such as the Wakayama three product assortment which comes with shirasu, himono dried fish, and soy sauce, make for perfect souvenirs and gifts.
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- Oguraya
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- Wakayama Arida-gun Yuasacho Yuasa 1033-5
- This Japanese confectionary shop has been in business for 75 years. The shop sells Yuasa-inspired Japanese confections created using choice local ingredients. The shop is famous for is Yuasa Shoyu Manju buns, which are made with Yuasa soy sauce and have a delightful, toasty soy sauce flavor.
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- Otakyusuke Ginsei Miso Factory
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- Wakayama Arida-gun Yuasacho Yuasa 15
- This Kinzanji miso specialty shop is located a 10-minute drive from the Arida Interchange on the Haniwa Expressway. Kinzanji miso is a type of miso designed to be enjoyed like a side dish and is made with koji malted rice fermented together with wheat, soybeans, eggplant, melon, ginger, shiso leaves, and seasonings. The husband and wife owners have made Kinzanji miso laboriously by hand. In addition to its signature Kinzanji miso, the shop also sells other products such as Hishiho soy sauce fermenting mash for pickling cucumbers and other fresh vegetables, and fresh miso made without any preservatives. The old-fashioned-looking shop is shingled with traditional Japanese roof tiles and a nostalgic atmosphere hangs in the air.
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- Japanese Sweet Shop Tochiri
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- Wakayama Arida-gun Yuasacho Yuasa 676
- This Japanese confectionary shop is located in Yuasa Town. Even as it preserves tradition, the shop continues to take on the challenge of creating new Japanese confections. The shop takes particular pride in its sweet adzuki bean jam filling, which has a mildly sweet, clean flavor and which is made according to an exacting production method. The shop sells a wide selection of products which are familiar yet novel at the same time, such as the Torayaki, which consists of castella cake crafted via a proprietary method and wrapped around chestnut and adzuki bean paste; the Mikan Bouche, castella sponge cake filled with mikan orange jam; and the Wagashiya-san no Cheesecake, a cheesecake given a Japanese twist by Japanese confectionary artists.
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- Agricultural Cooperative Corporation Kibi Produce Market Dondon Plaza
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- Wakayama Arida-gun Aridagawacho Sho 1003-2
- This farmers market is designed to be a place where customers can see the faces of the people that made the products on sale. The market is filled with fresh, picked-daily local vegetables, fruits, flowers, and more. Arida is famous for its abundant citrus fruit production, and customers will also find a wide variety of seasonal citrus fruits here, including mikan, dekopon, ponkan, Hassaku, and navel oranges. In addition, the market holds numerous events, including mikan picking in a nearby mikan farm from mid-November to mid-December.
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- Hanano Shokuhin
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- Wakayama Arida-shi Itogacho Nishi 498-6
- This shop is operated by a company which makes wines in Arida. The shop sells wines made using Arida's famous mikan oranges, as well as other alcoholic beverages which harness these tasty citrus fruits. Other products the shop sells include the mikan wine-based Mikan Shuwasshu sparkling wine; and Orangelee, a rich, easy-to-drink wine gelee made with fresh mikan juice. In addition, here you can find items perfect for a souvenir from Arida, including seasonings and condiments such as Umaimontei Wafu Dashi no Moto, a dashi seasoning which has been produced since the Taisho period.
Wakayama Areas
Wakayama prefecture unites pilgrims, food lovers, and culture buffs in a tranquil corner of Japan at the base of the Kii Peninsula. The setting for many a Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail, Wakayama invites those in search of spirituality from one side of the prefecture to the other, from the 100-plus Buddhist temples of the sacred Mount Koya in the west to the inspiring temples of the Kumano Sanzan set among breathtaking nature in the east. Once the grueling hike is complete, make a beeline for Wakayama city to savor some of the country’s most delicious ramen noodles.
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