Candy Store Spots in Japan

  • Shimabara Mizuyashiki
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagasaki Shimabara Yorozumachi 513-1
    The house is a symbol of Shimabara spring water located in the central arcade, and is a modern building with a Japanese-style first floor and a Western-style second floor on a site of about 200 tsubo (about 1.5 acres). The grounds also contain a pond with a daily water flow of 4,000 tons, and visitors can enjoy Shimabara's specialty, "Kanzarashi," or coffee with water brewed from the spring water.
  • Yasoba specialty Tokoroten Kiyomizuya
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    4.5
    19 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagawa Pref. Sakaideshi Nishinoshouchou 759-1
    Kiyomizuya, a tea house on a mountain pass, has been operating for over 200 years. They craft their hand-made tokoroten jelly noodles with 100% domestic tengusa seaweed without additives or artificial colors to deliver its traditional flavor. Some of their popular varieties include kuzumochi style, Naniwa brown sugar syrup style, and their soy sauce and vinegar style tokoroten, a local favorite.

    雰囲気のある茶屋みたいなところでところてんが楽しめます。 庭と白い池、そこに鯉と7月中旬に来たのであじさいが咲いていました。 ところてんはオーダー後目の前で切ってくれます。 くずもち風ところてんもあんみつも優しい甘みでおいしかった!! 雰囲気も綺麗でサイコーですね!!おすすめです!!!!

  • Budo no Ki
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagawa Pref. Takamatsushi Hyakkenmachi 2-1
    Sanuki anmochi zoni soup is this sweet shop and tea house's hallmark dish. They offer Japanese-style parfaits, traditional sweets and desserts, as well as an extensive menu with local fare, light meals, and wrapped bento boxed lunches. They're also a Takamatsu pioneer of fusing Japanese and Western sweet styles.

    年末に行きましたが、店内のお客さんはほとんどがあんもち雑煮を注文していました。またお餅と味噌がセットになったもちかえりタイプのものもあり、お土産用に買っていったり地方に発送するお客さんもひっきりなしに訪れていました。

  • Oyasumidokoro Shikoku no Shun
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    716-5 Kotohiracho, Nakatado-gun, Kagawa Prefecture
    This sweet shop and café is a nice stop while visiting Kotohiragu Shrine. Their soft serve ice cream with colorful oiri candy topping is popular. Ice cream flavors include wasanbon, kishoto rare sugar milk, and soy sauce. They also serve light fare like honetsuki-dori roasted bone-in chicken and menchi fried olive beef patties.
  • Sarian
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokushima Pref. Mimashi Wakimachiwakimachi 132-5
    This tea house is located in a more than a century-old townhouse located across from the old Yoshida residence. It offers sobagome zosui (buckwheat porridge), a local delicacy well-known to the people of Tokushima Prefecture. This hearty and healthy dish is flavored with a stock made with Awa-odori chicken, a local breed. Their sobagome zosui sets, their zenzai (sweet red bean soup) and matcha tea sets, and their sudachi juice are also very popular.

    うだつの町並みを観光した後、ちょっと早めの昼食に立ち寄った。吉田家住宅の真向かいにあり、うだつの町並みにふさわしい築100年以上の町屋を利用している。店内には、いかにも茶屋らしく緋毛氈が敷かれ大きな日よけの和傘が立つ。いただいたのは「蕎麦米雑炊(1000円)」と「ぜんざい(600円)」。蕎麦米雑炊はあっさりした味付けながら出汁が効いていてなかなか美味。軽めのランチにちょうど良い。ぜんざいも甘さ控え...

  • Miyoshino
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ehime Pref. Matsuyamashi Nibanchou 3-8-1
    This well-established sweet shop first opened in 1949. Having been featured in a variety of media outlets and television programs, this sweet shop draws plenty of customers from nearby Matsuyama as well as from all over the country. One of their popular options is the Goshoku Ohagi, (five rice balls coated with different flavors, which include coarse sweet red bean paste, strained bean paste, roasted soybean flour, green dried nori seaweed, and sesame), and small-sized rice balls which matches the pleasant sweetness with nice and gooey glutenous rice are their specialties. We recommend enjoying Goshoku Ohagi in the calm and relaxing atmosphere with a hot cup of tea just off the bustling shopping district on main street.

    松山のみよしのさんへ訪問。 おはぎを買いました。 こしあん、ごまあんなどを食べました。 ちょうどよい大きさでした。

  • Tamaya Saint Honore
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    4.5
    28 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ehime Pref. Imabarishi Kyoueichou 2-2-54
    This long-standing western-style confectioner is an Imabari landmark. First opened in 1903 they've continued to offer the same flavor over four generations. One of their hallmarks is that summer classic, shaved ice. The making of the shaved ice is overseen by the shop's patissier owner and after being shaken and whipped it stands out for its smooth melt-in-your-mouth texture. They offer 30 different flavors including their Milkshake with the classic sweetness and Strawberry-Milk with the luxurious taste of strawberries. During the winter months they open as a coffee shop and mainly sell cakes.

    ここのミルクセーキは最高です。子供の頃から変わらぬ味。しかし、ミルクセーキだけでなく、苺も、抹茶も、胡麻、コーヒー、マンゴー、ブルーベリーたくさんのスペシャルなたも迷ってしまう事になります。 帰省したら必ず食べたくなります。 地方発送もありますが、是非お店で食べてくださいな。

  • Itoking Main Restaurant
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    4.0
    31 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Itoshimashi Minakazedai 8-4-11
    A Japanese confectionary shop located in Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture where customers can enjoy sweets made with Amao strawberries from Fukuoka Prefecture. The shop offers a wide variety of confections, including castella cakes, yokan jelly, and dorayaki pancake sandwiches filled with Amao strawberries. So popular the shop often sells out, the establishment is frequented by not just locals but tourists as well.

    あまおうが丸ごと1つ入ったどらきんぐ生をいただきました。ちょっと高めの設定ですが、甘くて美味しく満足出来ました。どらきんぐ生は季節限定のようです。

  • Itoking Tenjin Restaurant
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    4.5
    34 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Imaizumi 1-22-21 Jolis Building 1 ・ 2F
    "A Japanese confectionary shop, located in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City, is famous for its sweets made with Amao strawberries from Fukuoka Prefecture. Some of the shop's many selections include ""Hakata Amabi"" warabimochi bracken starch dumplings filled with Amao strawberries, and Amao strawberry filled ""Dora King Ace"" dorayaki pancake sandwiches. Inside, the shop has a lounge-like atmosphere in which customers can relax and enjoy their sweets."

    2階のカフェの営業が再開されたので行って来ましたが、以前とは違ってイートインになってました。 一階で購入して、二階で飲食。あま氷を食べて来ましたが、カップなのは少し残念ですね。 美味さは変わりなく美味しかったです。

  • Kawabata Zenzai Hiroba
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    3.5
    36 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashihakataku Kamikawabatamachi 10-256
    A Japanese style sweets cafe located in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City. Located in a plaza in the Kamikawabata Shopping Arcade decorated with a parade float from the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival, on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, customers can enjoy zenzai sweet red bean soup. Made with Dainagon azuki beans from Hokkaido, the cafe's zenzai soup broth is the perfect companion for the fragrant grilled mochi rice balls floating within and is notable for its hearty sweetness.

    空港で美味しい酸辣麺が当たりだったので 博多のスタートは上々⤴︎⤴︎ その後、地下鉄で 本日宿泊の最寄り駅 「中洲川端駅」に向かいます。 空港から電車でわすが9分(´⊙ω⊙`)近い 空港から近いのは嬉しいですね! 懐かしい街♡川端商店街を歩きます!♡ 実は以前、住んでいたんですよ(*^^*) 懐かしいな...

  • Kuromon Chaya
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Asakurashi Akidukinotori 684-2
    "A teahouse located in Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture notable for the traditional merchant house style building out of which it operates. At this unusual establishment, customers can enjoy dishes made with Kawatake (Suizenji-nori), a rare, high class freshwater-weed laver variety, such as the ""Kawatake (Suizenji-nori) Teishoku"" set meal. The teahouse' daily handmade kuzumochi (traditional pudding made from kuzu starch), goma dofu (sesame tofu), and other Japanese style sweets are also popular and are available to take home as souvenirs and gifts."

    일본 가정식이 맛있고요 주인 아주버님이 영어도 잘하시고 음식 설명도 잘해주세요. 추천해주신 정찬 후식 우동 모두 입맛 까다로운 저희 가족 모두 만족했습니다.

  • Hayamegawa Teahouse and Gallery
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagasaki Pref. Shimabarashi Uenomachi 912
    "This cafe is attached to Inohara hardware store in Ueno-machi, Shimabara City. It offers dishes such as Shimabara Vegetable Curry and Shimabara Cutlet Curry using local vegetables and spring water, and somen noodles from Shimabara. In addition, you can enjoy sweet including their ""Matcha Shiratama Parfait"" and ""Uji Milk Kintoki"" using azuki red beans cooked with spring water, and original blend coffee."

    落ち着いた雰囲気 美味しいかき氷と具雑煮 店主猪原さんとの楽しい会話 全てが調和したお店 里帰りの際は必ず訪問します。 隣のお店には包丁など生活雑貨がたくさんで、時間を忘れてしまいます。

  • Hayashi no Ikinari Dango
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Suizenjikouen 7-2
    This shop in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City sells Ikinari Dango Dumplings, a local sweet. Customers from around the country order their Ikinari Dango, made with domestically produced bean paste and sweet potatoes purchased from contract farmers. The shop's unique murasaki-imo manju buns are popular too, with purple sweet potato mixed into the dough. It is located on the approach to Suizenji Park, and when the weather is good, people like to sit and enjoy their sweets in the chairs in front of the store.

    1個から販売していただけて、冷たいお茶を「暑いからね、飲んでくださいね」とその場で食べない自分にもお気遣いいただきました。ホカホカのいきなり団子もとても美味しかったです。

  • Asakusa Kibi-dango Azuma
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    4.0
    49 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 1-18-1
    A kibi dango (sweet rice dumplings covered with kinako, ground soy beans) specialty shop, located in Nakamise Avenue in Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo. The shop reproduces the dumplings from Nakamise of the Edo period, demonstrating how they are made in front of you. The sound of the voices of the sales staff wearing samue (monk’s work clothes) or kimono echoes throughout the shop, and it is always crowded with tourists both from Japan and abroad. The dumplings coated generously with kinako have an elegant sweet taste. Take out souvenir ‘kibi dango’ and ‘kibi sable’ are also popular.

    Went to Asakusa just for this kibidango. In my memory, it’s still the same as it was four years ago when I first tried it. What I like about it is that it’s mini-sized, so it’s very easy-to-eat and...

  • Kanmikissa Umezono (Nihombashi Takashimaya Main Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chuou-ku Nihombashi 2- 4-1 Nihonbashi Takashimaya 7th Floor
    Kanmikissa Umezono is the main shop of the veteran sweet shop Umezono, founded in Asakusa in 1854. Located on the seventh floor of Nihombashi Takashimaya, they offer a variety of sweets and light snacks. Their awazenzai has long been popular. The delicacy is made of glutinous millet and well-cooked red bean paste, and its sweet and fragrant yet simple flavor harmonizes with the astringency of its glutinous mochi cake. They also have dishes like zoni rice cake soup, the traditional dessert anmitsu, and seasonally available items like shaved ice.
  • Kibikicho Yoshiya
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chuou-ku Ginza 3-12-9
    This Japanese sweets shop in Ginza has an over 90-year history and is set up on an alley of Matsuya Street. Their specialty dorayaki (pancakes with red bean paste) are made from moist pancakes sandwiching modestly sweet red bean paste made from the finest Hokkaido Tokaichi red beans. They will even make you an original dorayaki brand if you order one. Reservations are recommended because the number is limited each day. In addition, they sell sakuramochi rice cakes, mizuyokan (soft sweet bean jelly), noodles made from bean paste dough, and creative Japanese confectionery that resembles ramen.

    どらやきが有名なお菓子屋さんです。どらやきといってもよく見る衣が2枚のどらやきではなく、1枚の衣であんこを巻いたタイプのどらやきです。個別で焼き印を押してくれるサービスも!

  • Nishiyama Sweets
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Taitou-ku Kaminarimon 2-19-10
    Nishiyama Sweets is a Japanese dessert store by Exit 2 of Asakusa Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. A traditional store established 165 years ago with Asakusa-style classic Japanese hospitality and carefully crafted desserts with traditional Japanese flavors. Purchase manju cakes, perfect for gifts, or ice-cream from the store front. Or enter the Japanese cafe for a relaxing atmosphere and enjoy their traditional flavors. Nishiyama Sweets is famous for their delicious Fuku-Fuku Manju made with only wheat, sugar and red beans. Their Special Nishiyama Anmitsu, piled with dango balls, fruit and ice cream, as well as their homemade ice cream, are both incredibly popular with foreign tourists.

    東京メトロ銀座線の浅草駅2番出口の目の前に有る、江戸時代から続く現在の店主で六代目の老舗の甘味処です。厳選した素材を用いて伝統の磨かれた技で造られる磨かれた味わいの餡や、それ自体が無味無臭で誤魔化しの効かない寒天を用いた美味しい処取りの 特製 西山あんみつ はインスタ映えする派手さは無いが素材を活かした深い味わいを感じます。

  • Asakusa Izumi
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 1-8-6
    A Japanese style sweets cafe located in Asakusa. Izumi combines select adzuki beans with a variety of kanten jellies and mitsu syrups to create matcha anmitsu syrup-covered beans with green tea powder, anzu mitsumame with apricot, and even wine anmitsu. Customers can add a topping of matcha ice cream or shiratama rice flour dumplings and try a variety of recommended and unique combinations. Depending on the weather, Izumi also serves shaved ice and hot zenzai adzuki bean soup. Izumi also accepts send-away and takeout orders.

    最近リフォームしたばかりなのか店内、トイレ共に綺麗。ただ、内装が凝っている割には机は普通の机であるし、とても小さい。あと、メニューがほとんど800円というのが気になった。 最もマイナスだったのは大通りに面していてまあまあ良い場所にあるのに支払いが現金のみであったことである。

  • Morinoen
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chuou-ku Nihombashiningyouchou 2-4-9
    Founded in 1914, this Japanese tea specialty and sweets shop is located near the Ningyocho Station in Ningyocho, Nihonbashi of the Chuo City. They offer over 30 roasts of Hoji-cha teas, along with green tea, matcha, mugi-cha barley tea, and hoji-cha tea flavored sweets. One can enjoy freshly brewed tea of your choice, with a hoji-cha sweet in the adjoining tearoom.
  • Azabu Vegetable Confectionery
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Minato-ku Azabujuban 3-1-5
    This is a vegetable sweets specialty shop along Azabu-dori Avenue in Azabujuban, Minato City. Besides, veggie chips, jellies and jams, this confectionery offers financiers and bean pastes made with vegetables, as well as wafer sandwiched monaka, dorayaki, and parfait desserts, all made from vegetables.

    夏場にはかき氷で話題になります。混みます。今回も食べたかった栗味は売り切れていました。 抹茶味は抹茶とほうれん草、イチジク味はイチジクとトマトの味がします。 お店の中でたべても外でたべても、プラスチック容器でお水はなく、リクエストして小さな紙コップでちょっと残念でした。

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