The owner, Mr. Nanushigawa, who honed his skills as a craftsman at a long-established store, opened his own shop in 2020 with his husband, who is also a chef. Even people who are unfamiliar with Japanese sweets will want to try such sweets as Antonio and Lara, which is based on the characters in Hans Christian Andersen's novel Improvisational Poets. There are also products that will become.

Product / Antonio and Lara 940 yen
(Can be booked online)
Shelf life: 3 days when refrigerated

Worked as the chief barista for [Ogawa Coffee] and won prizes at domestic and international competitions. Barista Akihiro Okada opened [Okaffe kyoto] in 2016. As the next place of hospitality, I chose a Temari cream puff specialty store. Not just one, but two. The size and taste are perfect. The take-out case is also made of round wappa, which is sure to bring smiles to the faces of both the giver and the recipient.

Product / Temari cream puff 1 piece 280 yen ~
Expiration date: Same day if refrigerated

At the glasses select shop [kolme kyoto], which was reopened in the spring of 2022, the sale of dumplings has started. Despite being a dumpling from an eyewear store, the taste is authentic. The charcoal-grilled fragrant dumplings are made with glutinous rice, so they are characterized by their chewy texture and smooth texture.

Product/Omotase dango (9 pieces) Mitarashi 700 yen, strained bean paste and tsubuan 800 yen each
Expiration date: Until the next day at room temperature or refrigerated

A sister shop of [Jazz Toyokan], which opened in Yufuin in 2016, their flagship product is jazz yokan that mimics a piano keyboard. “Even though I just come here to have a cup of coffee, I find myself in contact with books, music, and art…I wanted to create a place like that,” says Tanigawa, the owner of the shop. After enjoying coffee and yokan in the library space with jazz music, stop by the gallery in the back where exhibitions and projects are held regularly.

Product/Cube & Slice Set 695 yen~
(Can be booked online)
Expiration date/around 12 days

A financier specialty store that opened in 2021. The freshly baked financier, with its irresistible sweet buttery aroma, is crispy on the outside, moist on the inside, and surprisingly light. You can buy one or more freshly baked for yourself as well as souvenirs.

Product / Gift box (4 pieces) 880 yen ~
(Online sales available)
Best before date/14 days

The pudding at Japanese Restaurant Fujii, located near Tetsugaku no Michi, has been loved by regulars. Opened a specialty store in a prime location facing Shijo Street. The soy milk matcha pudding that does not use eggs is mixed with black sugar syrup and soybean flour, and the smooth pudding that makes the most of the charm of eggs is served in a classic style with caramel.

Product: Nameraka Pudding, Soymilk Matcha Pudding 500 yen each
Shelf life: 3 days when refrigerated

[monna] breaks the stereotype that “bracken-starch dumplings don’t last long” and sells warabi-mochi through mail order and face-to-face. We have developed warabi-mochi that can be kept for 7 days and deliver delicious warabi-mochi all over Japan. Take the first bite as is, add soybean flour to the second bite, and add brown sugar syrup to the third bite to fully enjoy the original flavor and firmness of warabi mochi.

Product / monna bracken-starch dumpling 12 pieces 1500 yen
(Online sales available)
Shelf life: 7 days at room temperature *Refrigerate in summer

Founded in 1926 (Showa 1), [Toorokuya] has been manufacturing and selling amanatto. In the fall of 2022, a new challenge will be to offer confectionery made only from seeds and sugar [SHUKA]. It has absorbed and evolved what its predecessor has accumulated, and has transformed into a confectionery that suits the present age.

Products: Tooroku beans 50g 900 yen, cashew nuts 40g 1100 yen, cacao 40g 1300 yen, etc.
(Online sales available)
Expiration date/30 days

Monaka, which has been wholesale to famous Japanese confectionery stores for more than 70 years, came up with the idea of “something new” through repeated trial and error, and it looks adorable. The three kinds of monaka called tanemi are made by kneading high-quality walnuts, almonds, and cashew nuts into a glutinous rice flour dough, and then adding tsubuan (sweet red bean paste), homemade peanut butter, and almonds. Something to put butter on.

Product/“Tanse” Peanuts, tonsils, walnuts 250 yen each
(Online sales available)
Expiration date/30 days

A pure and gentle almond scent that spreads in your mouth. An anninwa pudding shop where you will be excited by the new discovery, ``This is the real almond.'' The flavor of apricot kernel powder, which is made by pulverizing the center of apricot seeds, is transferred to milk, and the addition of precious bracken powder gives it a chewy texture. There are six types of standard puddings made with organic lemons from Italy and matcha from Marukyu Koyamaen, as well as the NOM almond drink, and sweets made with almonds such as almond canelé and almond friand.

Product/SOU Almond, UZU Almond (6 types) 370 yen each
(Online sales available)
Shelf life: 3 days when refrigerated

This shop is popular for its creative Japanese sweets made with seasonal fruits. The chestnut kinton mochi is a special dish made by sprinkling plenty of domestically produced minced chestnuts on the store's special soft Omi rice habutae rice cake and adding astringent chestnut candied sugar. See and eat Japanese sweets at [KAHOU] and look for delicious surprises.

Product/Chestnut Kinton Mochi 1,317 yen
(Online sales available)
Shelf life: 3 days when refrigerated

Mr. Tatsuya Ito, who trained at long-established stores such as [Sasaya Iori], strives to make Japanese sweets with the theme of traditional flavors and exciting shapes, and is loved by a wide range of fans. The popular Itotachi no Monaka 2nd is a masked teddy bear in the middle of the brown sugar strained bean paste with Ikkyuji natto. The appearance of stuffing the bean paste is so cute that you will want to watch it all the time.

Product / Itotachi monaka 350 yen each
Expiration date: Until the next day at room temperature

Patisserie Curran is a pastry shop with thatched roof in Nishigamo. The popular cheesecake "Nishigamo Cheese" is a blend of French cream cheese and camembert cheese that is baked in a hot water bath. When you take a bite, the aroma of cheese spreads in your mouth, and you can enjoy the texture that melts in your mouth. It's easy to eat and fits in one hand, making it perfect as a souvenir.

Product/Nishikamo cheese 10 pieces 1210 yen
(Online sales available)
Shelf life: 3 days when refrigerated

[Udon Meshi Bunsuke] is loved by local residents as a late-night diner in Hanazono. The restaurant is known for its delicious Kyoto-style udon noodles, soba noodles, rice bowls, and a la carte dishes, but it is also popular for its handmade rich pudding, Hanazono Pudding. The pudding made by the landlady, who trained at a French restaurant, is firm on the outside, creamy on the inside, and has an addictively rich taste.

Product / Hanazo no Pudding 430 yen each
(Online sales available)
Expiration date: 5 days when refrigerated (4 days depending on the delivery area)

A baumkuchen specialty store created by the owner, Mr. Mori, who has the German national qualification of confectionery meister. Only carefully selected ingredients are used so that customers can eat with peace of mind. In addition to the standard honey, matcha, chocolate mint, and bitter chocolate, there are 6 to 7 types of seasonal flavors on the shelves. Honey Baumkuchen is a very popular product that is baked with honey dripping unevenly, and you can enjoy different tastes depending on the part you eat.

Product / Baumkuchen chestnut and buckwheat flour 782 yen per 100g,
Honey Baumkuchen 648 yen per 100g
*Online sales are currently suspended
Shelf life: 10 days at room temperature

A dessert salon run by Kanae Kobayashi, a confectionery researcher who is popular in cooking shows. The biscuits made with high-quality ingredients such as fermented butter, sugar, and domestic wheat are crunchy and fragrant, and the cream sandwiched between the biscuits has an elegant taste made from the finest domestic fermented butter and Belgian white chocolate. The cute canned packaging is also attractive as a souvenir.

Product/Rum raisin & marron glacé sandwich 2,850 yen
(6 rum raisin sandwiches, 3 marron glacé sandwiches included)
(Online sales available)
Shelf life: 7 days when refrigerated

A directly managed store of the marble Danish specialty store [Grand Marble], which celebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2021. In addition to the matcha and chocolate combination sold only at Shijo Otabian, we also sell regular products such as maple caramel, which are always popular, and convenient individually wrapped boxes. Original Japanese miscellaneous goods such as Kyoto sticky notes and furoshiki are also on display, so you can also buy them to accompany your Marble Danish souvenirs.

Product/Ippuku 1296 yen
Shelf life: 7 to 10 days at room temperature (unopened)

A well-known Narazuke store with over 230 years of history since the Edo period. Narazuke Butter Sandwich, which was devised to be familiar to the younger generation, is attracting attention from all over the country. Fragrant cookie dough with walnuts and unsalted butter cream mixed with Narazuke. Among the repeaters, there are also people who pickle Oinarazuke.

Product/Narazuke butter sandwich 6 pieces 2376 yen
(Online sales available)
Shelf life: 3 months when frozen (within 5 days after thawing)

A specialty store with new sensations such as colorful vegetable ARARE that brings you the blessings of the earth. This is the only place where you can find the full lineup of Kyoto Arare Doko Tachibana shops, including the classics that you used to see at supermarkets. Since we are a trading company specializing in paper, our gift boxes and hanging paper are also very stylish. Think about the preferences of the person you want to gift it to, and choose the rice crackers that interest you.

Product/“Kyoto no IRODORI” Japanese pepper kelp 80g 486 yen
“Ouchi ARARE” Smoked cheese & black pepper 100g 378 yen
"Vegetable ARARE" 18 purple potatoes, 18 pumpkins, 378 yen each
(Online sales available)
Shelf life: Approximately 4 months (120 days) at room temperature