Shopping Spots in Ise Area

  • Iwatoya Main Shop
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    3.5
    52 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujimazaikechou 58
    This souvenir shop is just 30 seconds on foot from Ujihashi Bridge by Ise Jingu Shrine's Naiku (Inner Ise Shrine).They sell the local favorite Iwato mochi, ginger sugar, and more. Iwato mochi is associated with the auspicious events of the Iwato Kagura dance of Japanese mythology. A popular souvenir, it consists of koshian sweet bean paste made from the finest Hokkaido adzuki beans and light-flavored soft mochi rice cakes prepared with carefully selected glutinous rice and kinako soy flour. Their ginger candies are made by simmering ginger juice mixed with sugar and then pouring it into molds. They also have other flavors that include cinnamon, matcha green tea, and adzuki bean.

    おかげ横丁のお土産店の店内奥にある五十鈴食堂を利用しました。平日にも関わらず、店内は混んでいました。それでも待つことなく店内へ。テーブルに着いたら、すぐに券売機へ。海老フライ定食をオーダー。大きくて厚みのあるエビフライが二本、海老の身がギッシリ。タルタルソースと海老フライの相性は抜群。海老の旨味が口の中にいっぱい広がる。ご飯の味もいい。ただ、千切りのキャベツは少し新鮮味に欠けていたのが残念でした。

  • ISE Meotoiwa Meoto Yokocho
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    3.5
    19 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Mie Ise-shi Futamicho E580

    ツアーで夫婦岩方面へ行く時に通りました。駐車場が建物前だった事もあり、暖かくて便利だなと思いました。天井はカラフルな提灯で賑やか、土産物屋さんも多かったです。

  • Kumihimo Hirai
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Ise-shi Ujiurata 1-5-6
    "This shop sells Iga kumihimo cords, a traditional craft which has been a popular Mie souvenir since ancient times. The shop stands in a corner of the Oharai-cho district, originally a town area which grew up around the Ise Jingu shrine. The shop sells cords for traditional uses such as tying kimono sashes and scrolls, as well as items suited to modern purposes such as cellphone straps and netsuke belt toggles. The shop's Iga kumihimo cords, woven one at a time by hand according to a traditional method using gold, silver, and silk thread, are each unique and different and make perfect Ise souvenirs. The shop's cords woven in the shape of the components which make up the character for ""to come true"" have become popular as charms which are said to make one's wish come true."

    組み紐とは、絹糸や綿糸で組み上げられた紐の事で日本の伝統工芸品になります。伊勢神宮内宮近くのおはらい町通り沿いにありました。組み紐を使ったストラップやキーホルダーなど可愛らしいお土産がたくさんそろっており、楽しいお店です。

  • Wakamatsuya (Gekumae Shop)
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Honmachi 13-6
    This veteran shop specializing in Ise kamaboko is about five minutes on foot from JR and Kintetsu Ise City Station. Their high-grade kamaboko produced by skilled craftsmen could never be made by a machine. The most popular variety is Ise hiryozu, a filling fried fish cake incorporating nine healthy ingredients including Ise hijiki that's delicately simmered for about 15 minutes in rice oil. Their Cheese Sticks, satsuma-age kamaboko with piping hot cheese, has long been a best seller with customers of all ages.

    外宮参拝後、内宮へ移動前に一息。揚げたての丸い「ひりょうず」は具材たっぷりでオススメ、とっても美味しいので絶対食べてください!!

  • Magonoya Santa
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
    Shopping
    Mie Ise-shi Ujinakanokiricho
    This old-fashioned toy store was started out of a desire to see the smiling face of a delighted grandchild. The store carries a wide selection of old-fashioned toys which will be familiar to grandma and grandpa and brand new to their grandchildren. From a wooden set of fish grilling toys for playing house, to Kamikara paper craft toys, everything the store sells has been chosen with an emphasis on safety, materials, and construction. The shop's charming traditional wooden Ise gangu toys make perfect souvenirs of your visit to Ise. The shop's Ise dialect karuta card game, which uses examples of the local Ise dialect in place of the more traditional classic poems, is also popular.

    伊勢神宮内宮前のおかげ横丁にある玩具屋さんになります。ブリキの玩具やコマ、けん玉など昔懐かしの玩具が揃っています。こういった楽しいお店はついつい入ってしまいますね。

  • Kicchou Shofukutei
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 52 (Okage Yokochi inside)
    The Maneki-neko (lucky beckoning cat) specialty store is in the Okage Yokocho area near Inner Ise Shrine in Ise, Mie. The store is marked by a large stone beckoning cat just outside. Inside the store you’ll find nearly 1,000 different types of beckoning cats on display from all around the country. You’ll find cats in all mediums such as pottery, including the Tokoname, Seto, and Kutani ceramic styles, papier-mache, and wood carvings from a variety of different types of wood. They also deal in works by contemporary writers and beckoning cat traditional toys. Each cat has a different form and expression, and they’re all adorable.

    伊勢神宮内宮前のおかげ横丁にあるお土産やさんになります。こちらのお店には様々な種類の招き猫が置かれており、その数は1000種類にも及ぶそうです。大小様々な招き猫があり、好きな人にはたまらないお店でしょうね。

  • Meibutsu Henbamochi Main Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Obatachouakeno 1430-1
    This veteran Japanese sweet shop was established in 1775. Their Henba Mochi sweets are round, flat, and browned on both sides. They're made with carefully selected, domestically produced ingredients, and the shop continues to produce them with the traditional flavor they've been known for since their founding. These tasty treats are popular for the unique texture that rice flour gives them and the melt-in-your-mouth goodness of their koshian strained bean paste filling. You can eat them right in the shop, and they're so popular that they sometimes sell out before 17:00. They also have Sawa Mochi (a sweet that's well-known in the Iseshima and Matsusaka region), Brown Sugar Mochi (made by blending brown sugar with glutinous mochi rice), and in summer, mizu yokan (chilled sweet bean jelly).
  • Meibutsu Henba Mochi Miyagawa Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Nishitoyohamachou 342-1
    This long-established Japanese confectionery shop sells one of Ise's specialties, henba mochi (rice cake filled with bean paste and lightly grilled on both side). It has a dine-in space, and you can enjoy traditional Japanese sweets such as the famous henba mochi with tea. The store also has a parking lot where large buses can park and bathrooms, making it the perfect place to rest from a drive. By the way, there used to be a henba-jo to send back horses when worshippers crossed the Miyagawa River to head towards Ise Jingu Shine in the Edo period (1603-1868). It is said the henba mochi came from the sweets given there.
  • Sato no Eki Naize Shizenmura
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Shopping
    Mie Watarai-gun Minamiisecho Naize 1537-8
    This local products market stands on National Route 260 in Naize, Minamiise Town, Watarai County, Mie Prefecture. The market sells the area's famous mandarin oranges, Minamiise Brand-certified Tsuru no Okagemai rice, umeboshi pickled plums made with local Gokasho baby plums, and other seasonal products and agricultural produce. From late October through mid-December, the market also offers juice-making activities and mandarin orange picking in an adjoining field.

    さて、五ヶ所みかんですが、いつも購入している「土実樹」だけでなく、今回はこちらでも購入してみます。以前はこちらの対岸の半島に「さないや」という農家があり、みかん狩りを楽しめたのですが、現在はやっていないようです。こちらはみかん狩りの営業をしているものの、みかん畑はやや西に傾いた斜面になっており、朝日があたらない地形です。そのせいかどうかは判然としませんが、やや味が薄い、五ヶ所みかんの特質である、酸...

  • Henbamochi Oharai Town Branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujiurata 1-149-1
    Henbamochi Oharai Town Branch, located in Oharai Town near to Ise-jingu Shrine Naiku in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, is a Japanese sweet shop, and this well-established shop opened its main store in 1775. Henbamochi, which is mochi (rice cake) made from rice flour filled with smooth sweet bean paste and browned on both sides, is famous. It has a light texture with a roasted aroma and mild sweetness, and is popular as a local sweet to go with tea as well as a tourist souvenir. In the shop, there is a range of Sawamochi in which sweet paste is sandwiched in noshimochi (flat rice cake) and kombu seaweed cooked in soy sauce. It offers a takeaway service as well as an eating in at a small Japanese style seating area.
  • Toraya Uiro Naikumae Branch
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    4.5
    54 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 91
    Toraya Uiro Naikumae Branch, located in Oharai Town which is near Ise-jingu Shrine Naiku in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, is a Japanese sweet shop, and the main shop opened in 1923. It recreates uiro (rice flour pudding) which was traditionally made in Ise, and about 35 types ranging from standard flavors to season limited items are manufactured and sold. There is a range of colourful uiro including Ogura Uiro from Japanese red beans as well as Sakura Uiro with sakuramochi flavor, and they are popular as a local sweet with tea as well as a tourist souvenir. The spongy texture and elegant sweetness is superb.

    おはらい町にある虎屋さん。今やあちこちに点在する、知る人ぞ知るういろ屋さんですね。この日は季節限定&訪問日が最終販売日だった『柚子ういろ』と『星屑ういろ』を買いました。柚子ういろうは柚子皮を散りばめて柚子の風味豊かで爽やかなういろうでした。星屑ういろうは黒糖使用のこしあんと、白ういろの二段ういろう。小口の栗で星屑をイメージした、とっても可愛いういろでした。ういろなんて滅多に買わないけど、不思議です...

  • Fujiya Sogetsudo
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    4.5
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 46-1
    This Japanese confectionery is located in Oharai Town, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, which is near Naiku, Ise-jingu Shrine. It is a longstanding shop that has been around since 1868, the beginning of the Meiji period. Its most famous item since its opening has been the “Rikyu manju,” which was created for a tea ceremony exhibition held at Ise-jingu Shrine attended by the master of the Senke school of tea ceremony. Smooth bean paste is wrapped in a thin layer to create a manju bun with a light sweetness. The Rikyu manju is popular as a “kohaku (red and white) manju” for celebrations as well. The shop also offers “Moritake no Matsu,” which consists of dough kneaded with brown sugar and baked, as well as seasonal cakes and other sweets.

    おはらい町通り沿いの明治元年創業の老舗和菓子店。紅白の可愛らしい利休まんじゅうが名物でお土産にも最適です。店頭ではどら焼きやソフトクリームが売られていますが焼立てどら焼きが疲れた体に元気を呼び戻してくれます。店構えも伝統と歴史を感じさせてくれます。

  • Isuzu Seigoan
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Futamichouchaya 569-35
    Isuzu Seigoan, located in Futami Town, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, which is famous for Meoto Iwa (paired rocks), sells “Iwato no shio yokan,” a well-known Futami sweet. The secret of this sweet is a salt “Futami Iwato no Shio”, which is harvested by boiling water from the Futami Kouzaki coast, where fresh water and salt water mix. The “shio yokan” (salted sweet bean jelly) is made by taking carefully selected azuki beans and kneading this salt into them, giving it an exquisitely balanced taste that is salty and yet refreshingly sweet. It may be a small shop, but there is an eating space where you can enjoy a matcha tea and shio yokan set.

    二見浦の表参道入り口に建つお茶屋さん風の和菓子屋さん。名物は塩羊羹。この辺りでは天然の塩を採っていた伝統があるんですよね。 塩味が羊羹の甘さを上手に引き立てていて、なるほど-。インパクトありの羊羹です。

  • Koujiya
    Shopping
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Miyajiri 1-10-39
    This longstanding miso and soy sauce maker is located near Geku, Ise-jingu Shrine in Ise City, Mie Prefecture. Founded in 1816, their focus is on producing and selling dark soy sauce with a unique sweetness and flavor that goes well with famous Ise dishes, such as “Ise udon” and “tekone-zushi.” Their famous soybean miso is made using only fully fermented unprocessed soybeans. Their “koji pudding” features the light sweetness of malted rice and a nice, thick texture along with the rich flavor of tamari soy sauce, making it popular as a souvenir or gift.
  • Yamamura Milk Gakko Gekumae Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Ise-shi Honmachi 13-6
    A dairy manufacturer that opened in 1919, this company store is right next to Geku, Ise-jingu Shrine in Ise City, Mie Prefecture. The display cases feature milk, yogurt, pudding, and other items in traditional bottles. The most popular product is their ice cream made from a combination of rich milk and homemade condensed milk. You’ll also find popular sweets such as warm lava cake and bread pudding topped with ice cream.
  • Ofukumochi Honke
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    4.5
    28 Reviews
    Shopping
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Futamichouchaya 197-2
    This longstanding Japanese confectioner first opened in 1738 and their famous Lucky Mochi has been an Ise favorite since the Edo period. Their Lucky Mochi is made of white mochi made from Kyushu mochi-rice wrapped around smooth red-bean paste, giving it a simple sweetness without being too heavy. Each hand-shaped treat creates a shape that brings to mind the waves around Futamino-ura. They also sell a popular red-bean paste lollipop called Ofuku Ice Mac. Inside the shop is an attached café where they offer tea and shaved ice alongside traditional Japanese confections. The nearest station is Futamino-Ura Station.

    3つの味を堪能できるセットにしました。とても美味しい。 御福もちも少し購入したかったのですが、13時に伺ったのに、4個入りは売り切れたとのことで8個入りからしか購入できないとことでした。残念です。 すごく丁寧な接客ですが、商売っ気がなく、古風で伝統的なお店です。 3種類とも美味しかったので、できればこういういろいろな味が楽しめるセットや、個数が少ないものも販売して欲しいです。

  • Isuzuchaya Main Branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 30
    You’ll find this confectionery near Naiku, Ise-jingu Shrine in Oharai Town, Ise City, Mie Prefecture. It is run by the Akafuku Group. You’ll find Japanese sweets that evoke the seasons as well as Western sweets, Japanese tea, and more. The “okage inu shortbread” is inspired by a dog that came all the way to Ise in its master’s stead, and makes a popular souvenir with tourists. The café space offers Akafuku rice cakes and matcha tea sets as well as other sweets. The charming building was restored from an old Ise warehouse, and you can gaze at the dry landscape garden from the tatami and table seats.
  • Zeniya
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 52 Inside Okage Yokocho
    You’ll find this confectionery inside “Okage Yokocho” area next to Naiku, Ise-jingu Shrine in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, marked by a signboard with an old coin. This small shop brims with old-fashioned Japanese charm and is always full of tourists. There are 150 varieties of sweets available, including “karinto” (fried dough cookies), candy, wheat-gluten snacks, rice crackers, and more. The most popular is the “waraji karinto”, which is as big as a straw sandal. All the sweets are traditional, relatively healthy, and great as gifts or eating as you walk about.

    ちょっと安めな海老せんやおかきなどがあります。 一番人気のわらじかりんとうは普通のかりんとうよりも薄く食べやすい硬さです。 パリポリと折れるので噛みやすく、黒蜜は蜜の味がしっかりしていて、かりんとうが好きな人にはいい感じでした。

  • Used Bookshop Poran
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Shopping
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Kawasaki 2-13-18
    This old bookstore is in Kawasaki of Ise City, Mie Prefecture, an area with many old-fashioned homes and warehouses. It was renovated from a traditional house over 200 years old. The cute cats roam about the shop, which is packed with old books hand-selected by the owner. There’s everything from local history books to shinto-specialized books. You can also find paperbacks, art books, comics, picture books, records, and works from a number of genres. You may even discover a rare text that is hard to find nowadays.

    宿からすぐ近くだったので行ってみました。本屋さんですが6匹猫がいます。うち1匹は、「名古屋古本案内」の本の表紙にもなった、可愛い猫です。オーナーさんはレコードの元問屋さんで、レコードもクラシックからポップまで多数あります。また、古本もジャンル幅広くそろっていますし、英語もしくは外国語の絵本もたくさんありました。店内は地元・河崎のおもしろい人の日記の展示もありました。店主のおじさんは、歴史好きで話が...

  • Dangoya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujinakanokirichou 12
    This dango (rice dumpling) specialty store is in the Okage Yokocho shopping area found in front of Ise Shrine’s gate. Four large ping pong ball sized dumplings are skewered on a long stick. A variety of flavors include mitarashi (sweet soy), pure soy sauce, brown sugar syrup, and roasted soybean flour. The Mitarashi Hanako, dumplings with sweet soy syrup inside, are popular souvenirs. You can enjoy the dumplings there or take them home as a gift.

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Spread across the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, Mie prefecture boasts hundreds of kilometers of pretty coastline comprising the oyster-rich Toba city and Shima National Park all the way down to Kumano, a city that marks the beginning of part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, which runs into neighboring Wakayama prefecture. However, Mie is best known for the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine inland, one of the oldest and largest shrines in the country.

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