Shopping Spots in Yufuin / Kuju Area

  • Yufuin Yufufu
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    3.0
    84 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakita 2-1
    A Western confectionary shop located in Kawakita, Yufuin-cho, Yufu City. The shop sells sweets made by the hands of seasoned pros using only the choicest ingredients, including fresh milk and eggs stocked daily. In addition to dozens of cakes and baked sweets, the shop sells signature Yufuin egg roll cakes and silky Yufu Highland pudding.

    visited on 11 dec 2019. rude japanese old service man. we ordered one pudding & one roll for 2 of us. As there was no more cake roll on display i ask if there is any. He shouted one or two. I should...

  • YUFUIN KASHIKOUBOU GOEMON
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 1984-212
    A Western confectionary shop adjoining the Ryokan Yufusan inn situated along Prefectural Route 11 in Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu City. The shop’s deliciously creamy and smooth signature half-baked cheesecake is made with Australian cheese and fresh eggs. The shop sells other Western style confections, as well, like roll cakes.

    湯布院土産に頂きました。 「甘太さくっとリッチサブレ」は見た目もさつま芋の輪切りっぽくしてあって可愛らしいサブレです。

  • Yasuragi Yu no Tsubo Yokocho
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuincho Kawakami 1524-1
    A side street located in Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu City. There are 14 establishments and cafes lining the street, offering bamboo work, glassware, and other crafts; tsukudani foods boiled in soy sauce, chirimen dried whitebait, tempura, and other foods; and karinto made with tofu, ice cream, and other sweets. There's also Dr. Kiss Fish, an establishment where you can have small fish daintily pluck away the rough, old skin on your feet.
  • Confectionery Hana Koji Kikuya
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 1524-1 Yodo no Yoritomo
    Located a 15-minute walk from JR Yufuin Station close to the entrance of Yasuragi Yu no Tsubo Yokocho alley, this confectionary shop offers a variety of famed Oita sweets perfect for buying as souvenirs. Confectionery Hana Koji Kikuya’s own “yufuin sosaku-gashi” is particularly well renowned, and the shop’s pudding dorayaki—pudding sandwiched between two soft dorayaki cakes—is so popular, it has even been featured on television. Hana Koji Kikuya’s selections also make popular snacks for eating on the go. “The Mitsuemon, “sold only when sweet potatoes are in season in fall and winter, has fans nationwide.

    ※正確には湯の坪横丁の菊家ではなく駐車場の前にある店舗のほうの事です。 ぷりんどらをお土産にするべく、花麹菊家をナビで検索したら車が入れない道端沿いでナビ終了して困っていたら、駐車場を見つけたので車を止めてきょろきょろしていると、道を挟んで目の前の大きな和菓子屋さんの入口に「ぷりんどら」ののぼりを発見。入って店員さんに聞くと、駐車場の下に降りて歩いて散策できる小路があり、そこにあるとのこと。でもこ...

  • Saigoku-Souvenir Shop Kagiya
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    4.5
    25 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 2633-1
    A souvenir shop operated by the Kamenoi Besso high class inn in Yufuin, Yufu City, Oita Prefecture which sells signature foods and locally-made crafts. The shop’s jams, lovingly made with seasonal fruit primarily from Oita Prefecture, are popular for how the flavor and fragrances of the ingredients come through in the finished product. The winter only “yuzu-neri” jam is so popular it disappears from the shelves very fast but makes an excellent gift if you can get your hands on it. The interior of the shop, located inside a late Edo period merchant’s house, is charming and subdued.

    乾燥柚子を買いました。 400円程度でしたが、自宅に戻って、そばなどに入れると、とても風味豊かで美味しかったです。

  • Hanayori
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 1488-1
    A Japanese confection shop located in Yufuincho, Yufu City, Oita Prefecture located a one-minute walk from Lake Kinrin. This elegant shop, surrounded by trees, is filled with sweets masterfully crafted with the choicest of ingredients, such as only the smallest of renowned Hokkaido adzuki beans. The shop’s most popular item is its fresh yokan (sweet bean jelly), which is not overly sweet and leaves a clean aftertaste. The rich egg and honey flavor of Hanayori’s dorayaki (sponge cakes with filling) is perfectly matched by the sweetness of its coarse red bean paste filling; they also make a popular snack to enjoy while strolling about Yufuin.

    After visiting Kinrinko, I was craving for some sweets. I stopped by this cafe. There is indoor and outdoor sitting area. Kushidango is their most selling item. Dozen flavors to choose. I ordered...

  • B-speak
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    4.0
    519 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 3040-2
    A roll cake specialty shop opened by Sanso Murata, a high-class ryokan (Japanese style hotel) in Yufuin Onsen in 1999, pioneering the roll cake trend in the nation. The shop’s lightly sweet cakes pay special attention to the balance between the cake and cream, ensuring a delicate flavor that is hard to get tired of. In addition to roll cakes, the shop offers galettes and florentins to customers dining in. A five-minute walk from JR Yufuin Station.

    We got the chocolate roll in small size. It was soooooo good. Not too sweet or too tough. My bf doesnt like dessert much but he seemed to be enjoy eating it!

  • Yufuin Tamanoyu Yufuin Ichi
    Travel / Tourism
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 2731 - 1 in Tamanou
    This souvenir shop is located inside Yufuin Tamanoyu, a hot spring hotel with a great natural setting. Visitors can buy souvenirs including Tamanoyu’s original food products, which are made with natural ingredients and without additives, as well as the works of local craft artists. You can even purchase the porcelain ware​ and sundries used at the hotel. The shop is about a15-minute walk from JR Yufuin Station.
  • IKKYU Store
    Travel / Tourism
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuin-cho Kawakita 4-1
  • Kinsho Croquettes, Main Store
    Shopping
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuincho Kawakami 1511-1
  • Kokonoe Chaya
    Shopping
    Oita Kusu-gun Kokonoemachi Tano 1991
    "This souvenir shop and restaurant stands at the north gate of the Kokonoe Yume Suspension Bridge spanning the Naruko River valley. The establishment is a 25-minute drive from the Kokonoe Interchange on the Oita Expressway and can also be reached by taking the Community Bus bound for Tozan-guchi from Bungo-Nakamura Station, getting off at the Tsuribashi bus stop, and crossing the nearby suspension bridge. Particularly popular products include yogurt and soft-serve ice cream made from dairy products delivered straight from nearby farms; and ""Japan's simplest baked sweet potatoes,"" which have been featured on television. The fruit parfaits are also recommended. In addition, the restaurant side of the establishment serves udon noodles, soba noodles, and other food."
  • Rest House Yamanami
    Shopping
    Oita Kusu-gun Kokonoemachi Tano 260-2
    This rest stop, a 30-minute drive from the Kokonoe Interchange on the Oita Expressway, is located in Chojabaru Onsen, which is the location of the starting points of trails leading up the lush Kuju Mountain Range. Facilities include a restaurant with a sweeping view of the Kuju Mountain Range, a shop, and a patisserie. Particularly recommended choices from the restaurant include the Bungo beef steak meal, and the pork loin cutlet meal made with Kokonoe Yume Pork. Other popular highlights include the rest stop cafe's Yamanami Burger and fresh-brewed coffee made with Kokonoe spring water; and the patisserie's Kisumire Roll cakes made with local ingredients.
  • R.M.S. Imayoshi
    Shopping
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuincho Kawakami Hananoki Dori
    This lifestyle goods store is located on the Yufuin-cho Hananoki-dori Shopping Street a five-minute walk from JR Yufuin Station. Operated by a longstanding interior decoration company started as a tatami mat shop in 1930, the store primarily sells items made from the same soft rush used to make tatami mats. In addition to place mats and coasters, the store's original mini tatami mats come in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and colors, and you can also specially order ones made to your size and color specifications. In addition to soft rush items, the shop also carries imported knickknacks, and you're sure to find something you'll love.
  • Fukumiya Yunotsubo Store
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Shopping
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuincho Kawakami 1076-6
    This souvenir shop is a five-minute walk from JR Yufuin Station. The shop sells famous chirimen dried whitebait from the Bungo Channel, tsukudani soy sauce boiled preserved foods, and miso. The shop's uni chirimen paste is made with chirimen dried whitebait and sea urchin stewed with slow-aged miso. Available in both amakuchi mild and karakuchi salty varieties, customers can choose their preference. The shop's yuzu miso paste, made with local yuzu peel and naked barley miso, is a perfect condiment to put on top of rice or cold tofu. The shop's warabimochi bracken starch dumplings come in plain as well as yuzu, matcha green tea, and other unique flavors. A gentle slope leads up to the shop's entranceway and there are no obstructing steps, ensuring that wheelchair users can also easily access the establishment.

    湯布院のメインストリートである湯の坪街道にあったお店、福味屋さん。こぢんまりしたお店に入ると、たくさんの種類のちりめんなど、ご飯のお供にぴったりの商品が並んでいました。 試食できるものが多いので、あれこれと味見をしながら品定めができました。その中で気に入った「うにちりめん」と「かりかり梅しそふぶき」を購入。現在も、自宅でおいしくいただいています。

  • Yufuin Shoyuya Honten
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
    Shopping
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuincho Kawakami 1098-1
    This soy sauce shop stands on the Yunotsubo Kaido. Operating out of a building with an exterior modeled after a traditional Japanese home, many international tourists make their way here. The shop's selection includes products you can only find here, such as Takumi Shoyu, a choice dashi soy sauce; and Kabosu Shoyu, a soy sauce made with the kabosu citrus fruit that is one of Oita's specialty products. The shop also sells Japanese tsukemono pickles and tsukudani soy sauce boiled preserved foods perfect for enjoying on top of a bowl of rice, as well as confections made with soy sauce such as karinto fried dough sticks, maruboro biscuits, and nure senbei moist rice crackers. The shop's exquisite Shoyu Pudding is particularly popular; made with a dash of soy sauce, the hint of soy sauce flavor which can be tasted amidst the sweetness of the pudding is addicting.

    いろいろな味の醤油もあり、味見もできるのでよいです。醤油以外にも味噌や醤油を使ったお菓子もありました。九州の醤油は甘くてしょっぱくないので、お土産にもよいです。

  • Makinoya
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
    Shopping
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuincho Kawakami 1098-1
    This bakery stands on the Yunotsubo Kaido. The bakery makes safe, healthy breads free from additives using choice, specially cultivated ingredients, including only 100% natural yeast, wheat flour from Hokkaido, and Kumamoto Jersey cow milk. The shop's displays are filled with a dozen or so varieties of fresh-baked breads, and the establishment closes when it runs out for the day. In general, the shop's breads are large in size and have a chewy texture. The shop's anpan bread, made with chunky bean jam from a high class Japanese confectionary shop, is particularly popular. Be aware that the shop opens at 10:00 a.m. and can completely sell out within two or three hours.

    湯の坪街道にある人気店です。6月初旬口コミを頼りに来店したところ、すでに売り切れ御免。今回(9月中旬の3連休初日)は満を持してのリベンジでした。店先に辿り着いたのは午前11時ちょい前。やったー!まだ売れ切れてない! 我が家が(売れ残りの中から)選んだのはミルクパン(260円)でした。その後カウンター席に移動してアイス珈琲(300円)をごちそう様。ご主人の話し上手も手伝って、湯布院談義に花を咲かせ...

  • Imaizumido
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuincho Kawakami 1608-1
    This shop, located in Yufuin-cho, Yufu City, Oita Prefecture, sells Kokuto Age Manju - brown sugar buns stuffed with chunky Tokachi azuki bean jam and deep-fried to give them a crispy texture. The shop's fresh made buns are deep-fried in light rice bran oil and are bite-sized, plus they can be purchased in quantities as little as one. The shop's refreshing yuzu buns, stuffed with a filling made using the juice of yuzu and kabosu citrus fruits grown in Oita, are also recommended. The shop also sells dorayaki pancake sandwiches and tsukudani soy sauce boiled preserved foods. Age manju buns also keep for a long time, making them great souvenirs.
  • Wood Craft Shop Atelier Toki
    Shopping
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuincho Kawakami 2666-1
    This wood craft shop is located in Yufu City, Oita Prefecture. The shop makes and sells wood craft items made with domestic woods so that you can bring a little piece of the abundant natural beauty of Japan into your own home. The shop's products, made with cherry, maple, zelkova, and a variety of other woods, have rounded forms and are smooth to the touch. Here you'll find warm and inviting wooden tableware, cutlery that seems to mold itself to your hand, bento lunch boxes, and much more. The shop's products which are only available here in Yufuin and no place else make great souvenirs.
  • JA Oita Yufuin Farmers' Market Hidamari
    Shopping
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuincho Kawakami 2914-1
    This farmers' market is a three-minute walk from JR Yufuin Station. In part because of its location near the station, the market bustles with tourists. The market sells fresh, local vegetables and Yufuin rice as well as prepared foods such as local heritage chicken rice. At the Hidamari Shokudo restaurant inside the market, you can enjoy cuisine made with an abundance of local vegetables and without any chemical seasonings whatsoever. The restaurant makes it easy to enjoy the unique flavors of Oita, such as the Hidamari Teishoku set meal, which comes with Oita's famous dangojiru dumpling soup and toriten chicken tempura; as well as Hayashi rice and gyudon beef bowls made with Yufuin beef.
  • B.Bee’s
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
    Shopping
    Oita Yufu-shi Yufuincho Kawakami 3001-5
    This honey shop is located in Yufu City, Oita Prefecture. Carrying singly flower honeys from across Japan as well as rare honeys from overseas, customers can taste samples before they buy. In addition to clover, lavender, sunflower, and other single flower honeys, the shop is filled with a variety of other products, including dressings made with honey, ginger syrup, and honey mixed with various fruit juices. The shop also sells sweets made with honey. The shop's creamy caramel candy made with honey is particularly popular.

    駅から歩いていき、由布市湯布院中央児童公園を越えて右側のお店です。となりのお店と店内でつながっていますが、お会計は別々にということでした。

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A trip to Oita is tantamount to a long soak in the Beppu baths. The mountainous, coastal prefecture of Oita is renowned for having more onsen than any other prefecture in Japan, most of which lie in the city of Beppu on the west coast of Kyushu, recognizable by its pungent sulphuric aroma and the clouds of steam that puff up across the hillside. Away from the Beppu hot springs await mountains, waterfalls, and temples, so don’t hesitate to explore Oita a little further.

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