Chikaramochiya

4.5

A Japanese sweet shop a seven-minute walk from Hase Station on the Enoshima Electric Railway. The shop is located on the approach to Goryo-jinja Shrine, which is dedicated to the superhumanly strong Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa, hence the shop’s name, which references chikara mochi, rice cakes said to fortify the body, and the Japanese term for someone who is strong. Chikaramochiya’s delicately flavored sweets, carefully homemade without additives, have been popular since the Edo period. The shop’s famed Gongoro chikara mochi are made with smooth strained sweet adzuki bean paste wrapped in mochi rice cake. If you will be eating them the same day, be sure to get the “nama” or fresh type, made with freshly pounded mochi. The gyuhi (rice flour) type keeps for three days and makes a great souvenir.

Spot details

Address: Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Sakanoshita 18-18 Map
Area: Kamakura Area
Phone: 0467220513
Hours: 9:00-18:00
Closed: Wednesday, 3rdTuesday
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Not available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

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Review

History & deliciousness rolled into one

Reviewed : 2020.03.07

How could you resist having something from this shop? The smell coming from the kitchen is enticing and then the visual feast. What to choose? Well everyone will tell you the mochi (glutenous sweet...
unique taste

Reviewed : 2017.07.22

Best mochi place in town. i liked red bean one rather than plain mochi. Red bean mochi is basically same taste of ordinary mochi but inside out (bean paste out)
Traditional sweets

Reviewed : 2016.09.14

The chikara-mochi is great, it probably hast changed taste since it was first sold 300 years ago! Its a little sweet for my taste, but I occasionally get the urge and grab a few to quench my mochi...