Japanese Confectionery Spots in Okayama Area

  • Ebisu Manju
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    3.5
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Pref. Kurashikishi Achi 2-16-37
    This specialty ohban-yaki (Japanese pancake with sweet red bean paste) shop is located on Kurashiki Ebisu Shopping Street in Achi, Kurashiki City. Ebisu Manju, their signature ohban-yaki product, is simply made using only sweet bean paste inside. The store is not open in the summer, and sells products from the autumn to the spring.

    昔の方がおいしかった 久しぶりに食べたら 生地が硬くてパサパサしてた もっと もちもちして 触ったら中のあんこが感じられるぐらい もうちょっと 薄かったら食べやすいのかも 中のあんこも甘すぎた 砂糖を少なくして 塩を利かした方がイイと思った

  • Koeido Chunagon Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Naka-ku Chunagoncho 7-32
    This Japanese confectionery has over 160 years of history, stretching back to 1856. They worked to improve millet kibigashi, which had a very short shelf life, and used rice-flour gyuhi to create soft kibidango dumplings. These were loved by the Lord of Bizen at the time, and the Meiji Emperor. The package has an adorable picture of folk-tale hero Momotaro done by famous picture book artist Taro Gomi, making it popular with locals as well. In addition to old fashioned kibidango, they also have various flavors like matcha or peach.
  • Ote Manju Inbeya Kyobashi Main Shop
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    4.5
    63 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Kyobashicho 8-2
    This venerable Japanese confectionery has over 180 years of history. Their famous Ote Manju buns were particularly loved by Ikeda, Lord of Bizen Domain, and stories say he made sure they were served at every tea ceremony he attended. These buns are made with carefully mixed sweet bean paste wrapped in amazake sweet sake flavored dough for a highly aromatic manju bun. They also serve crisp Monami, monaka wafers filled with moist coarse anko, and Tsubuzoroi bean sweets, made with high grade sugared adzuki beans.

    お歳暮でいただきました。岡山では有名なお饅頭。薄皮の饅頭で思ったより甘くなく美味しかったです。餡はこしあんでした。

  • Bashoan Okamoto Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Omotecho 1-9-62
    This venerable confectioner was founded in 1909 on Omote-cho shopping street in Nakano-cho. The shop was named after Matsuo Basho by the first owner, a fan of the poet. They use select ingredients like local Bitchu white adzuki beans for their white an bean paste, and Hokkaido-grown adzuki for their black an. Both are made to an unchanging recipe going back to its founding. Their famous Asahikawa treats are colored light pink, white and light blue for a beautiful contrast, and were offered to the Showa Emperor on his visit to Okayama. Their Beniyokan bean jelly is made after the recipe supposedly used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at his Jurakutei tea parties, and is but one of their many delights, all refined over the years by craftsmen not content just to follow tradition.
  • Sato Gyokuundo
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Oda-gun Yakagecho Yakage 3084
    This venerable Japanese confectioner is near Ibara Railways Yakage Station. It dates back over 180 years, and has been known for its Yubeshi treats made with locally grown yuzu citrus since the Edo period, and was an apparent favorite of Atsuhime, the wife of Tokugawa Iesada. In the eight generations since their founding, they have added to their Yubeshi, with seasonal flower-topped Irodori hana-senbei, Hanayuzu, yokan bean jelly, and so on. Each of them is made by hand, with care and skill, and offers a taste of the seasons.

    矢掛町は、篤姫が薩摩から江戸に輿入れするときに宿泊し、その時に「ゆべし」を購入した記録があり、その時代のものを受け継いでいます。 現代版のゆべしのほうが断然においしいです。ふわもちで、おいしいです。 ここの、「柚子ようかん」は絶品です。 甘さも控えめで、ようかんが苦手な人でも食べられると思います。

  • Kangetsudo
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Kojimashimonocho 1-7-34
    A five-minute drive from the Kojima Interchange on the Seto Chuo Expressway. This Japanese confectioner offers variety of fruit daifuku (rice cake), primarily strawberry daifuku with a whole strawberry inside. The number of different combinations of fruit and red bean paste that they offer depends on the season but they usually have 15 to 20 different varieties. Their flagship Strawberry Daifuku has been sold since 1988 and is very popular with its large sweet strawberries covered in moderately sweet red bean paste. Also recommended are their seasonal flavors including their Momotaro Grape Shiro-an, which wraps a large juicy seedless Momotaro grape with white bean paste, and their Apple Daifuku in which they cover sweet simmered apple pieces with custard.

    從牛仔褲博物館回到兒島車站,可以選擇搭車或走路。如果走路,沿途會經過甘月堂和菓子專賣店。 店內小小的,卻販售非常多種水果大福,價格相當親民! 買了芒果跟白桃口味的,水果都帶點清香味

  • Shojiri Kigetsudo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Kojimaajino 2-3-19
    "An eight-minute drive from the Kojima Interchange on the Seto Chuo Expressway. This long-standing Japanese confectioner is located on the corner of Kojima Jeans Street. The shop started during the Taisho period when the founder came up with the idea of making Yokan jelly with the local specialty Nozaki Salt and started selling it. Their Salt Yokan and Salt Manju buns have a gentle flavor that perfectly blends sweet and salt and as they keep well, they make perfect souvenirs. Also popular are their Jeans Salt Yokan, bite size pieces in a package made of local denim, and their ""Shio Meguri"" which includes both Yokan and Manju with a small package of salt."
  • Sesshu Hirakawa Hermitage
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Soja-shi Ide 589-1
    A 10-minute walk from JR Soja Station. This long-standing Japanese confectioner was founded in the first year of the Meiji period. Their well-known hallmark product, Sesshu Monaka (a wafer cake filled with red bean paste), draws its name from a tale about the painter Sesshu. Legend states that when he was a young monk in training, he drew a picture of a mouse using his tears. The shell is an adorable mouse shape made from local Okayama mochi-rice and the red bean paste interior is made from luxurious high-quality Hokkaido adzuki beans. The treat keeps well and is a popular souvenir. Also recommended is another of their leading products, their Tenchu cylindrical mochi bean-jam cake. It draws its appearance from the huge rocks of Mt. Tenchu which appeared in the poetry of poet Akiko Yosano.
  • Confectionery Kuraya
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Tsuyama-shi Numa 77-7
    A 10-minute drive from JR Tsuyama Station. Founded in the first year of the Meiji period (1868) this long-standing Japanese confectioner continues to make sweets using their guarded family recipes. Their well-known Ekubo (Dimple) Sweet Ichima sandwiches coarse red bean paste made from domestic adzuki beans in bouche-style castella pastry and was the recipient of the National Japanese Wagashi Confectionery Competition's Governor's Award. Their Waffle treat, filled with custard cream made with a healthy amount of fresh eggs and milk, is also popular for its nostalgic flavor and sweetness. All of their treats are made with very little in the way of additives or preservatives. Attached to the confectioners is the Kuraya Teahouse.

    時々急にこちらのぜんざいをいただきたくなります。今日も、この上品な甘さに触れることが出来、満足な時間をいただきました。落ち着いたカフェスペースは、テーブル間のソーシャルディスタンスも十分でした。いつも通り、店内で生どらをお土産に買わせていただきお店を後にしました。駐車場は広く台数も確保され、いつでも安心して伺うことが出来ます。津山は、隠れた菓子処だと実感させられます。

  • Mochikichi Okayama Hama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Naka-ku Hama 356-1
  • Mochikichi Mizushima
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Kitase 6-chome 1-55
  • Mochikichi Tsuyama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Tsuyama-shi Kawanabe 1058-4
  • Mochikichi Kurashiki
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Kawairi 839-5
  • Mochikichi Okayama Minami
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Minami-ku Fukuhamacho 16-42
  • Mochikichi Okayama Omoto
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Nishinocho 9-chome 110

    岡山市役所から西方面へ進み、JR宇野線の高架をくぐった先にある菓子店。ここはおいしいおかきが名物で、土産物などに持っていくと喜ばれる。サラダ味のせんべいがいい。

  • Dagashi Yumeya AEON MALL Okayama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Shimoishii 1-2-1 AEON MALL Okayama 4F [414]
  • Dagashi Yumeya AEON MALL Kurashiki
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Mizue 1 AEON MALL Kurashiki 2F [259]
  • Kofukudo AEON MALL Kurashiki
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Mizue 1 AEON MALL Kurashiki 1F [186]
  • Tachibana Koyatsu Do Kurashiki Tenmanya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Achi 1-7-1 Tenmanya Kurashiki
  • Shinjuku Nakamuraya Kurashiki Tenmanya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Achi 1-7-1 Tenmanya Kurashiki

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Overshadowed by Hiroshima to the west and the Kansai region to the east, Okayama is an easy spot to miss but a nature-rich gem where the Seto Inland Sea laps at its toes and peach and grape farms complete its interior. One of Japan’s Three Great Gardens, Koraku-en in Okayama city is well worth a visit before progressing to Kurashiki, where preserved wooden Edo buildings line the picturesque canal.

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