Japanese Confectionery Spots in Chiba Area

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Chiba
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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Bread / Dessert / Other Food Shop

Japanese Confectionery

Onkashitsukasa Kadohachi Main Shop

4.0

13 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Chouseigunichinomiyamachi Ichinomiya 3012

A traditional Japanese confectionery store located along National Route 128, a five minute walk from Kazusa-Ichinomiya Station. The store sells all sorts of confections including manju (sweet buns), dorayaki (bean-jam pancake), and yokan (adzuki-bean jelly). Their famous daifuku cakes (rice cakes stuffed with sweet bean jam) are made with seasonal fruits such as their mikan daifuku with a whole mikan orange wrapped inside mochi and white bean jam, apricot cheese daifuku, rakkasei (peanuts) fresh cream daifuku, as well as strawberry daifuku.

大福が名物のようですが、「あんころ餅」と「まるごとびわゼリー」をテイクアウトしました。帰路の海ほたるベンチで休憩、おやつにあんころ餅の甘さが良かった。まるごとびわゼリーは、容器の下に［原材料びわ中国産…］との表示がありました。予想外。
Kintoki no Amataro

4.0

51 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Naritashi Hanazakichou 527

This obanyaki treat specialty shop is on the approach to Naritasan Shinshoji Temple. Their Amataro-yaki features their own thin, crispy crust and is packed with homemade bean paste. They sell adzuki an (red bean paste) and shiro-an (white bean paste) varieties, and they're a popular snack with visitors walking to and from the temple.

This is the best red bean bun I have tried in Japan. The red/white bean filling is delicious, soft and sweet. The filling is very full; the bun is very fulfilling. It is of course best to eat it when...
Ougiya

5.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Funabashishi Matsugaoka 4-23-1

This shop makes wagashi Japanese sweets from Tokachi, Hokkaido grown adzuki beans, Tanba, Hyogo Prefecture grown dainagon beans, shirozara sugar, and alkaline ionized water. Products include their Ningyo-yaki based on the Bakamen Dance in Funabashi's fishing town and shortbread with an image of Chiba-kun, Chiba Prefecture's mascot. They make over 100 kinds of fresh, top-grade seasonal wagashi sweets annually.

昨年は食べそびれましたので、柏餅のはしごです。まずはこちらのお店をネットで発見しました。 10時30分頃に到着すると既に行列(笑) 混雑と、ソーシャルディスタンスの維持の為ですね。柏餅と練りきりを買いました。ご馳走様でした。
Tagosaku Senbei Main Shop

4.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Chibashi Chuou-ku Shinjuku 1-20-5

This senbei rice cracker shop located along the Oami Highway sells senbei grilled one by one over charcoals with batter made with a traditional method from long ago, and finished with a special sauce. It uses only the finest ingredients, such as koshihikari rice from Chiba Prefecture for the batter, and natural soy sauce also from Chiba Prefecture that uses no additives.

60有余年の歴史がある煎餅屋で、軽い口当たりの手焼き煎餅が評判のお店です。白幡神社裏の本店では、店頭で一枚一枚手焼きしているところを見学出来ます。醤油の産地として有名な千葉県産醤油の風味豊かな煎餅は、地元では手土産としても有名でどなたにも喜ばれる味だと思います。本店は駅（最寄駅は京成電鉄千葉線千葉中央駅）まで多少距離があります、JR・京成の千葉駅に隣接する千葉そごう内地下1階にある売り場の利用が...
Kashiwaya Monakaten

4.0

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Katorishi Sawara I 569

This monaka (sweet with red bean jam sandwiched between thin crisp wafers) shop is located along Prefectural Route 55 and was opened in 1927. It manufactures and sells various types of monaka filled with chunky or fine bean paste, white bean paste, yuzu-flavored bean paste using yuzu citrus harvested every year, bean paste using brown sugar or chestnuts. In addition, their bite-sized monaka are very popular even as gifts.

ドライブがてら友人と、以前食べた事があるひと口最中を買いに行きました。道が狭い上に一方通行が多く、たどり着くまで大変でしたが、１個５０円というお手頃価格で美味しい粒あんの最中が買え、行った甲斐がありました。最中は三色とも試食があり、カード決済も出来ます。
Toraya

3.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Chibashi Chuou-ku Fujimi 2-12-1 Toriya Building 1F

A beloved Japanese confectionary shop which has continued to make delicious sweets by hand since its establishment in 1938. Skilled workers use 100% Hokkaido adzuki beans to create the shop’s a sweet bean paste. The shop’s most popular item is its dorayaki, which are made fresh each morning only in enough quantity for that day. Toraya’s seasonal tea sweets are also fantastic.

千葉では老舗の和菓子屋さんのようですが、ちょうどお邪魔した時期は、いちご大福があり、白餡でお餅がピンク色と珍しいですが美味しかったです。
Eitaro

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Kisaradushi Fujimi 2-1-1

Eitaro, loved for its confections for years, is famous for its tanuki monaka (a sweet in the shape of a raccoon dog) which was first created in 1955. The sweet, associated with the belly-drumming raccoon dog of the nearby Shojo-ji Temple, is made in two varieties, a sweet adzuki bean paste made of a mixture of mashed and whole beans, and a sweet white bean paste. Both are popular. Their tanuki senbei (rice crackers) with cute pictures of raccoon dogs on them are also popular as souvenirs.
Komaso Confectionery

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Chikurachouminamiasai 1209-1

This is a confectionery store located along the Boso Flower Line in Chikuracho-minamiasai, Minamiboso City. The store offers various kinds of Western and Japanese confectioneries such as Hana fuwari, a white steamed bean-jam pancake sprinkled with local specialty marigold petals, Waguri (Japanese chestnut) Mont Blanc cream cake using white bean paste, and cheese bouchée sandwiched with a creamed cheese of 100% Calpis butter.
Nagomi-Yoneya Main Shop

4.0

104 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Naritashi Kamichou 500

This is a Japanese confectionery shop, founded in 1899, located on the Omotensando Road in Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple. It is known as the shop that introduced chestnut yokan, sweet bean jelly, to Japan and the jelly was based on the vegetarian cuisine ‘chestnut soup’ of Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple. The sweet bean jellies such as the Gokujo-oozao-youkan made by traditional methods, are famous and have been loved for many years as a souvenir of pilgrims to Naritasan. The Peanuts Monaka, a sweet using peanuts, a special product of Chiba, as well as standard Japanese sweets such as kintsuba and dorayaki, and seasonal sweets are also available.

Ive noticed each time I went to this shop that the shop assistants were not friendly. They had only one kind of yokan (mushi-yokan) for tasting. It was nice to have a tiny piece with a cup of tea...
Boyodo Tateyamaginza Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Tateyamashi Houjou 1804

Boyodo Tateyamaginza Branch located two minutes’ walk from Tateyama Station in Hojo, Tateyama City is a traditional Japanese confectionary shop. The hallmark product is Hananakko, a foiled-and-baked sweet using bean paste made with egg yolk. It also makes and sells sweets such as Ichigo daifuku (red bean paste and a strawberry wrapped in a rice cake) which is available only from January to early April and uses strawberries from Tateyama and can be enjoyed with two types of bean paste: white and black.
Zourokumochi Honpo Kimuraya

4.0

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Sakurashi Shinmachi 222-1

About a 10-minute walk south from Keisei Sakura Station on the Keisei Line. This is the second location of Ginza Kimura, which began in 1882 and continues to maintain the traditions of Japanese confections. Each is made individually by hand. The “Zourokumochi” — red bean wafer cakes filled with mochi modeled as a tortoise shell—is a Sakura City classic. There is a rest area within the shop, so you can enjoy some sweets or tea on the spot.

佐倉では有名な和菓子店です。店のつくりも歴史を感じさせます。ドライブで近くまで来るといつもお土産に買います。
Toraya Confectionery

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Katori-shi Sawarai 1717

This old wagashi (Japanese confectionery) shop has continued for 18 generations since 1657. They produce and sell both Japanese and Western-style sweets for each season. Their potato jelly—made with local sweet potatoes—is a top product, and the rakka monaka—made with peanuts—is a popular souvenir.
Tsuchiya Confectionery Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Isumigunotakimachi Shinmachi 83

Founded in 1919, Tsuchiya Confectionary Shop is famous for its irresistible “Kazusa-otaki-jo monaka, jyumangoku” sweets. These feature fine tsubuan sweet bean paste using quality azuki beans from Hokkaido and Monaka wafers caringly baked with carefully selected domestic glutinous rice. Always made with top grade ingredients, these are the finest sweets and worthy of the name Hondake Jumangoku.
Fukudaya

3.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Isumi-gun Otakimachi Shinmachi 24

"Located near the Shincho intersection south of the Izumi Railway Otaki Station, this long-established Japanese confectionary store boasts a wide selection of sweets, including ""Jumangoku Dorayaki"" and a rich repertoire of flavors such as ""Daifuku,"" a sweet made from a variety of ingredients, as well as ""Kurikemon,"" which is decorated with Honda Tadakatsu's family crest, ""Ogi Sablay,"" and other local sweets that appeal to the Otaki Castle. The store also has an eat-in area, making it an easy place to stop by during a stroll around Otaki."

大多喜市街の端っこにある昔ながらの和菓子屋さん。うぐいす餡の最中をいただきました。そんなに期待していなかったんですが、鮮やかなうぐいす色にキリリとしたシャープな甘さがうまいです。
Rojiura no Kashiwaya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Choshi-shi Minatocho 1758

A 5-minute walk from Hashimoto-cho bus stop from JR Choshi Station, this long-established hand-baked rice cracker store was founded in 1914 and is the birthplace of Nureseen. The assortment in a decorative box is also available as a gift.
Nuresenbei no Ishigami Inubo Store

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Choshi-shi Takagamihigashimachi 9658-1

The Inubo store has three stores in Choshi City, and you can enjoy shopping while observing a demonstration of Nure-sembei and Nure-okaki (rice crackers) and tasting them. There are also more than 15 types of assortments suitable for gift-giving, making it a fun place to choose from.
Takayama Seika

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Minamiboso-shi Takasaki 1355

This simple Japanese confectionary shop is notable for the delicate flavor of its products, which harness the innate qualities of the ingredients used. The shop's signature product is its Biwa Manju buns stuffed with a mixture of local loquat jam and shiroan white bean jam. There's also the shop's Biwa Chiffon Cake, which is also made with local loquats. The shop's whipped cream-stuffed daifuku rice cakes come in more than 10 flavors, including tsubuan chunky red bean paste, cafe au lait, kabocha, matcha green tea, loquat leaf, chocolate, Mont Blanc, black sesame, purple sweet potato, cheesecake, and strawberry mousse.
Shirahama-do

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Minamiboso-shi Shirahamacho Shirahama 55-3

This longstanding Japanese confectionary shop has been in business for over 130 years. The shop is famous for its sake manju buns made with high quality rice and koji. According to legend, the owner of the shop was taught how to make them by a monk wearing a conical wicker hat who visited Shirahama. Another of the shop's signature products is its Kinsenka no Hana cakes, which are made according to a proprietary recipe with pot marigold flower petals mixed in with the dough; their creation was inspired by Shirahama-cho's declaration that it was the best town for pot marigolds in Japan. Other products the shop makes include standard dorayaki pancake sandwiches and manju buns, as well as confections made using locally-grown loquats.
Seieidou

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Minamiboso-shi Anbaya 1984

This longstanding Japanese confectionary shop has been in business in the area for over 100 years. The shop is dedicated to the creation of elegant and fun confections. And true to this concept, many of its confections have a humorous design. The shop's products, which come in cute, eye-catching packaging, include the Sazae Monaka turban shell-shaped wafer cakes; round, cute whale-shaped Kujira Manju buns; and Kujira Age Manju buns, which are made with brown sugar and fried. The shop also sells staple dorayaki pancake sandwiches and dacquoise cake.
Chibaya Masuo Station Main Store

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Kashiwa-shi Kaga 3-18-13

This longstanding handmade Japanese confectionary shop has been in business for over 50 years. Among other things, the shop sells manju buns made with tart fruits such as Japanese apricots and kumquats. Many of the shop's products are just a little unusual, such as the extravagant Kinpaku Yokan jelly made with gold leaf; dark black Takesumi Manju buns made with bamboo charcoal; and Sennen no Hoshi, a baked confection consisting of sugary Chiba-grown sweet potato mixed with fresh butter and cream.

Chiba

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Gourmet / Alcohol Bread / Dessert / Other Food Shop Japanese Confectionery

Chiba Areas

The Boso Peninsula forms the main body of Chiba prefecture, and this is where you’ll find its endless warm water beaches and jagged mountains. Further inland, Narita - most famous as the home of Narita Airport - is a secret haven of tradition and history in the form of centuries-old Shinshoji Temple and quaint wooden Edo buildings. Chiba prefecture is also home to both Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.