Groceries Spots in Kumamoto Area

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Kumamoto
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Groceries

Kashin Nakamura

4.0

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Aso-shi Kurokawa 1490-2

This confectionary shop is located a five-minute walk from Aso Station. Based on the owner's desire to help people experience the charms of Aso through confections, the shop sells a variety of confections which embody the charms of Aso. The names of many of the shop's confections are inspired by the Aso area, such as the Himoji-yaki, Nakadake Chocolat, and Higotai. The Himoji-yaki is a bouchee with a texture resembling the rocky surface of Mt. Aso and is stuffed with mochi rice cake and coarse sweet red bean paste; at the request of the imperial household, this confection was used as a souvenir at the Kumamoto Nenrinpikku, a sports tournament and community event for senior citizens.

こちらのお菓子店さんでお土産を購入しました。昼過ぎの来訪でしたがさすがに平日の午後なので混雑はしていましせんでした。
Patisserie d'Aso MIYUKI

4.5

11 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Aso-shi Uchinomaki 224

This patisserie is located in Aso Uchinomaki Onsen, Aso's top hot spring district. Using Jersey cow milk, seasonal fruits, and other local ingredients, the shop continues to make confections sure to make you smile the moment you take a bite. The shop's popular gelato is a luxurious treat made with an abundance of seasonal fruit. You can add up to two toppings per gelato cup from a wide selection, including peaches, mangoes, chocolate, and pistachios. The bright and cherry shop is replete with an eat-in space where you can also enjoy your confection with a cup of coffee.

人気のいまきん食堂に程近いスイーツの店。いつも多くのお客でにぎわっている。水害や地震でダメージを受けながらも多くのリピーターに愛されている店と思う。頑張れ！阿蘇！
Shokanji Maruho

4.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Wai 1097-2

"This longstanding Japanese confectionary shop was established in 1897. The shop continues to make Shokanji Matsukaze, a traditional confection known as the ""thinnest Japanese confection in the country."" Just 1.2 millimeters thick, Shokanji Matsukaze are an elegant and exquisite treat; made from high quality flour and beet sugar, they are toasted to perfection using a proprietary method and then cut to size by hand. They are said to have been one of the aspects of Kyoto culture the powerful Kikuchi clan brought back to the area in the Muromachi period. Crispy and characterized by an elegant sweetness, these confections are a favorite of all ages as a teatime snack and as a gift to give on special occasions."

明治30年創業の老舗和菓子店です。ロケーションは正観寺（菊池武光公墓所）の隣。先日菊池探検中の観光客として初来店しました。お目当は京都発祥の菊池銘菓「松風」。当日のお買い上げは贈答用の24袋（12袋入りを2箱）、および自宅用の4袋（合計で約2100円）。てん菜糖を使った上品な甘さと日本一の薄さ（1.2mm）がウリとのことで、贈り先の反応が楽しみです。女将さんの接客態度も非常に好印象。
Goshi Seika

3.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Wai 1299

This longstanding confectionary shop has been in business for over 90 years. The shop continues to make Sakura no Akebono, a delicate, pastel-colored confection which is one of Kikuchi's most well-known; as well as dorayaki pancake sandwiches; madeleines; and a variety of other sweets. Sakura no Akebono are a type of traditional rakugan candy which are made with a focus on creating an exquisitely moist texture. Made using Kumamoto glutinous rice and Kikuchi Onsen hot spring water, these soft confections have a melt-in-your-mouth texture. The crumbly rakugan outer crust is stuffed with a filling made with granulated sugar and glucose syrup. The shop receives orders from across the prefecture and beyond for this popular product to enjoy during New Year's, at weddings, and during the Doll Festival.

先日家人を誘って初来店しました。お目当はガイドブックに載っていた餡子入りの落雁「桜の曙」。興味津々で賞味したところ、彩は紅白、形は市松模様、甘さは控えめ、食感はふんわり＆しっとり。落雁の概念が吹っ飛びました。やるね！お値段も良心的。ちなみに、創業は大正4年（1916年）。
Nakahara Shogetsudo

4.5

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Wai 285

This Japanese confectionary shop was established in 1940. The shop continues to make Japanese confections by hand with fastidious attention to flavor. For its sweet azuki beans, the shop only uses azuki from Hokkaido, and its azuki bean paste, diligently cooked each morning at 6 a.m., is characterized by an elegant, orchid color. The shop's Takemitsuko is a crispy yet soft cookie sandwich inspired by the history of Kikuchi which is filled with apricot jam and garnished with crunchy almonds. The tasty confection was awarded the Minister's Award at the National Confectionary Exposition.

I love the peach jelly! Tastes like a combination of mochi and jelly texture. So good I got 2. Upon entering, the two friendly ladies welcomed us with hot tea and snacks. Very hospitable, very...
Higo Tawaraya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Wai 649-4

This Japanese confectionary shop is famous for the Kuridago, sold in department stores across the country. The shop sells Kuridago made with lavish amounts of huge chestnuts from Kikuchi; ikinari dango cakes, a famous local confection from Kumamoto; and other sweets. The shop's particularly popular Kuridago look as soft and warm as they are. They consist of chewy dango dumpling dough wrapped around chestnuts whose skin has been painstakingly removed one at a time by hand. The slight saltiness of the dango dough and the light, innate sweetness of the chestnuts results in an exquisite balance of flavors. The shop is dedicated to avoiding the use of additives and its tasty treats are only sweetened with sugar. The shop uses four kinds of sugar depending on the confection - zarame granulated sugar, standard granulated sugar, brown sugar, and wasanbon fine-grained Japanese sugar.
L’oiseau Bleu

4.0

8 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Tamana-shi Naka 1798

This Western confectionary shop is located a three-minute walk from Tamana Station. The shop continues to make colorful confections by hand in an establishment with a cute, eye-catching facade. The talented owner and chef has been celebrated as the best in Japan, having won the Luxardo Gran Premio competition held by the Federation of Japan Confectionary Associations. The shop's Auglio cake was awarded in that same competition and consists of mascarpone mouse and pistachio cream elegantly finished with the aroma of a raspberry sauce maraschino.

和菓子が好き故、自分で行くのは結婚記念日のホールケーキを買うついでにショートケーキをついでに家族分かうぐらい。買ったやつは、一口味見をさせて貰っている。見た目は綺麗で味も相応に美味しい。コンクールで賞を頂いた物も陳列してある。洋菓子が好きな人にとって、一度は口にして常連になるか否かを決めて良いのでは。和菓子党お勧めの商品とお店である。
Kikumotoya Kasuga Main Store

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Nishi-ku Kasuga 2-13-6

"This Japanese confectionary shop was established in 1900. Based on the original founder's instruction to ""aim to create a better product using high quality ingredients,"" the shop continues to make seasonal Japanese confections. The shop's azuki bean paste, practically the foundation of almost any Japanese confection, is made with only choice, top class azuki beans. The shop's confections incorporate unique, Kumamoto ingredients and are a delight for the eyes as well as the tongue. The shop's popular Ekubo Manju buns are a New Year's confection which are used in the first tea ceremony of the new year. The moist and delicately soft Higo no Rakugan candies are widely loved as one of Kumamoto's most celebrated and well-known confections."
Antagatadokosa Higo Mokkuso Honpo JR Kumamoto Station Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Nishi-ku Kasuga 3-15-30

This shop is owned and operated by Antagatadokosa, a longstanding snack company established in 1949. Situated near the Shinkansen Gate in JR Kumamoto Station, the shop sells an abundant variety of well-known Kumamoto confections and snacks, such as senbei rice crackers, roasted legumes, yokan jelly, and arare roasted mochi snacks. The shop's Goma Daiko, a sesame seed snack created using the same technique used to make the company's Higo Daiko, are a particularly popular product and have a delightful, rich sesame seed flavor and legume crunch. These tasty snacks have also won the gold prize in the National Confectionary Exposition. The Kokuto Kurumi, which combine walnuts with Okinawan brown sugar, are also popular and are loved by everyone from children to adults.
Ganso Mori Karashirenkon Main Store

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Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Chuo-ku Shinmachi 2-12-32

This shop specializes in karashi renkon mustard filled lotus root, one of Kumamoto's most well-known local dishes. It is said the shop's origins date back some 400 years ago to 1632 when the shop's founder, Heigoro, presented his karashi daikon to Hosokawa Tadatoshi, then-lord of the domain. Originally a health food for lords, the shop's karashi renkon is made without any preservatives whatsoever. The shop continues to make its karashi renkon diligently by hand, one at a time, the same way as when the shop was established. You can cut off a slice and eat it as-is or garnish it with soy sauce, mayonnaise, sesame dressing, or other condiments to curb the spiciness. Conversely, if you want your karashi renkon to be more spicy, try heating it in a microwave for about 20 seconds.
Shinise Sonodaya

4.5

10 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Chuo-ku Minami-tsuboimachi 6-1

"This Japanese candy shop is located a 10-minute walk from the Torichosuji tram station. The shop continues to make Chosen-ame (Korean candies), a traditional confection in Kumamoto whose history stretches back over 400 years. Chosen-ame are made with glutinous rice, mizuame glucose syrup, and sugar, and are characterized by a lightly sweet flavor and a texture similar to other Japanese hard candies. Long ago, they were called ""chosei-ame"" (long-life candies), but after Kato Kiyomasa, then-lord of Kumamoto Domain, brought them with him during an invasion of Korea and praised them for their delicious flavor as well as their long shelf life, they came to be called ""Korean candies."" While continuing to preserve tradition, the shop also takes on new challenges; for example, in 2018 the shop released lemon candies, its first new product in 115 years."

加藤清正が文禄・慶長の役で朝鮮出兵したときの兵糧であったと伝えられています。そのようなつもりで作ったわけではなさそうですが、長期保存に耐え、腹持ちが良いですから用途に適っていたのでしょう。上通りのほぼ北端、藤崎宮に向かう途上に素晴らしく立派な店を構えています。もち米と水あめを練った堅めの求肥のような代物で原価も知れているのでしょうが、目方の割に、また、箱の体裁からすると安価です。名物、としては上...
Antagatadokosa Higo Mokkuso Honpo Kumamoto Castle Johsaien Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Chuo-ku Ninomaru 1-1-2

"This shop is owned and operated by Antagatadokosa, a longstanding company which makes legume snacks, steamed yokan jelly, and other snacks and confections. Located inside the Sakuranobaba Johsaien shopping street, the shop sells a variety of snacks and confections, such as Higo Daiko, one of the company's most well-known treats. Winner of the Honor Award in the National Confectionary Exposition, popular Higo Daiko are made with fresh-roasted peanuts and rice snacks mixed together with mizuame glucose syrup. They have a crispy, crunchy texture and exude the toasty aroma of peanuts. The shop's confections and snacks, made according to the company's ""mokkosu"" (stubborn) methods in which no compromises are made in order to preserve traditional flavors, make perfect Kumamoto souvenirs."
Okashi no Kobai (Hakuzan Main Shop)

5.0

4 Reviews

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Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Chuo-ku Hakuzan 1-6-31

"This Western confectionary shop was established in 1949. The shop continues to make its signature Homore no Jindaiko as well as a variety of other Japanese- and Western-style confections. Homare no Jindaiko are made with gyuhi soft rice cake enwrapped in sweet Hokkaido azuki bean paste. The popular product has repeatedly won the Honorary President Award in the National Confectionary Exposition. The tasty treats come wrapped in a paper ""can"" resembling a Japanese taiko drum, a special, patented packaging method designed to preserve the vibrant flavor. Other popular products include the Musha-gaeshi, inspired by the musha-gaeshi (warrior-repelling) walls of Kumamoto castle; and the Higo Gojuyonmangoku, jowarian highly sweetened bean paste sandwiched between two thin, crisp wafers."

The pastries are very smooth, not too sweet, and cute! Apple mochi is the best. Has apple bits inside. Sooo refreshing and oishi
Chez Tani Ezu Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Higashi-ku Ezu 1-34-3

"This chain of Western confectionary shops has several locations in Kumamoto City as well as across Japan. Operating out of a European-styled establishment on the bank of Lake Ezu, the shop sells choice Western-style confections such as roll cakes and baumkuchens. The shop's motto is ""confections create happy occasions."" Refusing to bow to the times, the shop continues to make its confections using traditional, laborious methods. Particularly popular is the Higo no Kimamorika Kikori, which is made with natural, top-class vanilla beans and Kirishima Fresh milk from Miyazaki to give it a rich flavor."
Tenmeido

4.5

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Minami-ku Kawashiri 1-3-39-2

Kawashiri is a district filled with old-fashioned buildings bearing white stucco walls and lattice doors. This confectionary shop, located a five-minute walk from Kawashiri Station, has been making delicious and healthy sweets which celebrate the area's distinctive features since it was established during the Tenmei era (1781-1789). The shop's signature product is its Tenmei Manju, a bun stuffed with a flavorful egg yolk filling and sprinkled with fine-grained zarame granulated sugar before baking. The buns have a crumbly texture and are renowned for going well with both tea and coffee. The shop also actively incorporates European confectionary methods; for example, the shop's Cheese Manju, a baked bun with a cookie-like outer crust stuffed with cream cheese, has enjoyed much popularity thanks to this novel combination.

老舗の和菓子屋さんですが、洋菓子もあります。チーズ饅頭がすきです。川尻のお菓子屋といえば、やっぱりこちらですね。昔からいい意味で変わらず美味しく、新しい商品も美味しいのが、とてもいいですね。
Antagatadokosa Higo Mokkuso Honpo Foodpal Kumamoto Main Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Kita-ku Izumimachi 168-18 Food Pal Kumamoto

This confectionary shop is located in the Kumamoto food factory theme park Foodpal Kumamoto. Owned and operated by longstanding Kumamoto confectionary company Iwata Corporation, the shop sells confections made by hand with an emphasis on safety and health. The shop's popular Higo Daiko are the company's signature product and are made with fresh roasted peanuts mixed with flavorful rice snacks and mizuame glucose syrup. These exquisite treats have even won the Honor Award in the National Confectionary Exposition. Other acclaimed products include Goma Daiko, each of which is made with some 3,500 sesame seeds; and Kokuto Kurumi walnuts covered with Okinawan brown sugar.
Mankodo

4.0

12 Reviews

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Kumamoto Arao-shi Yotsuyamamachi 3-2-6

This longstanding bakery was established in 1948. Located a five-minute drive from Arao Station, the bakery makes safe, healthy breads each and every day. The bakery's old-fashioned melon bread is its signature product and has been a customer favorite since the establishment first opened its doors. In addition to standard melon bread, the bakery also sells seasonal flavors such as matcha green tea and mango, as well as giant melon bread limited to just 20 buns each day. The shop also sells many other popular products besides melon bread. Of particular note is the bakery's triangular fried bread stuffed with koshian smooth sweet bean paste, an invention of a previous owner and longtime seller which is loved by people of all ages.

かなり昔になりますが、「松本紳助」という番組でメロンパンが紹介されました。松本人志さんと紳助さんも「美味しい」と言われていました。大牟田市立病院のローソンでも手に入りますが、店舗に行くと時間帯によっては焼きたてのアツアツを食べさせて頂けます。
Kumamotoya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Yamaga Yamaga 243-2

This Japanese confectionary shop is located close to Omiya Shrine, a shrine which has attracted worshippers since ancient times as the area's protective shrine. Situated across from the shrine's Toroden, the shop sells Yamaga yokan, a famous confection from the Yamaga area which consists of koshian smooth sweet bean paste wrapped in gyuhi soft rice cake. A favorite of many since the Meiji period, these tasty treats have a simple, lightly sweet flavor. The confection's gyuhi is made with rice flour instead of glutinous rice, ensuring that it stays pleasantly soft for an extended period of time. In the past, Yamaga yokan was made by many teahouses in the area, but today only three establishments including this one produce the confection.
Antagatadokosa Higo Mokkuso Honpo Kumamoto Airport Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kami-mashiki-gun Mashikimachi Oyatsu Boarding Gate 2F Machiai Lobby

This shop is owned and operated by Antagatadokosa, a longstanding confectionary maker which was established in 1949. Located on the second floor of Aso Kumamoto Airport, Kumamoto's gateway to the skies, the shop sells a wide variety of confections. The shop's popular Higo Daiko are the company's signature product and consist of fresh roasted peanuts mixed with rice snacks and mizuame glucose syrup. These tasty treats have won the Honor Award in the National Confectionary Exposition and make a perfect Kumamoto souvenir. Meanwhile, the shop's Kokuto Kurumi walnuts covered with Okinawan brown sugar are a favorite of people of all ages, from children to adults.
Pumpkin

4.5

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kamiamakusa Matsushimamachi Aitsu 7914-27

This Western confectionary shop faces the Amakusa Pearl Line and can be identified by its orange roof. The shop sells cakes, cookies, puddings, and a variety of other confections. The shop's signature product is the Amakusa Roll, a 50-centimeter-long roll cake. The roundness of the cake symbolizes household harmony, while its 50 centimeter length symbolizes a wish for eternal happiness. In addition to the lightly sweet standard plain variety, the cake comes in other flavors such as chocolate, matcha green tea, and salted caramel, and is popular as both a souvenir and gift. The shop also makes seasonal varieties of the Amakusa Roll such as herb citrus and pumpkin.

地元の人にここの長いロールケーキが絶品と教えて貰い、早速二種類を購入。プレーンとチョコ。クール宅急便で実家に送ったのですが、大好評でした。

Kumamoto

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Kumamoto Areas

Kumamoto lies in the center of Kyushu, a calm prefecture perfect for easy strolls around the historic center and lazy evenings in the natural hot springs at Kurokawa Onsen. For a slightly more strenuous activity, head to Mount Aso, whose surrounding hills offer hiking opportunities aplenty with views over the active volcano.