Groceries Spots in Mt. Koya / Ryujin Onsen / Kudoyama Area

  • Toutouan
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    5.0
    12 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Wakayama Pref. Kinokawashi Momoyamachoumoto 901
    Toutouan is a sweet shop owned by Yabumoto Hatashita Orchards, a producer of peaches. This popular shop has been featured on television, and the customers’ favorite dish is Peach Milk Gelato. Another bestseller, and one made in only limited quantities each day, is a parfait ringed with the pieces of a freshly cut peach. The shop also offers a full menu of items made with fruit produced in Wakayama Prefecture. Toutouan is open from March to December, and business hours vary according to the time of the year.

    車がないと行けないのが残念。 でもレンタカーを使ってでも行く価値があります。 丁寧に育てられた果物を使って、丁寧に作られています。 お天気がよい日に、紀の川を眺めながらいただくと、自然の恵みへの感謝の気持ちがぐっと高まりますね。 This place offers fruity Italian ice cream. Everything is made here, by farmers...

  • Kasakuni
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    4.5
    48 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 764
    A Japanese sweet shop located in the Koyasan area in Koya Town, Ito County, Wakayama Prefecture. The shop is famous for its grilled rice cakes, a favorite treat for visitors to Koyasan to eat, as well as the Miroku-ishi, a renowned sweet named after the stone of the same name found on the grounds of the Okunoin Temple. The shop’s hijiri yokan jelly is made according to an ancient treasured written recipe; this historic culinary gem was once an essential part of local Buddhist vegetarian cuisine. The shop’s display shelves are also filled with a variety of other sweets popular among visitors to the area, including monaka bean jam filled wafers and senbei rice crackers branded with the local mascot character Koya-kun.

    You can choose between several sweets; the price is correct (you spend almost 110/150 yen each one) and there is a beautiful space where you can eat them. NB:you can freely drink water, hot tea or...

  • Hamadaya
    Shopping
    Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 444
    This famous sesame tofu restaurant on Mt. Koya, Koya Town, Ito County, Wakayama, has continued for five generations since the Meiji period. It has appeared in travel magazines and TV programs. Sesame tofu is made simply by taking the core of white sesame, and adding kuzu (arrowroot) and water, giving it a thick and slightly oily clear taste. You can take-out or eat-in and try their wasabi soy sauce or wasanbon sugar. The shop closes when it sells out.
  • Fuzen
    Shopping
    Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 712
    A long-standing namafu wheat gluten block specialty shop located in the Koyasan area in Koya Town, Ito County, Wakayama Prefecture which was founded in the Edo Bunsei period. Cherished since long ago as the only namafu shop in the Koyasan area, Fuzen supplies pilgrim’s lodging facilities in the area with traditional namafu, an essential part of Buddhist vegetarian cuisine. The sasa-maki anpu, sweet strained bean paste wrapped in namafu mixed with Japanese mugwort, is a popular souvenir for tourists visiting Koyasan. The chewy texture, elegant sweetness, and invigorating aroma of mugwort and bamboo grass make this famed sweet an irresistible treat.
  • Shoeido
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 766
    This is a well-established Japanese confectionery shop established in the Ansei period (1855-1860) alongside Odawara-dori Street in Koyasan, Koya Town, Ito County. They sell excellent cakes including the famous Karukaya Mochi, Sanko no Hikari, Maki no Shizuku and Maki no Hana, as well as Buddhist altar equipment. On the second floor is a teashop, and on the third is a rest area.

    よもぎのやきもちを買いました。 柔らかくてやさしいお味でよかったです。 お粉がふってあるのかと思ったら粉砂糖でした。 それもおいしかったです。

  • Kadohama Goma-dofu Sohompo Main Store
    Shopping
    Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 230
    This is a goma-dofu specialty shop in Koyasan, Koya Town, Ito County. They sell goma-dofu made with white sesame, Yoshino honkuzu (arrowroot) and water trickling from rocks deep in the mountains. As well as being supplied to Koyasan's temples including head temple Kongobu-ji, the tofu is also a popular souvenir for temple visitors. In addition, the shop has also set up a directly-operated restaurant around a two-minute walk away where one can enjoy goma-dofu cuisine.
  • Nanpodo
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan Daimon 807
    This Japanese confectionary shop is located along the Prefectural Route 53, in Koya Town, Ito District, near Mount Koya. The shop sells confectionaries such as homemade saka-manju, mochi and dango. Inside the shop, customers can take a break and drink some tea, so many pilgrims to Mount Koya also rest here.

    高野山の西側、大門の近くにある和菓子屋です。昔ながらの造りのお店で、高野山らしい、いい趣きがありました。大門力餅ややき餅、酒饅頭などがあります。お茶をサービスしてくれて、店内で草餅のやき餅をいただきました。あんこがたっぷり、よもぎのいい香りもして美味しかったです。

  • Kamikishiya (Hanasaka Store)
    Shopping
    Wakayama Ito-gun Koyacho Hana Saka 753-1
    "This venerable yakimochi (grilled rice cake) shop that has been in business for more than three centuries is located on National Route 480, which runs through the foothills of Mt. Koya. Their yakimochi are made with locally-grown glutinous rice and adzuki beans and have just the right amount of sweetness. The shop's plain and mugwort-flavored roasted rice cakes are also very popular as souvenirs. The first yakimochi is said to have been made by an old woman in 816, the same year that the monk Kukai first settled Mt. Koya. Her salt-flavored grilled rice cakes would quickly become famous as ""Hanasaka no yakimochi"" for their unique flavor. Hanasaka yakimochi would later be flavored with sugar starting in the Kamakura period. This shop carries on the more than 1,200 year-old tradition of Hanasaka yakimochi."
  • Cake TERU
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Sudacho Kamihyogo 280-1
    "This shop offering natural sweets made with choice ingredients is located next to the Hashimoto-higashi Interchange on the Keinawa Expressway. The shop, which has a basic concept of ""easy on the body,"" makes its sweets with Suzuran eggs, a heritage egg of Hashimoto, Yotsuba butter, rock candy, and an original wheat blend. The shop forgoes the use of oxygen absorbers in its packaging to assure that the flavor of its teru, galletes, and other baked sweets is not adversely affected. We especially recommend their line of Kouya sweets, which includes financier cakes made with plenty of persimmon, mandarin orange, and plum, the three main specialties of Kishu."
  • Iwata Shoten
    Shopping
    Wakayama Kinokawa Higashi-mitani 817
  • Chateraise Iwade
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Wakayama Iwade Nakabusa 552-banchi 1
  • Chateraise Hashimoto
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Koyaguchicho Ono 436
  • Hotto Motto Hashimoto Ko Noguchi
    Shopping
    Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Koyaguchicho
  • Hotto Motto Iwade Kawajiri
    Shopping
    Wakayama Iwade-shi Kawashiri 218-3
  • Hokka Hokka Tei Kishigawa
    Shopping
    Wakayama Kinokawa Kishigawacho Kodo 332 Sanko Plaza Kishigawa 102
  • Hokka Hokka Tei Iwade
    Shopping
    Wakayama Iwade-shi Kawashiri 34-7
  • Honke Kamadoya Kokawa
    Shopping
    Wakayama Kinokawa Kokawa 938-1
  • Fujiya Iwade
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Wakayama Iwade-shi Omachi 163-1 (Business Hotel Iwade 1F)
  • Fujiya Wakayama Hashimoto
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Toge 6-1-2
  • Fujiya Nate
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Wakayama Kinokawa Nateichiba 154

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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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