Japanese Confectionery Spots in Ehime Area

  • Yamadaya Manju (Uwa Main Shop)
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Seiyoshi Uwachounomachi 3-288
    A long-standing Japanese-style confectioner that first opened in 1867. They have seven directly managed branches including in Ebisu, Tokyo, and approximately 170 dealers nationwide. Their manju (steamed bun stuffed with sweet bean paste) use only high quality redbeans and granulated sugar and are small and elegant, weighing only 22-grams apiece. Their manju (steamed bun stuffed with sweet bean paste) with almost transparent wrappings are available for individual purchase and make perfect souvenirs.

    昔から地域で親しまれていた山田屋まんじゅう。 今では全国区となっていますが、すべてはここから始まったお店です。 東京に住んでいる方たちの方が、送るとありがたがってくれますね。 小さなおまんじゅうで こしあんが上品な感じ、個人的に牛乳といただくとおいしいです。 わざわざ本店までこなくても 今ではいたるところに店舗があったり、空港や駅、百貨店などにも販売されており、ちょっと食べたいときに買ってしまうお...

  • BESSHIAME HOMPO / CHO-BE
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ehime Pref. Nihamashi Gou 2-6-5
    The Besshi Ame Candy, a top quality delicious sweet milk candy, was named after the Besshi Copper Mine, one of Japan's three largest copper mines. They still make their glucose syrup the classic way in copper kettles giving the candy a simple nostalgic flavor. A set with five different flavors including local Ehime specialty the mandarin orange, green tea, strawberry, cocoa, and peanut makes for the perfect souvenir or snack with your tea. With at least one-week prior appointment you can see the manufacturing process. The attached Hand-made Udon Cho-be offers chewy and slippery texture noodles.

    愛媛のお土産店でよく見かける別子飴は別子銅山のあった新居浜のお土産です。懐かしい感じのする包みで5種類の味があります。アソートで買えば色々な味が楽しめお手頃価格のお土産です。

  • Hoshika no Yubeshi (Higashi-machi Shop)
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    Ehime Pref. Saijoushi Higashimachi 225-2
    A long-standing Japanese confectioner that first opened in 1867. The origins of yubeshi, a sweet yuzu-citrus flavored steamed dumpling, is said to date back to the Ashikaga-period where it was a preserved food for warriors and high-class family celebrations. The shop first began when they made maru-yubeshi by hollowing a yuzu citrus and filling it with a mix of sugar, miso, rice flour and mochi flour before steaming it then presenting it to the then lord of the Saijo region, Matsudaira Sakyo. Along with their maru-yubeshi, which takes two to three months to make, they also offer other products such as a bite-size yubeshi baked covered in natural bamboo, and a yuneri made from boiling yuzu-citrus skins with sugar and soy sauce.
  • Sakami Kigetsudo
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
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    Ehime Kita-gun Uchikocho Uchiko 1959
    This Japanese sweets shop is located on Honmachi-dori Street in Uchiko, Uchiko Town, Kita County. Their specialty is their famous kurimanju (steamed chestnut buns), which have a history dating back more than a century. Other offerings include Japanese sweets such as monaka (red bean paste wafer sandwiches) as well as western-style sweets such as their limited-issue roll cakes.

    看板の店名の上に老舗と書いてあります。外観も素敵で、上の部分が白の格子になっています。この構造は内子では珍しいです。栗饅頭や最中を1個120円でばら売りしてくれてるので買いやすいです。最中は甘さ控えめで美味しかったです。

  • Takedaya Yawata Manju
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    Ehime Imabari-shi Tamagawacho Yawata Ko 319-2
    This Japanese sweets shop is located in Yawata, Tamagawa-cho, Imabari City. The shop’s flagship product is its Yawata manju. Made the same way since the shop was established in the Meiji period, their unchanging flavor has been beloved for over 100 years. The steamed buns feature a strained red bean paste filling and are notable for tasting of brown sugar.
  • Shibata Monaka Honpo
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    5.0
    2 Reviews
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    Ehime Shikokuchuo Kawanoecho 1794-1
    This venerable Japanese sweets shop founded in 1772 is located in Kawanoe-cho, Shikokuchuo City. The shop even presented its sweets to the Tosa Domain. Its flagship product is their Shibata Monaka. These wafer cake sandwiches are notable for the refined sweetness of their red bean paste filling, which is cooked slowly using traditional methods. Other offerings include castella cakes, manju steamed buns, yokan sweet bean jelly, and seasonal sweets.

    老舗の和菓子屋です。 看板メニューのモナカは、甘すぎない餡で粒餡でもないく、こし餡でもない粒こし餡と言う感じです。 なめらかで食べごたえのある餡がモナカにたっぷりはいっています。 お土産に最高です。

  • Nishioka KashihoConfections
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
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    Ehime Matsuyama-shi Dogoichiman 9-56
    This Japanese confectionery is in Dogoichiman, Matsuyama City. They sell a version of beloved Matsuyama sweets shop Hotei-ya's specialty Tsurunoko, beloved by the Showa Emperor, members of royalty and other famous Japanese. Hand-made from fluffy egg white dough wrapped around egg yellow cream without artificial colorings, they are only available at this shop.

    市街から道後温泉に向かう住宅街、いよてつ市内電車の駅から500mほど歩きます。周囲に店舗らしい店舗はなく不安に駆られますが道路が鉤状になったあたりに古びた和菓子店が現れます。 昭和天皇が道後温泉のある旅館で出された茶菓子をいたく気に入り、その後皇族方が松山に訪れるたび買い求めるという「つるの子」が代表作です。メレンゲを寒天で固めたような生地の中に黄身餡(カスタードでもあんこでもないですが)が入って...

  • Shirasagido
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
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    Ehime Matsuyama-shi Dogoyunomachi 12-27
    This Japanese sweets shop in Dogoyunomachi, Matsuyama City was founded in 1914. It makes and sells sweets including three-color Botchan-dango dumplings as well as taruto, a local confection of Matsuyama that features sweet red bean paste rolled up in castella cake. The shop sells their dumplings by the skewer, making them convenient for eating on the go.

    道後温泉ハイカラ通りの一角 坊ちゃん団子(120円)を 一本だけ食べたいので バラ売りしてくれるのが、うれしい。 ついでにコーヒータルト(200円)もつけて 店前の小テーブルでいただけます。 お茶もサービスでつきます。

  • Shiraishi Honpo, GK
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
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    Ehime Matsuyama-shi Honmachi 4-1-6
    This Japanese sweets shop is located in Honmachi 4-Chome, Matsuyama City. It has a variety of rice cake sweets made by hand in the old fashion way using choice rice flour since the early Meiji period. Its specialty is shoyu-mochi, a rice cake sweet made from rice flour and soy sauce stuffed with sweetened bean paste. The shop also sells adzuki bean rice on an irregular basis as well as shaved ice during the summer.

    醤油餅 という食べ物 土地の人以外に紹介すると 醤油の入った 塩辛いもちを連想するようですが、 そんなことはありません 。 お醤油が入った 色のついた ういろうのような食べ物です 。 さりとて ういろうのようには甘くなく 、ほのかな醤油の香りしょうがの香り よもぎの香り など の 香りを楽しむ食べ物です 。 中に あんこの入ったものと 、そうでないものが 、この白石本舗にはあります 。 場所は...

  • Eikyudo
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    Ehime Niihama Matano 1-4-32
    This venerable confectionary shop founded in 1926 is located on Heiwa-dori Street in Matano 1-Chome, Niihama City. Their Setouchi Lemon Cakes, which are made with Setouchi lemon peel, are so popular that people even order them by mail. Another notable offering is the shop’s “Bary-san no Baum Kuchen” cakes, which feature the likeness of Bary-san, the local mascot of Imabari.
  • Uni-manju no Tamura Kashiho Sweets Shop
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
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    Ehime Nishiuwa-gun Ikatacho Futanazu 95
    This Japanese confectionery is in Futanazu, Ikata town, Nishiuwa district. Their flagship product is Uni Manju bun, which uses sea urchin from the seas surrounding the Sadamisaki cape kneaded into the dough. They sell a wide range of cakes and Japanese treats, like the Yotsu Daiko with kabocha squash paste wrapped in pie crust, or the Yaju Mikan Daifuku bean and mochi dumpling with a whole orange inside.

    現在店主は3代目。 ケーキ、パン、和菓子の製造販売を行っています。 イベント(催事)にも多く出店しています。 佐田岬半島(メロディライン)に足を運んだ際には、旅の思い出として、購入をオススメします。

  • Hoshika no Yubeshi
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    Ehime Saijo-shi Nishidako 538-2 (Ishizuchi Jinja-mae Sando Yoko)
    This Japanese confection shop located on National Route 11 in Nishida, Saijo City was founded in the late Edo period. Its flagship product is Yubeshi, a sweet made from glutinous rice flour, white miso paste, and yuzu citrus that was even presented to the lord of the Saijo Domain by the shop’s founder. One of the many varieties of Yubeshi offered include Maru-Yubeshi, which features Yubeshi stuffed into a hollowed-out yuzu citrus. Other offerings include sweets such as their Yuzu Monaka and Brandy Cakes as well as Yuneri, a salty-sweet confection made by boiling yuzu citrus peel with sugar and soy sauce.
  • Murata Bunpuku Shinise (Honmachi Main Shop)
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    5.0
    2 Reviews
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    Ehime Ozu-shi Ozu 183
    This Japanese sweets shop is located in Ozu, Ozu City. Founded in 1624, the venerable shop has even served as the purveyors of sweets to the Ozu Domain. It is best known for Gessomochi, a traditional sweet consisting of a bracken starch dumpling filled with strained red bean paste and dusted with roasted soy flour. They were known asa favorite of Kato Yasuoki, the second lord of the Ozu Domain. The name is said to have been given by Kato Yasutsune, the third lord of the domain.

    ここのいちご大福は白あん。いちご大福はそんなに好きじゃなかったけど、ここのいちご大福を食べてからは、いちご大福がすごく好きになった。書いててまた食べたくなった(笑)

  • Hatada Kuri-taruto Dojo
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    3.5
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ehime Toon Ushibuchi 1008-1 Hatada Okashi
    This experience center can be found inside Hatada Confectionery Store, located along National Route 11, in Ushibuchi, Toon City. It offers experience workshops in hand-rolling Ehime's local specialty tart, which is made by wrapping bean paste in castella dough. The chestnut center Hatada Chestnut Tart can also be made to take home in this experience workshop, and a factory tour is also included.

    松山から少し東に走った国道沿いにあるお菓子屋さん。ツアーのバスも立ち寄るみたいで、駐車場も相当広いです。館内も広くて試食品も多いですが、御栗タルトをお土産に購入してみました。栗がたっぷり入っていて、お茶によく合いました。

  • Miyagawa Kashiho
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
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    Ehime Yawatahama-shi Shinmachi 4
    This Japanese sweets shop is located in Shin-machi 4-Chome, Yawatahama City. The venerable shop has been operated by five generations for over 120 years. The shop’s flagship product is its famous usukawa manju. Beloved for more than a century, these thin-skinned steamed buns feature a filling of sweetened Hokkaido adzuki beans cooked using techniques passed down for generations.

    昔からある老舗の和菓子屋さん。 有名なのはうすかわまんじゅう。一口サイズの大きさのこしあんを入れた万頭は 上品なお味で手土産には最適。

  • Roken Manto Takeuchi, Okaido Branch
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    4.0
    82 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Matsuyamashi Okaidou 2-3-15
    This confectionery opened in 1931 in Okaido, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, and its most well-known product is its famous “Roken manto” sweet buns. They were originally created at the Institute for Labor Science in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture by adapting sweet buns from China to Japanese tastes, and in Matsuyama during the early Showa period, they were produced and sold to raise money for night school expenses as well as for meals. Their steamed bread has garnered many fans over the years for its simple taste, soft texture, and mild sweetness created using the same yeast that was being used when the store opened. There are many other varieties as well, such as black soybean, pinto bean, mugwort, strained bean paste, and more, and frozen sets are sold as well. Note: Currently closed.

    労研饅頭、由来からして歴史があって流石は文学と学生の街だよなあと。餡入りと餡なしがあり、一番人気うずら豆の餡なしということでさっそく買って食べてみた。 甘さもほんのり、素朴な味でいい大人ならみんな懐かしいと思うような味。カロリーもあんまり気にしなくてよさそうな、優しい味なんだ。

  • Higiri Chaya, Higiri-yaki Sawai Honpo
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Matsuyamashi Minatomachi 5-4-1
    This café serves sweet known as ohigiri-san by the locals. Batter is poured into a round metal mold then filled with red bean jam and baked – this sweet is usually called obanyaki in Japanese. The name comes from the fact that the sweets are sold beside the Higiri Jizo statue in Matsuyama; it is more well-known than obanyaki in Matsuyama. There are various flavors including the classic red bean jam, white bean jam flavored with yuzu and cream as well as limited availability seasonal flavors. The café also has a mail-order service which is popular for its crème brûlée with custard cream and caramel.

    各種大判焼が持ち帰りできます。 珍しい「レアチーズ」を1箱(5個入り税込750円)を常温状態で購入。帰宅しオーブンで1-2分。外はカリッ!中はクリーミーなチーズがトロ-リとして、とても美味しかった。 お土産としても喜ばれるでしょう。

  • Rokujiya Dogo Shop
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    4.0
    67 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Matsuyamashi Dougoyunomachi 14-22
    Approximately three minutes from Dogo Onsen Station. This long-standing homemade tart shop located on the shopping district of Dogo Onsen was established in 1933. These tarts are made by baking a sponge cake on a skillet, brushing on homemade special red bean paste by hand, and rolling each one at a time. The “Chotokusen Tart 70” celebrates their anniversary, and the castella and sweet bean jelly are all good as gifts. Enjoy the tarts and green tea set in the inner part of the eat-in area.

    道後温泉本館近くの商店街の中にある、六時屋のお店。いつもこちらでタルトを買って帰ります。六時屋のタルトはあんとカステラがマッチしていておいしいです。

  • Ichiroku ITM Group (Katsuyama Main Shop)
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Ehime Pref. Matsuyamashi Katsuyamachou 2-8-1
    Right in front of the police station sits a Japanese confectioner, that deals with “ichi-roku tarts” —one of a Matsuyama souvenir. Renovated in 1995, this pure-Japanese-style shop is built in the sukiya-zukuri style and features a large parking lot—available for car travelers. The ichi-roku tart is like a roll-cake, with red bean jam wrapped in delicate sponge cake, offering a fresh taste with a hint of citron aroma amid the sweetness. The carefully crafted ichi-roku tart is a famous traditional Shikoku sweet. You can purchase them as gifts in a box, or as an assortment.

    道後温泉と大街道を結ぶ伊予鉄の路面電車沿いにお店があり、大きな看板があるのですぐに場所はわかります。一六タルトはばら売りがあり、パッケージがみきゃんとダークみきゃんで味が変わります。自分用にはばら売りで十分なので買いやすかったです。

  • Isshodo
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    Ehime Pref. Imabarishi Nakabamachou 1-1-21
    Facing Imabari Harbor, Isshodo is a Japanese-style confectionary founded in 1790. Its most famous product, Keiran Manju (egg buns) is still one of the most famous confections in Ehime Prefecture. In the Edo period, Ote Manju (creamy bean paste buns) were popular in the area around Imabari Castle, and it is said that Keiran Manju were invented by the first owner of Isshodo, who used eggs instead of water when he kneaded the dough. Baked Keiran Manju are one of the products available only at this shop. However, Isshodo sells sweets other than Manju, including baked goods such as tarts and Castella cake. All of these are extremely popular souvenirs.

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Stretched across the northwest corner of Shikoku island, Ehime is a nature-rich prefecture boasting beautiful coastlines and a rural center where mountains play host to 26 of the Buddhist temples that make up the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Matsuyama is home to an original post-feudal castle as well as Dogo Onsen, one of the country’s oldest natural hot springs. The northern city of Imabari marks the entrance to the Shimano Kaido, a road that crosses six spectacular bridges and several islands, forming a route between Shikoku and mainland Honshu.

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