Japanese Confectionery Spots in Okayama City / Around Korakuen Area

  • Koeido Chunagon Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Naka-ku Chunagoncho 7-32
    This Japanese confectionery has over 160 years of history, stretching back to 1856. They worked to improve millet kibigashi, which had a very short shelf life, and used rice-flour gyuhi to create soft kibidango dumplings. These were loved by the Lord of Bizen at the time, and the Meiji Emperor. The package has an adorable picture of folk-tale hero Momotaro done by famous picture book artist Taro Gomi, making it popular with locals as well. In addition to old fashioned kibidango, they also have various flavors like matcha or peach.
  • Ote Manju Inbeya Kyobashi Main Shop
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    4.5
    63 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Kyobashicho 8-2
    This venerable Japanese confectionery has over 180 years of history. Their famous Ote Manju buns were particularly loved by Ikeda, Lord of Bizen Domain, and stories say he made sure they were served at every tea ceremony he attended. These buns are made with carefully mixed sweet bean paste wrapped in amazake sweet sake flavored dough for a highly aromatic manju bun. They also serve crisp Monami, monaka wafers filled with moist coarse anko, and Tsubuzoroi bean sweets, made with high grade sugared adzuki beans.

    お歳暮でいただきました。岡山では有名なお饅頭。薄皮の饅頭で思ったより甘くなく美味しかったです。餡はこしあんでした。

  • Bashoan Okamoto Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Omotecho 1-9-62
    This venerable confectioner was founded in 1909 on Omote-cho shopping street in Nakano-cho. The shop was named after Matsuo Basho by the first owner, a fan of the poet. They use select ingredients like local Bitchu white adzuki beans for their white an bean paste, and Hokkaido-grown adzuki for their black an. Both are made to an unchanging recipe going back to its founding. Their famous Asahikawa treats are colored light pink, white and light blue for a beautiful contrast, and were offered to the Showa Emperor on his visit to Okayama. Their Beniyokan bean jelly is made after the recipe supposedly used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at his Jurakutei tea parties, and is but one of their many delights, all refined over the years by craftsmen not content just to follow tradition.
  • Mochikichi Okayama Hama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Naka-ku Hama 356-1
  • Mochikichi Okayama Minami
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Minami-ku Fukuhamacho 16-42
  • Mochikichi Okayama Omoto
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Nishinocho 9-chome 110

    岡山市役所から西方面へ進み、JR宇野線の高架をくぐった先にある菓子店。ここはおいしいおかきが名物で、土産物などに持っていくと喜ばれる。サラダ味のせんべいがいい。

  • Dagashi Yumeya AEON MALL Okayama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Shimoishii 1-2-1 AEON MALL Okayama 4F [414]
  • Kogetsu Taka Shimaya Okayama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Honmachi 6-40
  • Crackers Ittetsu Suzuki Ya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kandacho 1-3-ban 21-go
  • Sweets Workshop TAEI
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Hirano 800-6
  • Kano Takumi Kotobuki Iori Taka Shimaya Okayama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Honmachi 6-40 Izumi-chuo Okayama
  • Koei Do Okayama Takashimaya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Honmachi 6-40 Okayama Takashima Yanai
  • Yamanaseika
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Minami-ku Urayasunishimachi 30-2
  • free-ca
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Omoto 1-11-17
  • Kakuozan Fruit Daifuku Benzaiten Okayama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Nakasange 1-7-32
  • Koei Do Tenmanya Okayama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Omotecho 2-1-1 Tenmanya Okayama
  • Eita Ro Kashitukasa
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Omotechou 1-10-27
  • Okina Ken
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Omotecho 3-6-37
  • Ote Manju Isehara Heya Omachi Plant
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Okayama Okayama-shi Naka-ku Omachi 201-1
  • Ote Manju Isehara Heya Main Store
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Kyobashicho 8-2

Okayama Areas

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Overshadowed by Hiroshima to the west and the Kansai region to the east, Okayama is an easy spot to miss but a nature-rich gem where the Seto Inland Sea laps at its toes and peach and grape farms complete its interior. One of Japan’s Three Great Gardens, Koraku-en in Okayama city is well worth a visit before progressing to Kurashiki, where preserved wooden Edo buildings line the picturesque canal.

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