Japanese Confectionery Spots in Kumamoto Area

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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Bread / Dessert / Other Food Shop

Imoya Chobei Shoten

5.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kami-mashiki-gun Mashikimachi Oyatsu 1316-1

熊本空港のすぐ近くなので、空港に行く前に寄りました。えっここ？看板がなければ見過ごすところでした。駐車場の奥の倉庫の横に店があります。時間が15：30と遅かったので、いきなり団子のプレーンが6個しか残っていませんでした。プレーン6個とよもぎ2個を買いました。1つ税込み120円です。賞味期限は当日ですが、冷蔵庫だと3日、冷凍庫だと1ヶ月もつそうです。確かに冷凍したのを90秒ほど温めるとおいしいです...
Doradora

4.0

64 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Aso-gun Minamiogunimachi Manganji Kurokawa 6612-2

This dorayaki pancake sandwich shop is situated along the narrow Igozaka hill road in Kurokawa Onsen. The shop sells a variety of charming Japanese-style confections with a focus on the Doradora Burger, a dorayaki pancake sandwich consisting of two handmade pancake buns stuffed with sweet red bean paste and a cream-filled daifuku rice cake. In total, the Doradora Burger is sold with five varieties of fillings - Aso Oguni Jersey cow milk cream, matcha green tea cream, custard cream, cafe au lait cream, and dekopon citrus fruit cream. The moist, tender pancake buns produce an exquisite harmony with the homemade fillings, blossoming in the mouth with a sweetness which is just right. A particularly popular product in Kurokawa Onsen, the pancake sandwiches are carefully cooked and wrapped one at a time, and oftentimes when you come late in the day the shop has already sold out. In addition to being a tasty treat to enjoy after a hot spring bath, they also make delightful souvenirs.

The rich red bean paste sandwiched with the dorayaki pancake mixed well with the chewy cream in the middle (tried the matcha green tea flavour, which is real good).
Terakoya Honpo Kurokawa Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Aso-gun Minamiogunimachi Manganji 6694-1

This okaki rice snack shop is located in Kurokawa Onsen. Situated down Sakura-dori Street from the entrance to the hot spring district, the shop exudes a toasty smell. Encased in a truly Japanese atmosphere, the shop is filled with a wide variety of rice cracker products, such as rice crackers made with Ariake nori seaweed from Kyushu, rice crackers made with yuzu citrus pepper from Kyushu, and an exclusive Kurokawa Onsen snack assortment you can only buy in Kyushu. In addition to products designed to be taken home or given as souvenirs, the shop also sells snacks you can enjoy while walking around the area, and customers are even free to buy just a single rice cracker. The shop also sells match green tea soft-serve ice cream and soy sauce ice cream, and many tourists stop by here after enjoying the area's hot spring bathing.
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。
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
Kurose Seikaho

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Amakusa-gun Reihokumachi Tomioka 3243

A long-established confectionery store founded in the early Meiji period. It's located in a residential area and sells both traditional Japanese and Western sweets. Their popular Gakidaisho-dried persimmons stuffed with bean paste with egg yolk-won a gold medal at the National Confectionery Exposition. The lightly sweet bean paste enhances the persimmons' flavor. Located to the northwest of Amakusa, Reihoku Town is a region that strongly reflects the influence of Spain and Portugal brought by missionaries hundreds of years ago. With carefully selected eggs that are separated into whites and yolks by hand and then whisked, their superb sponge cake maintains the same traditional flavor it's had since their founding.
Haiya

3.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Amakusa-shi Kawauramachi Sakitsu 454

"A candy store in front of the Sakitsu Church, also known as the ""Church of the Sea."" They manufacture and sell Sakitsu local favorites like Sugi yokan sweet bean jelly and fig jam. Sugi yokan is a traditional confection made of steamed non-glutinous rice colored red by the juice of dragon fruit. It's said that a delegation from the Ryukyu king taught the locals how to make it in gratitude for rescuing them when they were shipwrecked nearby. Made without chemical additives or flavoring, the moist and soft texture comes from placing Japanese cedar leaves on top. The specialty has been certified Amakusa Kinsei, a top-class product that has passed a stringent review process."

崎津教会のある、世界遺産の崎津集落。集落内を散策していると、こちらのお店があります。このあたりの名物である杉ようかんが売られています。すぐに売り切れていまうので、販売されていればすぐに購入されることをおすすめします。
Miyashita Shoten

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Amakusa-shi Kawauramachi Sakitsu 591

"A sweet shop with a green awning located right near Sakitsu Church, also known as the ""Church of the Sea."" They sell sugi yokan sweet bean jelly, a Sakitsu local favorite. The traditional sweet with its bright red coloring is made by filling non-glutinous mochi rice cakes with homemade sweet bean paste. It is said that more than 200 years ago a delegation from the Ryukyu king taught the locals how to make it in gratitude for rescuing them when they were shipwrecked nearby. The unique texture only lasts one day because no additives are used. It's a traditional flavor you won't be able to try unless you visit Sakitsu."
Tai Yoshi Kumamoto Kami Dori FS

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Chuo-ku Kamitoricho 6-23

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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.