Japanese Confectionery Spots in Saitama Area

  • Koedo Osatsuan
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    3.5
    21 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Kawagoe-shi Saiwaicho 15-21

    さつまいもを薄く長くスライスしたチップスです。このままだと味が無いのでソースが色々選べます。一番人気の塩バターは良く合いますね。見映えもして美味しいおやつでした。

  • Eiseido
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Kamimachi 2-14-6
    "A Japanese confectionary shop situated along Prefectural Route 73 in 2-Chome Kami-machi, Chichibu City. The shop sells jelly made with mulberries pickled in syrup; the ""Chichi Dora,"" a combination of Chichibu fruit, dorayaki pancake sandwich, and whipped cream daifuku cake; and the ""Chichibu Yomatsuri Monaka,"" a wafer cake modeled after the floats which go on parade during the Chichibu Night Festival."
  • Fukuroya Seika
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibugunnagatoromachi Honnokami 646
    "A Japanese confectionary shop situated along the Saikai Highway in Honnogami, Nagatoro Town, Chichibu County. The shop's signature item is its ""Sumanju"" buns, a unique, Chichibu regional variation on manju buns made with anko bean jam wrapped in a dough made with fermented koji. A popular Nagatoro souvenir, these buns often sell out fast."
  • Marubutsu Nagatoro Raijindo
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibugunnagatoromachi Nagatoro 806-2
    A senbei rice cracker shop located close to Nagatoro Station in Nagatoro, Nagatoro Town, Chichibu County. The shop sells senbei crackers broiled one at a time by the hands of a skilled master. The shop offers some 80 different varieties, including twice covered in soy sauce, moist nure senbei, and flavors like yuzu kosho and natto miso. The shop also sells other confections, Japanese pickles, and folk crafts and other souvenirs.

    ハート型のとてもかわいいお煎餅を買いました。焼きたてで温かくて美味しかったです。醤油の香ばしさも最高でした。

  • Mame no Osawaya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibugunnagatoromachi Nagatoro 454-2
    "A shop which makes and sells ama-natto sugared red beans situated along Iwadatami Dori in Nagatoro, Nagatoro Town, Chichibu County. In addition to ama-natto made by hand over a three-day period with no additives, the shop also sells cooked beans; bok choy and other vegetable pickles; and ""Sanjurokucha,"" a tea blending 36 ingredients grown without pesticides."
  • Marusou Ichifuku Main Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Soukashi Aoyagi 2-16-18
    "This shop, located a 10-minute drive from the Soka Interchange and Misato-nishi Interchange on the Tokyo Gaikan Expressway, makes and sells Soka senbei rice crackers, a local specialty. The shop gets its first class rice unpolished from local, specially contracted farms and polishes it on-site just prior to using it to make its rice cracker dough. Adjoined by the rice cracker factory, customers can purchase piping hot, fresh made rice crackers. The shop's popular ""Tenpiboshi"" crackers, which are cooked by hand using sun-dried dough, are only made in small batches and sell out quickly. The shop also offers factory tours and a senbei rice cracker grilling activity (advance reservation required)."
  • Kurisuke Main Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Kuroya 822-1
    This confectionary is in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. It's filled with western and Japanese sweets made in the attached workshop, including the namesake Kurisuke sweets made with an entire chestnut. Their Snowball made with maple syrup harvested from the mountains of Chichibu, are popular souvenirs.
  • Mitoya Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Motomachi 1-22
    Founded in 1875, Mitoya is a long-established Japanese sweets store in Chichibu. The store is reputed for having kept the pure taste of its confections so typical of Chichibu since it was first founded. Their Chichibu mochi which contains slightly crushed sweetened red-bean paste with a delicate sweetness is a particularly fine sweet. Other popular Japanese sweets such as sesame manju cake and shichifuku are also available. In 2007 Mitoya opened a Western-style cake shop which sells cakes such as Swiss roll and Mont Blanc.
  • Tamariki Seika
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Kawagoe-shi Motomachi 2-7-7
  • Soka Senbei Garden
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Soka-shi Kinmeicho 790-2

    色んなお煎餅があって、試食も出来て、選ぶのが楽しいです。庭もきれいで、ステキなお煎餅屋さんだと思います。

  • Soka Senbei Garden Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Soka-shi Kinmeicho 790-2
  • Matsuriku Seika
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Kawagoe-shi Motomachi 2-11-6
  • Soka Crackers Horii
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Soka-shi Shinmei 1-7-29
  • Tokinokane Tanakaya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Saitama-shi Iwatsuki-ku Honcho 3-16-10
    A well-known Japanese confectioner famous for their Kenjo Meika Toki no Kane Monaka wafer cake. Their monaka fillings including adzuki red bean paste, a white kinton bean paste, and a citrus yuzu bean paste all of which are made with carefully selected domestically grown beans. In 1993 their Kenjo Meika Toki no Kane Monaka was presented to the Emperor and Empress of Japan and is marked by its gently sweet soft and elegant flavor.
  • Wagashiji Atarashi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Saitama-shi Omiya-ku Kamikocho 1031
    A Japanese confectioner making handmade treats that have been beloved throughout the ages and whose creations incorporate both traditional Japanese ideas and foreign confectionary ingredients. One of their most popular is their Musashi's Journey (Almond Tuile), which has a great aroma and satisfying crunchy mouthfeel. Other popular sweets they offer are their salted soft shortbread, black sesame dorayaki pancakes stuffed with red bean paste, and his and hers madeleines and matcha green tea madeleines.
  • Momijiya Honten
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Kumagaya-shi Sayada 3247
    A Japanese confectioner which first opened in 1869. The continue to use the same techniques that they used in the Edo period to make well-known traditional Kumagaya sweets. They produce natural, nutritious, additive and artificial-coloring free treats that are popular for their simple nostalgic flavors. Confections they sell include Gokabou, a deluxe Gokabou called Shorai, and Futomaki.
  • Horiuchi Seika
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Kumagaya-shi Honcho 2-15
    A traditional Japanese confectioner that first opened in 1887. They made and produced the first Gokabou local Saitama sweet then spelled with different kanji characters that promised luck. In addition to the Kumagaya staple, Gokabou Kinako, made with high quality soy beans and mochi rice, and their rich, fragrant, high-quality Gokabou Uguisu, made with valuable green soybeans, they also offer a variety of seasonal treats.
  • Murayama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Kasukabe-shi Kasukabehigashi 2-9-7
    A Japanese confectioner known for their top-quality sweets made with carefully selected ingredients by craftsmen who have honed their skills over many years. They are very particular in choosing their ingredients including handpicked adzuki red beans from the Tokachi Hokkaido region, Tanba chestnuts from Kyoto, first-rate agar, and all natural trehalose sugar. They offer a wide variety of sweets including yokan jelly, manju buns, fresh Japanese sweets, seasonal treats, and gift assortments.
  • Kurazukuri Honpo Kubotamachi Main Store
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Kawagoe-shi Kubomachi 5-3
    A confectioner that first opened in 1887. Their popular Fukuzou treat has been sold for over 40 years and has sold upwards of 3.5 million units in a year. It has been certified as part of the Kawagoe Selection and as a Sai-no-Kuni Excellent Brand Product. Also popular is their Beni-Akakun rendition of the traditional Japanese Sweet Potato desert and their Kyutaro Kitsune manjuu pie dumpling.

    年始に長期で関東に滞在。 青春18きっぷを利用していた関係で、埼玉も訪問してきました。 このときに川越にも訪問したのですが、「くらづくり本舗 久保町本店」さんで「喜多のかけ橋」を購入。 「ダックワーズ」の和風バージョンみたいな感じなのですが、軽くて持ち運びがとっても楽(笑)。 食感も良くてとても美味しかったです。

  • Umon (Ichibangai Shop)
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    4.0
    35 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Kawagoe-shi Saiwaicho 1-6
    The Ichibangai location of this confectioner has a tea house which offers a popular food menu starring Imo-Okowa (sweet potato and rice). Their popular Imo-Koi manjuu bun, a mixture of sweet potato and whole red beans wrapped in a dough made with mochi rice and yams, offers a nostalgic flavor and has been chosen as one of Sai-no-Kuni's Authorized Superior Brand Goods. Their Imo-Pote cakes and Imo-Okowa make for great souvenirs.

    たまたま通りがかかって見つけました。 落ち着いていて、良い雰囲気。 食べ物にバラが乗っていて、ほっこり。 店員さんも良い感じ^ ^ おこわのランチ美味しかった♪ 写真の物は、税込1200円です。

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