Japanese Confectionery Spots in Kanazawa City Area

  • Shibafune Koide
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Inaho 2-8
    The Inaho Plant of Shibafune Koide, a long-standing Japanese confectionary shop established in 1917. Located just off of the Hakusan Interchange, the factory makes and sells via a direct sales shop elegant, high quality Japanese confections. The namesake Shibaune is a renowned confection consisting of beautiful, small elliptical rice crackers covered with white sugar like fresh-fallen snow and flavored with spicy ginger. In order to preserve the flavor and pungency of the ginger, the snacks are carefully coated one at a time with a ginger syrup warmed to 80° C. The shop sells a variety of seasonal namagashi fresh sweets and confection assortments perfect for giving as presents, congratulations, and condolences.
  • Tawaraya
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    4.5
    59 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kobashimachi 2-4
    A long-standing “ame” candy and syrup shop located in Kobashi-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa which was established in 1830. It is said the shop was started after the original owner witnessed the struggles of mothers who were unable to produce milk for their newborn babies and decided to create a highly nutritious ame which could be given to suckling infants. The shop’s ame is made with only domestic rice and barley. The shop’s signature item is its Jiro-ame, a “mizuame” thick syrup. This can be eaten as-is but it’s also popularly used as a natural seasoning and secret ingredient in vegetable, fish, and meat dishes.

    Down a lovely little street is this old fashioned sweet store. They give you a taste of the syrup but not the candies. It was interesting and we did purchase some of the sweets. The flavour is...

  • Kanazawa Urata (Mikage)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Mikagemachi 21-14
    A Japanese confectionary shop located in Mikage Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture famous for the Kaga Hachiman okiagari monaka bean jam cakes, which are popular to give as gifts celebrating the birth of a child and when visiting someone in the hospital. Modeled after the Kaga Hachiman okiagari, a traditional Kanazawa craft, these cute monaka bean jam cakes consist of a crisp outer crust filled with sweet adzuki bean paste. The shop also sells a wide variety of other fresh and baked sweets sure to delight as a souvenir or present. The shop’s Japanese-style choux crème puffs, crisp pastries filled with matcha green tea cream and tsubuan course sweet bean paste, are also well-reviewed.
  • Sakakobo Taro (Onikawa Branch)
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    4.0
    33 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nagamachi 1-3-32
    A Japanese confectionary shop located next to the Nomura Samurai Residence in the Nagamachi Samurai District, a popular tourist destination in Naga-machi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. In addition to selling sweets, the shop also has a café area. Sakakobo Taro sells a variety of novel sweets, such as yokan jelly made with cacao and peanut butter, as well as colorful bite sized sweets made with dried kanten gelatin. Visitors can relax in the café space, enjoy the view of the Nomura Samurai Residence garden, and enjoy a cup of matcha green tea with a high class Japanese confection, shiratama azuki rice dumplings with sweet adzuki beans, or zenzai sweet bean soup.

    休憩コーナーも併設した和菓子屋さんです。 入口が大きく雰囲気もある店舗でした。他ではみない和菓子の数々が販売され、見ているだけでも楽しくなってしまいました。 お土産購入にお勧めです。

  • Takagiya Confectionary
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hondamachi 1-3-9
    This is an old confectionery shop established in 1925 in Hondamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. It is a famous shop in Kanazawa winning a number of awards at the National Confectionary Expo, and the second generation successor selected as a Kanazawa confectionery master. Representative sweets include “Dainagon Monaka” and “Kaga Saogashi.” The “Kamifusen” are colorful monaka filled with Japanese style jelly in flavors such as grape or lemon. They look lovely and are popular with women as gifts or souvenirs.

    金沢市本多町あります、少しわかりずらい所にあります和菓子の老舗です、紙ふうせん、あんず餅が名物です、私の県外の友人が紙ふうせんが好きで1年に1回行きます。

  • Ishikawaya Honpo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Shimenomachi Nishi 22
    This well-established Japanese confectionery store located in the town of Shimeno Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, was founded in the mid-1800s. It sells traditional handmade confectionery paying particular attention to the ingredients and taste without mass-producing. The “Kurumi Matsukaze” is a popular miso flavored castella type cake topped with walnuts. The well-known packs of colorful dried confectionary designed as flowers or animals are also a popular souvenir of Kanazawa.
  • Koshiyama Kanseido Main Store
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Musashimachi 13-17
    This is one of the traditional Japanese sweet shops representing Kanazawa, founded in 1888. Their most famous product is the sake manju, “Yaki-man,” a long seller that has been loved for over 100 years. A variety of Japanese sweets are available in the store such as the famous “Kinjomaki,” a triangle shaped special bean paste wrapped in a moist pastry, as well as “Saisei Anzukko,”, a new apricot popular souvenir of Kanazawa. A confectionery making experience where you can make two types of fresh confectionery (reservations required) is also popular with tourists from abroad.

    金沢市武蔵町にあります、創業は明治21年だそうです金沢の老舗の和菓子店です昔は大判饅頭、五色生菓子などが主力商品でしたが時代の移り変わりにより常に新作を出されますまた店内にはカフェもやっていますまた和菓子の手作り体験もやっています。

  • Rakugan Moroeya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nomachi 1-3-59
    This long-established confectionery shop founded in 1849 is located in Nomachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and is famous for its rakugan dry confection (pressed starch and sugar). The rakugan sweets, made by traditional techniques and preserves the tradition of famous Kaga confectionery, are loved in Kanazawa as a popular sweet to have with tea. Also popular are old historic confectioneries such as “Hojo sweets” and “Kaga Hojo,” as well as “Hana Usagi” which appeared as a souvenir of Kanazawa in a popular drama. People are attracted by the charming wrapping resembling a rabbit and the delicate sweet taste
  • Shibafune Koide (Nomachi Main Store)
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    3.5
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nomachi 3-2-29
    Shibafune Koide is a long-established traditional Japanese confectionery store (founded in 1917) that is located on National Route 157, in 3 Chome, Nomachi Town, Kanazawa City. Shibafune Koide sells a range of locally-made, high-quality confectionery, including “Shibafune” senbei rice crackers made with ginger jelly, three varieties of “Sanyaso” steamed sponge-cake style confectionery, etc. The store also has its own café, and is a great place to drop in while strolling round the Nishi-chayagai area of Kanazawa City.

    金沢市野町にありましたが現在は横川に移転しています、ここの名物は芝舟ですが今は山野草、あいあい、栗法師など色々あります、県外の友人に送るお菓子を買いに来ました。

  • Wagashi Murakami (Kanazawa Main Store)
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    4.0
    42 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nagamachi 2-3-32
    This confectionery stands between the Nagamachi 2 and Nagamachi 3 bridges along the Onosho waterway. Wagashi Murakami is a long-established confectionery established in 1911, and boasts of its wagashi made with plenty of homemade bean paste, which is cooked by skilled craftsmen using traditional techniques and methods that have been handed down since its establishment.

    忍者寺から30分近く歩いて到着しました。 カフェスペースは、和菓子屋さんというより、明るいカフェ、という感じです。 和栗のモンブラン等美味しそうなメニューで悩みましたが、色々な味を楽しめるプレートにしました。お餅が美味しかったです。

  • Coji
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kakinokibatake 3-3
    "A shop which sells Japanese sweets with a focus on anko red bean paste. Bite-sized anko sweets, perfect for a snack, fill the shop's display cases and shelves. One of the shop's most popular items is the ""Coji Dora,"" a hearty serving of anko sandwiched between two moist pancakes made with honey and brown sugar. In the summer, the shop sells kintoki adzuki bean shaved ice and mizu yokan jelly. The shop also offers more unusual items, like a sweet zenzai soup made with anko and coffee, and a cafe au lait zenzai soup."

    金沢市柿木畠にあります、本当に小さい店です自家製あんこのはぃつたお菓子と焼き菓子などのおやつの店です,ここの名物はどら焼きスタンダードのどら焼きですふあふあでてずくり感がやさしい甘さ控えめでうまいですね。

  • Nakataya (Motomachi Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Motomachi 2-4-8
    "A long-standing Japanese confectionary shop's Motomachi location. The spacious shop is adjoined by a gallery. The shop's kintsuba, a traditional sweet consisting of sweet beans wrapped in a flour dough, is its signature item, and is made with particular emphasis on the flavor of the beans. Inside, the square kintsuba blocks are stuffed with whole, plump adzuki beans. The shop uses top quality Dainagon beans from Hokkaido. The kanten algae gelatin, an essential ingredient in making the dough, Is Tanba kanten made in Kyoto. The shop also actively incorporates local ingredients, and the ""Igaguri,"" a select variety of kintsuba, is filled with large Noto chestnuts."
  • Kanazawa Urata Izumino
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Izuminomachi 4-8-21

    ここの名物は加賀八幡起き上がりもなかすごく可愛いパッケージに包まれている何とも愛らしいお土産にもって行くと喜ばれる。

  • Kanazawa Urata Yokaichidemachi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Yokaichidemachi 826
  • Shibafune Koide, Higashiyama Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Higashiyama 1-13-13
  • Rakugan Moroeya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Kanazawa Ichino Machi 1-3-59
  • Koshiyama Kanseido
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Jinguji 3-chome 13-19
  • Japanese sweets Murakami Head Office
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Izumihonmachi 1-4
  • Kenjoutei
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    1-19 Kenroku-machi Kanazawa Ishikawa
  • Mochikichi Kanazawa Fushimidai
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Fushimidai 2-chome 1-5

    金沢市伏見台にあります、せんべい、おかきの専門店です特にお味見セットがいいです、なかなか食べて見ないと味が分からないのでこのお味見セットがありがたいです。

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Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.

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