Japanese Confectionery Spots in Yamagata Area

  • Senbon Dango
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Kitamurayamagunoishidamachi Oishida Otsu 76
    This dango dumpling shop is on Prefectural Route 30 in Otsu Oishida, Oishida Town. They sell dumplings made without additives like sugar and enzymes and their catchphrase Hard Dumplings Tomorrow speaks to the high quality. The name Senbon Dango comes from having sold 1,000 dango skewers in a single day. They also sell hidendaizu tofu made with Yamagata Prefecture grown hiden soybeans and natural nigari bittern.
  • Shoseido, Yamadera Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Yamadera 4437
    This is a Japanese confectionery shop in Yamadera, Yamagata City. Their signature item, Morokoshi sweet, is filled with azuki beans and is branded with the Yamadera name. The historic Morokoshi, a pleasant smelling mildly sweet bean cake, won an award at the 19th National Confectionery Exposition, and is said to be popular even with people who are not fond of sweets. The well-known Yamadera cakes and kintsuba are also sold here.
  • Holland Sembei Factory
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Sakatashi Ryouchou 2-24
    This is the main factory of Sakata Beika, the maker of rice crackers since 1951 located in Ryou-cho, Sakata City. Here, the trademark Holland sembei crackers are made, as well as the kagami sembei and usuyaki-shokunin chibisuke crackers. A 395 meter section is dedicated to the Holland sembei Factory, out of the 545-meter-long factory. Visitors can observe, shop, enjoy the cafe, or even try their hand at making the crackers.
  • Tozawa no botamochi
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Mogami-gun Tozawamura Furukuchi 374

    見逃してしまいそうな小さなお店ですがお客さんが結構来ていました。つぶあんのおはぎを買いましたがあっさりしているのに甘みが引き立つ何とも言えないおいしさでした。結構大きいです。あんこと黄な粉の1個づつのセットがあればさらに良かった。最上川の川沿い反対側にあります。古口の船乗り場のそばです。

  • Noshiume Honpo Satoya
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Tokamachi 3-10-36
    This Japanese confectionery is on national route 112 in Toka-machi 3-Chome, Yamagata City. It carries on the traditional of flavor and skill passed down for about 190 years, since the late Edo Period. They make and sell Japanese treats, including Noshiume, made only with ripe ume plums, sugar, kanten jelly, and mizuame syrup. It also boasts of a long history as a Western style confectioner, selling treats like cookies and jellies.

    soranomukou というビューティなお菓子をいただきにけり マイクロバブリーがええ感じにはいって まふ ぁらあげをつぃって いただきにけり ぶちうまやったんやよ 美味しくいただきましたーーo(`^´*)

  • Yamadaya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Honcho 1-7-30
    This patisserie is on national route 112, in Honcho 1-Chome, Yamagata City. They're famous for their Shiratsuyu Fuuki Mame candied beans. They use green Hokkaido-grown peas for a mildly sweet, elegant treat with enduring popularity.
  • Eigyokudo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Hatagomachi 2-1-45
    This sweet shop and patisserie on national route 112 in Hatago-machi 2-Chome, Yamagata City. Their famous dorayaki buns are made with coarse sweet bean jam of adzuki beans from Tokachi, Hokkaido, in a variety of flavors like whipped cream and camembert. In additional to seasonal sweets, they offer up desserts like anmitsu and zenzai sweet bean soup.
  • Anchin-do
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Nishiokitama-gun Shiratakamachi Juo 2464-2
    This Japanese confectioner is on national route 348 in Juo, Shirataka Town, Nishiokitama County. They're famous for their Dekakintsuba, made with flame-roasted Hokkaido-grown adzuki beans kept almost whole. There are popular flavors like chestnut, white bean paste, and matcha, as well. In addition, they have dorayaki buns, marble cake, and other Japanese treats.
  • Juichiya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Tsuruoka-shi Fujinami 1-83-1
    This Japanese confectionery is on national route 345 in Fujinami 1 Chome, Tsuruoka City. In business over 100 years, this venerable shop has preserved the traditional flavor of its famous Fujishima Manju buns since the Taisho period. They also offer up Junnama Roll cakes filled with whipped cream, as well as yokan bean jelly, yubeshi, cookies, and other treats.
  • Jindan Honpo Oe, Akayu branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Nanyo-shi Mima Dori 37-5
    Jindan Honpo Oe selling traditional confections is located just a ten-minute walk from JR Akayu Station. “Jindan” is the name in the local Okitama dialect for a paste made from mashed green soybeans and sugar. The same sweet is called “Nuta” in Yamagata City and “Zunda” in Miyagi Prefecture. To make the sweet paste, two varieties of soybeans from Yamagata Prefecture are used, but the only additives are sugar and salt. The shop's flagship product is Ganso Jindan Manju (original Jindan bun), a generous portion of Jindan encased in a thin “skin” of rice dough.
  • Toge no Chikara Mochi (Yonezawa Store)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yonezawa-shi Ekimae 3-4-9
    Just a three-minute walk from the JR Yonezawa Station, this Japanese confectionery store is a franchise of the main store, well-known for vending at the Touge-eki station on the JR Ou Line. Their specialty, Tougeno-chikaramochi envelopes sweet bean paste with freshly kneaded mochi, and is a popular item sold in the Yamagata bullet train. They also sell a type of daifuku sweet, anbin, awamochi with bean paste, and dango-mochi with four different types of sauce, like miso dengaku. The shop only uses sticky mochi rice, himenomochi, produced in Yamagata prefecture. To preserve the soft texture, it is recommended that the confections be eaten on the same day.
  • Mochikichi Yamagata
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Hinokicho 3-chome 8-ban 32-go
  • Kakiyasu Kofukudo AEON MALL Tendo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Tendo-shi Haga section Chinai 34 -gaiku AEON MALL Tendo Mall
  • Yumeya AEON MALL Mikawa
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Higashitagawa-gun Mikawamachi Inoko 128-1 AEON MALL Mikawa 2F
  • Kofukudo AEON MALL Yamagata Minami
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Wakamiya 3-7-8 AEON MALL Yamagata Minami
  • Dagashi Yumeya AEON MALL Yamagata Minami
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Wakamiya 3-7-8 AEON MALL Yamagata Minami 2F
  • Amazaki Ya (Kanzaki Ya)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Tendo-shi Mikkamachi 2-4-12
  • Siber Espal Yamagata
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Kasumichou 1-1-1 Espal Yamagata 1F
  • Kasho Sanzen S-PAL Yamagata
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Kasumicho 1-1-1S- PAL Yamagata 2F
  • Long-established Choei Do S-PAL Yamagata
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Kasumicho 1-1-1S- PAL Yamagata 2F

Yamagata Areas

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Although often overlooked, Yamagata prefecture by no means lacks appeal: the Yamadera temple trail through the mountains, deliciously tender Yonezawa wagyu, and over 100 steaming hot springs, most notably Zao Onsen, await visitors. When winter comes, the snowcapped peaks become dotted with skiers by day and onsen-goers by night, while summer brings the celebration of juicy Yamagata cherries.

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