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YAMADA CHIKUFUKEN HONTEN (Honmachi Shop)

4.0

24 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Kanoashi-gun Tsuwanocho Ushiroda Ro 240

A long-standing Japanese sweet shop founded in 1885 that makes confections. They manufacture and sell a variety of Japanese and Western sweets with a focus on Genji-maki, a Tsuwano local favorite. Moist and lightly sweet, they consist of koshi-an bean paste rolled in a thin sponge cake. The sweet received the highest prize at the 23rd National Confectionery Exposition. Genji-soshi-easy to eat individually wrapped slices of Genji-maki-make the perfect Tsuwano gift. Other popular items include Kuri Gomon, sponge cake with a filling of sweet-simmered chestnuts and bean paste, as well as the subtly sweet confection Tsuwano Uiro (sweet rice jelly).

津和野の和菓子で有名な源氏巻きを扱う店が10件位あるようで、店構えを見て入店。試食を頂き餡の味が甘過ぎず美味しかったので購入。10日間日持ちするとのこと。
Hogetsudo

4.0

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Kanoashi-gun Tsuwanocho Honmachi 3

A Japanese sweet shop in Tsuwano, also known as San'in's Little Kyoto. They mainly sell the famous Tsuwano confection known as Genji-maki from a shop decorated with seasonal bonsai trees. Genji-maki is made from high-quality koshi-an bean paste wrapped in a dough made with the richly flavored eggs. It originated with the Yoshimi feudal lords ruling from Tsuwano Castle who revered the Genji gods. It's sliced into three equal parts, making it an easy snack to have at work or home. In addition to the standard koshi-an bean paste, they also sell versions with their own original bean paste. Their range of seasonal confections includes daifuku sweets made with local strawberries from Kimura Farm, sakura-mochi rice cakes that are only available in spring, limited edition summertime pudding, and soft red bean jelly.

昨年末より「最中」をむしょうにいただきたいと思うようになり、和菓子店で有名な峰月堂で買い物をしました。今回の買い物では、「城山日記」と言う最中を購入しました。甘さひかえめで、お茶やコーヒーとのマッチングが良く、とても美味しいと思いながらいただきました。
Gallery Kunsthof Tsuwano

Leisure / Hobbies

Shimane Kanoashi-gun Tsuwanocho Ushirodaguchi 250-2

"A gallery and studio located on Honmachi-dori, the main street in Tsuwano. ""Kunst"" refers to art, and ""Hof"" refers to plaza or garden; it's an attempt to use German to create a ""place where friends will gather."" It is operated by Yume Kiln's artist Atsuko Nakao and Akira Nakao, active in the Berlin painting scene. Items like their paintings and small handmade plates are on display and available for purchase. They also offer pottery workshops where you knead the clay yourself, giving visitors the chance to create the work they've conceived while receiving careful instruction (reservations required)."
Ekiben Kubota

Shopping

Shimane Kanoashi-gun Tsuwanocho Ushirodaguchi 343 JR Tsuwano Sta. Konai

A restaurant located inside JR Tsuwano Station. It sells a number of ekiben boxed lunches, including Kashiwameshi Bento, the Tsuwano classic, as well as udon noodles, soba noodles, etc. The Kyushu style kashiwameshi boxed lunch has colorful, eye-catching omelet strips with shredded nori seaweed and ground chicken on top of seasoned rice. The simple ekiben boxed lunch comes with rolled kelp, tsukudani preserves, and simmered nimono. They also sell a mildly flavored Makunouchi boxed lunch, a seasonal boxed lunch featuring wild vegetables, and a crab sushi boxed lunch (some boxed lunches must be ordered in advance).
Sanshodo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Kanoashi-gun Tsuwanocho Mori Mura Ha 19-5

A Japanese sweet shop on the way from Tonomachi-dori Street to Taikodani Inari Shrine. Since their establishment in 1951, they have been making safe and reliably good Japanese sweets with their customers' health and happiness in mind. Their popular Emikomaki is a version of Genji-maki, a Tsuwano local favorite, cut to an easy to eat size and with a cute marking on it. Everyone from kids to seniors loves the subtly sweet treats. Genji-maki is made with mildly sweet smooth red-bean paste wrapped in sponge cake and makes the perfect snack for home, gifts, or handing out at events. They also have a popular monaka wafers made with domestic ingredients including a premium red bean paste filling.
Sukune Mochi Honpo Sakaneya

3.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Izumo-shi Imaichi

A long-standing Japanese sweet shop founded in 1873. It sells Sukune-mochi rice cakes, which are named after Nomi no Sukune, the originator of Sumo. The cakes have a moist, soft, and refined texture, and as they're made with kneaded gyuhi mochi, they're still delicious even after several days. They come in two varieties incorporating Izumo grown yuzu citron or fragrant domestic sesame seeds. They won the highest award at the 17th National Confectionery Exposition. The versatile treat makes a great gift and is the quintessential Izumo souvenir. The rice cakes are even part of the in-flight service on Fuji Dream Airlines.

献上蕎麦にもなっている出雲そばの老舗の名店である坂根屋です。お勧めは、出雲蕎麦の風味と味が堪能できる割子蕎麦です。
Izumo Taisha Seidamari-mae Zenzai Mochi

4.0

27 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Izumo-shi Taishacho Kizukiminami 840-1

A long-standing Japanese sweet shop founded in 1873. Located at the Goen Yokocho shopping area across from Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine's main entrance, they sell Japanese confections made of local ingredients. Their limited edition zenzai mochi rice cakes feature sweet bean paste inside the mochi rice. A delectable item with a refreshing sweetness and a saltiness that enhances the flavor of the ingredients, they're ideal for eating while exploring Izumo and make great gifts. They also sell Sukune-mochi, which won the highest prize at the National Confectionery Exposition, as well as pre-made packs of Izumo Zenzai celebratory soup for brightening up important occasions.

『出雲ぜんざい』実は、出雲は「ぜんざい」発祥の地❗ もともと、年に一度の神在祭で「神在(じんざい)餅」が振るわれていたのがずーずー弁(出雲弁)で訛ってしまいじんざい→ずんざい→ぜんざい …となったとも云われてる明治5年創業の和菓子屋「宿禰餅本舗...
Unshu Memory

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Izumo-shi Hiratacho 7253

A sweet shop with a cute exterior and a red awning. Located about three minutes by car from Unshu-Hirata Station, they sell fresh cakes and pastries packed with local ingredients. Their signature Nama Roll is made with high quality whipped cream wrapped in soft, airy dough. Seasonal sandwich versions are also available for limited periods with strawberry in winter and peach in summer. Their spectacular Sosaku Roll is made with seasonal fruit and there's a different version available daily. They also sell made to order cakes that are perfect for birthdays and weddings.
Patisserie Galette

4.0

9 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Matsue-shi Gakuen 1-1-15

"This Western-style confectionery shop is famous for its signature product ""Gakuen Cheese,"" selling 400 each day. It sells cakes and baked sweets based on French confectionery in an alley off of Kunibiki Road. The ""Gakuen Cheese"" that has the gentleness and a simple deliciousness of cheese is a cheese tart that smoothly melts in your mouth. They have a variety of flavors such as plain, matcha green tea, chocolate and strawberry. Because they sell right sized tarts from individual pieces, they are perfect as souvenirs. Their ""Rakuda no Kobu Cream Puffs"" with plenty of cream in its soft dough, and seasonal cakes with select seasonal fruit are also popular."

丸ごとの桃やメロンの、二分の一を使ったケーキが見た目にも鮮やかです。地味ですが津和野の栗を使ったモンブランが甘すぎず美味しいです。
Sawai Coffee Matsue Restaurant

Shopping

Shimane Matsue-shi Gakuen 2-33-3

"This shop specializing in coffee and tea values a ""mild"" flavor that can be enjoyed without sugar, since its establishment in 1982. It has a distinctive exterior facing Gakuen-dori Street, and sells specialty coffee and tea that suits health, safety and security. Besides purchasing only beans in this bright store, you can also have drinks along with sandwiches and sweets in the second-floor cafe space. Their ""Keg Drip Bag"" packed with plenty of drip bags in an original storage can in the image of coffee keg is perfect as a gift."
Meyona Shingu

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Matsue-shi Tamayucho Tamatsukuri 325

"This is the only workshop in Japan that still presents magatama beads to the Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine, and it was founded in an area known for bead-making that became the set for myths. The workshop continues to make ""Izumo magatama"" used when the ""Izumo Kokuzo"" of the Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine would conduct rituals at the imperial palace for new emperors. It is in the country's leading production area for beads that has produced large quantities of magatama and beads since ancient times. The mysterious shape and deep, beautiful color still fascinate people, and make them feel like they have a mysterious spiritual power. ""Yasakani no Magatama"" is one of the three types of sacred treasures that mark the succession of the throne, along with the ""Yata no Kagami"" mirror and ""Kusanagi"" sword."
Unzengama

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Matsue-shi Tamayucho Fujina 428-8

"This pottery kiln with a history of nearly 250 years began as an old kiln for the Matsue clan in the Edo period (1603-1868). It is located about a four-minute drive from JR Nogi Station, and continues to produce traditional Fujina ware and pottery with modern designs that blend in with modern life. It once worked on tea utensils favored by Fumai-ko, the clan leader who was a master of the tea ceremony. Because he liked replicas of masterpieces of the time, they are characterized by having a delicate and elegant appearance reminiscent of Kyoto. In recent years, the kiln has been working on things such as warm and gentle blue containers using Izumo celadon and ""namakoyu"" glazing, as well as containers with exotic patterns."
Patisserie Le Cours

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Matsue-shi Agenogi 4-25-15

This Western-style confectionery shop is marked by its blue hand-painted signboard. The shop is located about a seven-minute drive from Nogi Station, and they continue to make products that you will never get tired of, with an emphasis on how good the items melt in your mouth. This shop is characterized by the fact that the ingredients used in its recipes for making sweets, such as eggs, milk and butter, are always high quality and fresh. Because of this, they are not only delicious but also loved by a wide range of people from children to the elderly as safe to eat. Their macarons are fluffy on the outside and melt in your mouth, making them a popular item at the shop.
Fukudaya Nakahara Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Matsue-shi Nakabaracho 159 Fukudaya

This Japanese confectionery store was founded in 1913. It is located a five-minute walk from Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Station and sells not only classic Japanese confectionery such as manju buns and dorayaki (pancakes with red bean paste), but also seasonal sweets such as mizuyokan (soft sweet bean jelly) and fruit jelly. Their Yubeshi, a soft gummy kneaded with yuzu citrus, has the refreshing aroma of yuzu and is the signature product of Fukudaya. These traditional confections, which have been handed down since the Edo period (1603-1868), are lavishly made with local yuzu from Shimane Prefecture, making them refined gems. Wakakusa, known as the favorite confectionery of the seventh leader of the Unshu Matsudaira clan, Fumaiko, is a perfect souvenir when visiting Izumo.
Cafe Gallery Fleur

3.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shimane Matsue-shi Nakabaracho 31-4

This cafe and gallery is adjacent to Matsue Shinjiko-Onsen Station on the Ichibata Electric Railway. The restaurant has a sense of openness and is bright and offers coffee, tea, Chinese herbal curry and cold soba buckwheat noodles. Their zenzai (red bean soup) made with red beans from Izumo and rice cakes from Unnan has a gentle sweetness. It is perfect when taking a break from strolling in the hot spring town because of the amount. The Chinese herbal curry uses Shussai ginger, a brand with a more than 400 year-history, and is made with multigrain rice, which is considered healthy. The exhibition space displays cute Japanese everyday items and accessories. There are many tourists who stop by to purchase souvenirs after eating.

しんじ湖温泉駅のすぐそばのお店です。電車の待ち時間にぜんざいを頂きました。あっさりした甘味と焼いたお餅の香ばしさ。お値段はちょっとお高めかな？とは思いましたが、セットの緑茶のお代わりをサービスしてもらえたりと電車が来るまでゆったりと過ごせました。小さくてかわいい雑貨もたくさん販売されています。
Nakaura Honpo (Shamine Matsue Store)

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Matsue-shi Asahimachi 472-2 JR Matsue Sta. Konai

"This souvenir shop is located inside Shamine Matsue, a commercial facility directly connected to Matsue Station. The shop sells many San'in regional specialties, including the San'in confectionery Dojo Sukui Manju that have comical faces. Created in 1967, the Dojo Sukui Manju are gentle-tasting manju buns made to resemble masks from the ""Dojo Sukui Dance"" and blue polka-dot patterned tenugui (hand towels). In addition to white bean paste characterized by its slight sweetness, there is a rich variety of items such as matcha bean paste, chocolate bean paste and strawberry bean paste. Their shijimi clams that use clams from Lake Shinji and dried flying fish characterized by a crisp and sweet taste are also popular items."
Meno Shop Kawashima

4.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Matsue-shi Tonomachi 193

This shop just in front of Matsue castle specializes in agate crafts. Founded in 1877, they specialize in creating Magatama stones, small comma-shaped traditional charms, made from the increasingly rare Izumo-mined blue agate (also jasper or Izumo stone). Their original magatama designs are based on ancient patterns and created with long, painstaking care. The thickness, curve, and polished texture are all obsessively worked to create a unique finished form. Their deeply blue stones are made with all the pride of the Sanin region's oldest stone shop.

店構えがいかにも高級な感じがする勾玉やメノウを扱っているお店です。でも入ってみると、ストラップなど若者向けの製品もあったりして、カジュアルと高級品の両方ありますので、結構楽しめます。
Notsu Meno Main Shop

5.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Matsue-shi Tonomachi 407

This agate craft and natural mineral shop was founded in 1921. This region is filled with the atmosphere of Izumo myths, and has carried on the tradition of making sacred magatama stones since ages past. Magatama stones are mysterious objects of worship, dating back to the distant past and said to resemble both a sprouting seed, and a human fetus. Today, they are often worn in a prayer for health, emotional stability, and recovery from illness. The attached workshop offers classes on making your own original bracelet or phone strap (reservations required). You can also reserve a tour to observe their own workshop where they use traditional skills to make these mystical stones.

めのうが主体であるものの、それ以外の石も扱っています。ブレスレットなどはその場で石を選んで作ることもできます。店員さんの優しいアドバイスもあり、自分の気に入った一品を見つけることができると思います。松江で石を探すならここが一番だと思います。
Ichimonji-ya

Shopping

Shimane Matsue-shi Heiseicho 182-19

"The factory-direct bento sales shop is about 10 minutes' drive from Matsue Chuo Interchange off the San'in Expressway. They have made and sold bento boxes made with respect for the local water, soil, and history since their founding in 1901. They follow the slogan ""100 years of Matsue Flavor at Ichimonjiya"" and they are marked by their long tradition of ""memorable meals"" made to delight all five senses. They offer local Izumo specialties like their Shimanegyu Sukiyaki Don rice bowl, made with soft-shell turtle soup, unpasteurized Matsue honey and natural local soy sauce, is a luxurious, filling delight. In addition to standard station bentos like Kanimeshi crab rice, and Shimanegyu Misotamadon bowls, they also offer a daily lunch special made with local vegetables bought every morning direct from the auction at Matsue Godo Seika market."
Hirose-gasuri Indigo Dye Workshop

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Matsue-shi Kitahoricho 322

This indigo dyeing workshop carries on the tradition of Hirose Gasuri, a prefectural Intangible Cultural Property. This facility is near the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, and sells indigo dyed goods as well as offering activities allowing you to make your own. The traditional craft of Hirose Gasuri uses a wide variety of medium sized geometric patterns as well as picturesque patterns, and is said to have found its beginning in a dyeing style taught in nearby Yonago in 1824, in the Hoki Province that is today the western part of Tottori Prefecture. The style is characterized by precise geometric patterns marked by stark contrast in the blue dyeing (using naturally fermented indigo liquid), with the threads woven to bring out the patterns with exactness. At this workshop, you can use rubber bands to create your own design in their Dyeing Activity, resulting in a one-of-a-kind piece for the cost of a single coin!

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Shimane Areas

What Shimane prefecture lacks in size and population, it makes up for in scenery and ancient mythology. Izumo-taisha, in the middle of the prefecture, is said to be Japan’s oldest Shinto shrine, where stories that delve into the creation of the Japanese race have been passed down over centuries. The 180 Oki Islands, a 40-minute ferry ride north of Sakaiminato, offer an undiscovered paradise well off the beaten track.