Historic food shops
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Years since founding
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87 shops
Café Paulista — Ginza (カフェーパウリスタ 銀座本店)
Tokyo / GinzaCafés
Original Ginza café opened in 1911 · about 115 years
A café serving coffee and cake in Ginza 8-chome.
- Food and drink
- Come for coffee and cake in a sit-down café.
- Nearest station
- Ginza / Shimbashi (銀座駅・新橋駅)
Hokkyokusei — Shinsaibashi Main Restaurant (北極星 心斎橋本店)
Osaka / Nishi-ShinsaibashiRestaurants
Founded in 1922 · about 104 years
An omurice restaurant in Nishi-Shinsaibashi, suitable for a meal.
- Food and drink
- Omurice (オムライス) is a rice-and-omelet dish, served here as a meal rather than a sweet snack.
- Nearest station
- Osaka Metro Namba (大阪Metro なんば駅)
Komagata Dozeu — Main Restaurant (駒形どぜう 本店)
Tokyo / Asakusa / KomagataRestaurants
Founded in 1801 · about 225 years
A loach restaurant in Asakusa's Komagata area, known for dozeu nabe.
- Food and drink
- Dozeu nabe (どぜうなべ) is a hot pot made with loach, a small freshwater fish.
- Nearest station
- Asakusa (浅草駅)
Amidaike Daikoku — Main Shop (あみだ池大黒 本店)
Osaka / KitahorieJapanese sweets
Founded in 1805 · about 221 years
A confectioner selling awa-okoshi and iwa-okoshi. Pick up gifts at its Kitahorie main shop.
- Food and drink
- Awa-okoshi (粟おこし) and iwa-okoshi (岩おこし) are crisp grain sweets.
- Nearest station
- Osaka Metro Nishi-Nagahori (大阪Metro 西長堀駅)
Usagiya — Ueno (うさぎや)
Tokyo / UenoJapanese sweets
Founded in 1913 · about 113 years
A Japanese confectioner selling dorayaki and Kisaku monaka to take away in Ueno.
- Food and drink
- Dorayaki (どらやき) sandwiches sweet bean paste between two small pancakes.
- Nearest station
- Ueno-hirokoji / Okachimachi (上野広小路駅・御徒町駅)
Kanda Matsuya (神田まつや)
Tokyo / Kanda SudachoRestaurants
Founded in 1884 · about 142 years
A soba restaurant in Kanda Sudacho, serving cold mori soba and hot chicken nanban soba.
- Food and drink
- Mori soba (もりそば) is a serving of chilled buckwheat noodles.
- Nearest station
- Awajicho (淡路町駅)
Rengatei (煉瓦亭)
Tokyo / GinzaRestaurants
Founded in 1895 · about 131 years
A Western-style restaurant in Ginza 3-chome serving pork cutlets and omurice.
- Food and drink
- Choose a pork cutlet (ポークカツレツ) or omurice (オムライス), a rice-and-egg dish.
- Nearest station
- Ginza / Ginza-itchome (銀座駅・銀座一丁目駅)
Hibiya Matsumotoro — Main Restaurant (日比谷松本楼 日比谷本店)
Tokyo / Hibiya ParkRestaurants
Founded in 1903 · about 123 years
A Western-style restaurant in Hibiya Park. The ground floor serves dishes including curry and hayashi rice.
- Food and drink
- The ground-floor restaurant serves curry (カレー), hayashi rice (ハヤシライス) and omelet rice (オムレツライス).
- Nearest station
- Hibiya / Kasumigaseki (日比谷駅・霞ケ関駅)
Umezono — Asakusa Main Shop (梅園 浅草本店)
Tokyo / AsakusaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1854 · about 172 years
An Asakusa sweets café where you can eat awa-zenzai or buy Japanese sweets to take away.
- Food and drink
- Awa-zenzai (あわぜんざい) is the shop's warm grain-cake and sweet-bean-paste dessert.
- Nearest station
- Asakusa (浅草駅)
Kanda Yabusoba (かんだやぶそば)
Tokyo / Kanda AwajichoRestaurants
Founded in 1880 · about 146 years
A soba restaurant in Kanda Awajicho serving seiro soba and seasonal noodle dishes.
- Food and drink
- Seiro soba (せいろうそば) is buckwheat noodles served chilled, with dipping sauce.
- Nearest station
- Awajicho / Ogawamachi (淡路町駅・小川町駅)
Isegen (いせ源)
Tokyo / Kanda SudachoRestaurants
Founded in 1830 · about 196 years
An anglerfish restaurant in Kanda Sudacho, serving hot pot and seasonal dishes.
- Food and drink
- Anko nabe (あんこう鍋) is an anglerfish hot pot.
- Nearest station
- Awajicho / Ogawamachi (淡路町駅・小川町駅)
Ueno Seiyoken — Main Yoshoku Restaurant (上野精養軒 本店レストラン)
Tokyo / Ueno ParkRestaurants
Business founded in 1872; Ueno branch opened in 1876 · about 154 years
A restaurant serving Japanese-style Western food in Ueno Park. This listing covers the main yoshoku restaurant.
- Food and drink
- Yoshoku (洋食) means Western-style dishes adapted in Japan.
- Nearest station
- Ueno (上野駅)
Mamegen — Azabu-juban Main Shop (豆源 麻布十番本店)
Tokyo / Azabu-jubanJapanese sweets
Founded in 1865 · about 161 years
An Azabu-juban shop selling bean snacks and rice crackers, including small bags to pick up on a walk.
- Food and drink
- Choose bean snacks (豆菓子) or okaki (おかき), crisp rice crackers.
- Nearest station
- Azabu-juban (麻布十番駅)
Funabashiya — Kameido Tenjin Main Shop (船橋屋 亀戸天神前本店)
Tokyo / KameidoJapanese sweets
Founded in 1805 · about 221 years
A kuzumochi shop near Kameido Tenjin, with takeaway sales and a sweets café.
- Food and drink
- The specialty is kuzumochi (くず餅), a sweet made with wheat starch.
- Nearest station
- Kameido / Kinshicho (亀戸駅・錦糸町駅)
Habutae Dango — Main Shop (羽二重団子 本店)
Tokyo / Higashi-NipporiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1819 · about 207 years
A Nippori shop serving grilled and sweet bean paste dango. This listing covers the main shop, separate from the station-front branch.
- Food and drink
- Dango are small dumplings.
- Nearest station
- Nippori (日暮里駅)
Chomeiji Sakuramochi Yamamotoya (長命寺桜もち 山本や)
Tokyo / MukojimaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1717 · about 309 years
A shop in Mukojima by the Sumida River, selling sakuramochi wrapped in cherry leaves.
- Food and drink
- Sakuramochi (桜もち) is a sweet bean-paste confection wrapped in cherry leaves.
- Nearest station
- Oshiage (押上駅)
Shushikian Osakaya (秋色庵大坂家)
Tokyo / MitaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1688–1703 (Genroku era) · about 323–338 years
A Japanese confectioner near Keio University in Mita, selling Shushiki monaka and seasonal fresh sweets.
- Food and drink
- Shushiki monaka (秋色最中) is a crisp wafer sweet with a bean filling.
- Nearest station
- Mita / Tamachi (三田駅・田町駅)
Sasanoyuki (笹乃雪)
Tokyo / NegishiRestaurants
Founded in 1691 · about 335 years
A tofu restaurant in Negishi. Lunch and dinner are served as a course meal lasting about 2 hours.
- Food and drink
- Expect a multi-course tofu meal (豆富料理), with about two hours allowed for dining.
- Nearest station
- Uguisudani / Nippori (鶯谷駅・日暮里駅)
Sasamaki Kenuki Sushi — Main Shop (笹巻けぬきすし総本店)
Tokyo / Kanda OgawamachiRestaurants
Founded in 1702 · about 324 years
A Kanda Ogawamachi shop selling bamboo-leaf-wrapped sushi to take away for a meal or gift.
- Food and drink
- Sasamaki kenuki sushi (笹巻けぬきすし) is vinegared rice and toppings wrapped in bamboo leaves.
- Nearest station
- Ogawamachi (小川町駅)
Mannendo Honten (萬年堂本店)
Tokyo / GinzaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1617 · about 409 years
A confectioner in Ginza 7-chome with an adjoining café. Its signature sweet is Omedeto.
- Food and drink
- Omedeto (御目出糖) is a steamed sweet made with red-bean paste and rice flours.
- Nearest station
- Ginza (銀座駅)
Eitaro Sohonpo — Nihonbashi Temporary Shop (榮太樓總本鋪 日本橋本店)
Tokyo / NihonbashiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1818 · about 208 years
A Nihonbashi confectioner selling candies and Japanese sweets, operating from temporary premises in Nihonbashi 1-chome during redevelopment.
- Food and drink
- Buy candies (飴) and Japanese sweets at the temporary shop.
- Nearest station
- Nihonbashi (日本橋駅)
Ginza Matsuzaki Senbei — Main Shop (銀座 松崎煎餅 本店)
Tokyo / GinzaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1804 · about 222 years
A shop selling kawara senbei and rice crackers. Its main shop moved to Ginza 3-chome in May 2026, offering gifts and sweets to take away.
- Food and drink
- The selection includes kawara senbei (瓦煎餅), sweet baked crackers, and Soka senbei (草加煎餅), rice crackers.
- Nearest station
- Higashi-ginza (東銀座駅)
Sarashina Horii — Azabu-juban Main Restaurant (総本家 更科堀井 麻布十番本店)
Tokyo / Azabu-jubanRestaurants
Family business began in 1789 · about 237 years
A soba restaurant serving white sarashina noodles and seasonal varieties. On weekdays, plan around the break between lunch and dinner.
- Food and drink
- Sarashina soba (さらしなそば) is the shop's white buckwheat noodle specialty.
- Nearest station
- Azabu-juban (麻布十番駅)
Shiba Daimon Sarashina Nunoya — Main Restaurant (芝大門 更科布屋 本店)
Tokyo / Shiba DaimonRestaurants
Founded in 1791 · about 235 years
A sarashina soba restaurant by Daimon Station, convenient for a walk around Hamamatsucho. There is an afternoon break on weekdays.
- Food and drink
- Sarashina soba (更科そば) is a type of buckwheat noodle.
- Nearest station
- Daimon / Hamamatsucho (大門駅・浜松町駅)
Godaime Nodaiwa — Azabu Iikura Main Restaurant (五代目 野田岩 麻布飯倉本店)
Tokyo / Higashi-AzabuRestaurants
Founded in the Kansei era (1789–1801) · about 225–237 years
An eel restaurant within walking distance of Akabanebashi Station, serving grilled eel with or without sauce in separate lunch and dinner sessions.
- Food and drink
- Kabayaki (蒲焼) is eel grilled with sauce.
- Nearest station
- Akabanebashi (赤羽橋駅)
Kandagawa Honten (神田川本店)
Tokyo / SotokandaRestaurants
Founded in 1805 · about 221 years
An eel restaurant in Sotokanda. Plan lunch separately from its reservation-only dinner service and check the address before visiting.
- Food and drink
- Kabayaki (鰻の蒲焼) is eel grilled with sauce.
- Nearest station
- Suehirocho (末広町駅)
Shibamata Kawachiya (柴又 川千家)
Tokyo / ShibamataRestaurants
Founded in the Anei era (1772–1781) · about 245–254 years
An eel and carp restaurant on the approach to Shibamata Taishakuten. Choose between the walk-in dining room and private rooms reserved with a course meal.
- Food and drink
- Unaju (うな重) is grilled eel served over rice in a box.
- Nearest station
- Shibamata (柴又駅)
Izuei — Main Restaurant (伊豆榮 本店)
Tokyo / Ueno IkenohataRestaurants
Founded in 1720 · about 306 years
An eel restaurant near Shinobazu Pond serving unaju and kabayaki. The range of dishes is reduced on weekday afternoons.
- Food and drink
- Unaju (うな重) is eel over rice in a box; kabayaki (蒲焼) is grilled eel with sauce.
- Nearest station
- Ueno / Ueno-hirokoji (上野駅・上野広小路駅)
Yamamotoyama Fujie Sabo (山本山 ふじヱ茶房)
Tokyo / NihonbashiCafés
Yamamotoyama founded in 1690 · about 336 years
A tea salon serving gyokuro, sencha and seasonal Japanese sweets. It is on the ground floor of Nihonbashi Takashimaya Mitsui Building, with a street entrance.
- Food and drink
- Gyokuro (玉露) and sencha (煎茶) are Japanese green teas.
- Nearest station
- Nihonbashi (日本橋駅)
Oji Ogiya (王子 扇屋)
Tokyo / OjiRestaurants
Founded in 1648 · about 378 years
A shop selling handmade tamagoyaki to take away, close to Oji Station. The sales counter opens in the afternoon.
- Food and drink
- Buy thick Japanese omelet (厚焼玉子) or the shop's kama-yaki omelet (釜焼玉子) to take away.
- Nearest station
- Oji (王子駅)
Tsuruya Hachiman — Osaka Main Shop (鶴屋八幡 大阪本店)
Osaka / ImabashiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1863 · about 163 years
A shop selling fresh Japanese sweets, with a tea room open on weekdays. Shop and tea-room hours and closing days differ.
- Food and drink
- Buy fresh Japanese sweets (和生菓子) or visit the weekday tea room for a matcha-and-sweets set (抹茶と和菓子のセット).
- Nearest station
- Yodoyabashi area (淀屋橋駅)
Yoshino Sushi — Main Shop (吉野寿司 本店)
Osaka / Semba / AwajimachiRestaurants
Founded in 1841 · about 185 years
A Semba shop specializing in boxed sushi. Listed takeaway hours are short, so confirm your collection time first.
- Food and drink
- Hakozushi (箱寿司) is sushi shaped in a box, with rice and toppings pressed together.
- Nearest station
- Yodoyabashi / Hommachi (淀屋橋駅・本町駅)
Takoume — Main Restaurant (たこ梅 本店)
Osaka / DotonboriRestaurants
Founded in 1844 · about 182 years
A restaurant serving kantodaki and sweet-simmered octopus from late afternoon. The Dotonbori main restaurant has 24 seats and a 90-minute seating limit.
- Food and drink
- Kantodaki (関東煮) is this shop's name for oden, assorted ingredients simmered in broth.
- Nearest station
- Nippombashi / Kintetsu-Nippombashi area (日本橋駅・近鉄日本橋駅)
Harijyu — Dotonbori Main Japanese Restaurant (はり重 道頓堀本店 日本料理)
Osaka / DotonboriRestaurants
Founded in 1919 · about 107 years
A Japanese restaurant serving sukiyaki and shabu-shabu. Check its entrance and arrangements separately from the grill and curry shop in the same building.
- Food and drink
- Sukiyaki (すき焼き) is a beef dish cooked with sweet and savory seasoning.
- Nearest station
- Namba area (なんば駅)
Kitamura (北むら)
Osaka / Higashi-ShinsaibashiRestaurants
Founded in 1881 · about 145 years
A sukiyaki specialist in Shinsaibashi. When planning a private-room dinner, discuss group size and arrangements for children in advance.
- Food and drink
- The specialty is Kansai-style sukiyaki (関西式すき焼き), a beef meal cooked in a pan.
- Nearest station
- Shinsaibashi area (心斎橋駅)
Namiyoshian — Main Shop (浪芳庵 本店)
Osaka / Shikitsu-higashiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1858 · about 168 years
A Japanese confectioner selling aburi mitarashi. Takeaway sales and the reservation-only ground-floor café have different hours and booking conditions.
- Food and drink
- Aburi mitarashi (炙りみたらし) is a grilled dumpling sweet.
- Nearest station
- Daikokucho (大国町駅)
Awashin (粟新)
Osaka / SumiyoshiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1892 · about 134 years
A shop selling rice-based awa-okoshi near Sumiyoshi Taisha. Its tea room does not open regularly.
- Food and drink
- Awa-okoshi (粟おこし) is a crisp grain sweet; this shop makes it from rice.
- Nearest station
- Sumiyoshi-higashi area (住吉東駅)
Jiyuken — Namba Main Restaurant (自由軒 難波本店)
Osaka / NambaRestaurants
Founded in 1910 · about 116 years
A restaurant known for curry mixed with rice. Its Namba main restaurant is within walking distance of Namba Station and serves yoshoku dishes.
- Food and drink
- The signature curry (名物カレー) mixes curry with rice.
- Nearest station
- Namba (なんば駅)
Hiraoka Coffee — Temporary Café (平岡珈琲店)
Osaka / HiranomachiCafés
Founded in 1921 · about 105 years
A coffee shop roasting its own beans. Since 2026 it has operated temporarily inside Café Shu in Hiranomachi; avoid the former Kawaramachi address.
- Food and drink
- Come for house-roasted coffee, including Hyakunen Coffee (百年珈琲).
- Nearest station
- Hommachi / Yodoyabashi area (本町駅・淀屋橋駅)
Sushiman — Utsubohonmachi Main Shop (すし萬 靭本町 本店)
Osaka / UtsubohonmachiRestaurants
Founded as a fishmonger in 1653 · about 373 years
A shop selling pressed sushi, including kodai suzume-zushi, to take away. It is officially listed as a retail shop, unlike the restaurant branches.
- Food and drink
- Kodai suzume-zushi (小鯛雀鮨) is a small-sea-bream sushi specialty.
- Nearest station
- Hommachi / Awaza area (本町駅・阿波座駅)
Chidoriya Soke — Osaka Main Shop (千鳥屋宗家 大阪本店)
Osaka / HommachiJapanese sweets
Chidoriya Soke dates its founding to 1630 · about 396 years
The Osaka main shop sells Hon-Chidori manju and mitarashi komochi. Sales hours differ on weekdays and Saturdays or public holidays.
- Food and drink
- Hon-Chidori manju (本千鳥饅頭) is a small filled sweet.
- Nearest station
- Hommachi area (本町駅)
Amihiko — Kitahama (阿み彦 北浜店)
Osaka / KitahamaRestaurants
Business began in 1624 · about 402 years
An eel restaurant in a Kitahama building's basement, serving Kansai-style grilled eel, eel rice bowls and takeaway dishes.
- Food and drink
- Choose an eel rice bowl (鰻丼), eel grilled with sauce (蒲焼) or eel grilled without sauce (白焼).
- Nearest station
- Kitahama (北浜駅)
Yamabana Heihachi Jaya (山ばな平八茶屋)
Kyoto / Yamabana / ShugakuinRestaurants
Founded in 1576 · about 450 years
A restaurant by the Takano River, known for barley rice with grated yam soup. Book ahead for lunch or dinner kaiseki.
- Food and drink
- Barley rice with grated yam soup (麦飯とろろ汁) is the specialty.
- Nearest station
- Eizan Railway Shugakuin (叡山電鉄 修学院駅)
Kawabata Doki (川端道喜)
Kyoto / Shimogamo / KitayamaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1503 · about 523 years
A confectioner selling suisen chimaki and yokan chimaki. Plan to reserve in advance for collection near Kitayama Station.
- Food and drink
- Suisen chimaki (水仙粽) and yokan chimaki (羊羹粽) are sweets wrapped in bamboo leaves.
- Nearest station
- Kyoto Subway Kitayama (京都市営地下鉄 北山駅)
Morihachi — Main Shop (森八 本店)
Kanazawa / Otemachi / HashibachoJapanese sweets
Founded in 1625 · about 401 years
A confectioner selling Choseiden rakugan and seasonal fresh sweets. The main shop has a tea room and a confectionery-mold museum, so you can shop or enjoy sweets with tea.
- Food and drink
- Choseiden (長生殿) is a rakugan sweet, made by pressing a dry confection into a mold.
- Nearest station
- JR / IR Ishikawa Railway Kanazawa, then local bus (JR・IRいしかわ鉄道 金沢駅)
Demachi Futaba (出町ふたば)
Kyoto / DemachiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1899 · about 127 years
A shop known for Mame-mochi: smooth sweet bean paste wrapped in mochi mixed with red peas. Buy takeaway rice-cake sweets in the Demachi shopping area across the bridge from Demachiyanagi Station.
- Food and drink
- Mame-mochi (名代豆餅) wraps smooth sweet bean paste in a soft rice cake studded with red peas.
- Nearest station
- Keihan / Eizan Railway Demachiyanagi (京阪電鉄・叡山電鉄 出町柳駅)
Nakamuraken (中村軒)
Kyoto / KatsuraJapanese sweets
Founded in 1883 · about 143 years
A confectioner south of Katsura Imperial Villa, selling Mugitemochi filled with chunky sweet bean paste. For eat-in sweets, plan around the tea room's hours.
- Food and drink
- Mugitemochi (麦代餅) is a soft rice cake filled with chunky sweet bean paste.
- Nearest station
- Hankyu Katsura (阪急電鉄 桂駅)
Suetomi — Main Shop (末富 本店)
Kyoto / Matsubara / MuromachiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1893 · about 133 years
A Kyoto confectioner selling seasonal fresh sweets and vegetable senbei. Choose takeaway sweets at its Matsubara-Muromachi main shop, within walking distance of Gojo Station.
- Food and drink
- Choose seasonal fresh Japanese sweets (生菓子), vegetable crackers (野菜煎餅) or Usubeni (うすべに), a thin wafer sweet with sweetened plum filling.
- Nearest station
- Kyoto Subway Gojo (京都市営地下鉄 五条駅)
Ryokujuan Shimizu — Main Shop (緑寿庵清水 本店)
Kyoto / HyakumanbenJapanese sweets
Founded in 1847 · about 179 years
A konpeito specialist in Hyakumanben, offering regular and seasonal sugar candies that highlight the flavors of their ingredients.
- Food and drink
- Konpeito (金平糖) are small, knobbly sugar candies.
- Nearest station
- Keihan Demachiyanagi (京阪電鉄 出町柳駅)
Nijo Wakasaya — Main Shop (二條若狭屋 本店)
Kyoto / Nijo / OgawaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1917 · about 109 years
A Kyoto confectioner selling Furo-sen kuzu drinks and chestnut sweets. Buy gifts at the Nijo-dori main shop, which is separate from the Teramachi branch's tea room.
- Food and drink
- Furo-sen (不老泉) is a mix for a thick, sweet drink, prepared with hot water.
- Nearest station
- Kyoto Subway Nijojo-mae (京都市営地下鉄 二条城前駅)
Mishimatei — Main Restaurant (三嶋亭 本店)
Kyoto / Teramachi / SanjoRestaurants
Founded in 1873 · about 153 years
A beef restaurant serving sukiyaki, oil-grilled beef and shabu-shabu. Dining and butcher-counter hours differ at its Teramachi-Sanjo main premises.
- Food and drink
- Choose sukiyaki (すき焼き), a seasoned beef dish cooked in a pan; oil-grilled beef (オイル焼き); or shabu-shabu (しゃぶしゃぶ), thin beef slices cooked in broth.
- Nearest station
- Kyoto Subway Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae (京都市営地下鉄 京都市役所前駅)
Matsuba — Main Nishin Soba Restaurant (総本家にしんそば 松葉 本店)
Kyoto / Gion-ShijoRestaurants
Founded in 1861 · about 165 years
A herring-soba restaurant beside Minamiza theater. Enjoy hot soba topped with dried herring at the main restaurant right by Gion-Shijo Station.
- Food and drink
- Nishin soba (にしんそば) is hot buckwheat noodles topped with herring.
- Nearest station
- Keihan Gion-Shijo (京阪電鉄 祇園四条駅)
Shichijo Kanshundo — Main Shop (七條甘春堂 本店)
Kyoto / Shichijo / Sanjusangen-doJapanese sweets
Founded in 1865 · about 161 years
A Kyoto confectioner near Sanjusangen-do, selling fresh and dry sweets and Kyo Tofu, an azuki-bean confection.
- Food and drink
- Choose seasonal fresh sweets (上生菓子) or dry sweets (干菓子).
- Nearest station
- Keihan Shichijo (京阪電鉄 七条駅)
Kameya Yoshinaga — Teramachi Oike (亀屋良永)
Kyoto / Teramachi / OikeJapanese sweets
Founded in 1832 · about 194 years
A Kyoto confectioner in front of Honno-ji Temple, selling thin Oike Senbei and seasonal fresh sweets to take away.
- Food and drink
- Oike Senbei (御池煎餅) are thin baked crackers.
- Nearest station
- Kyoto Subway Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae (京都市営地下鉄 京都市役所前駅)
Oimatsu — Kitano Shop (老松 北野店)
Kyoto / KamishichikenJapanese sweets
Founded in 1908 · about 118 years
A Kyoto confectioner in Kamishichiken, east of Kitano Tenmangu, making seasonal sweets and confectionery for tea gatherings and weddings.
- Food and drink
- Seasonal Kyoto sweets are the focus.
- Nearest station
- Randen Kitano-Hakubaicho (嵐電 北野白梅町駅)
Tsuruya Yoshinobu — Main Shop (鶴屋吉信 本店)
Kyoto / Nishijin / Horikawa ImadegawaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1803 · about 223 years
A shop selling Yumochi and seasonal Kyoto sweets. Upstairs are a tea room and Kayu Chaya, where craftspeople make fresh sweets in front of customers.
- Food and drink
- Yumochi (柚餅) is a soft, chewy rice sweet flavored with yuzu, a Japanese citrus fruit.
- Nearest station
- Kyoto Subway Imadegawa (京都市営地下鉄 今出川駅)
Kameya Yoshinaga — Kyoto Main Shop, Shijo (亀屋良長 京都本店)
Kyoto / Shijo / HorikawaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1803 · about 223 years
A shop selling brown-sugar Ubatama and sliced yokan to toast on bread. Its Shijo-dori main premises offer confectionery sales and a tea room.
- Food and drink
- Ubatama (烏羽玉) is a brown-sugar sweet.
- Nearest station
- Hankyu Omiya (阪急電鉄 大宮駅)
Kamesuehiro (亀末廣)
Kyoto / Karasuma OikeJapanese sweets
Founded in 1804 · about 222 years
A Kyoto confectioner on Anekoji-dori, selling Kyo no Yosuga assortments of dry sweets and Kyo no Tsuchi, a confection broken into pieces to eat.
- Food and drink
- Kyo no Yosuga (京のよすが) is an assortment of dry Japanese sweets.
- Nearest station
- Kyoto Subway Karasuma Oike (京都市営地下鉄 烏丸御池駅)
Tawaraya Yoshitomi — Main Shop (俵屋吉富 本店)
Kyoto / Muromachi / KamidachiuriJapanese sweets
Founded in 1755 · about 271 years
A confectioner selling Unryu and other Kyoto sweets. Its Muromachi-dori main shop also welcomes inquiries about assortments and custom orders.
- Food and drink
- Unryu (雲龍) is a rolled sweet with red-bean filling inside a crumbly bean-paste layer.
- Nearest station
- Kyoto Subway Imadegawa (京都市営地下鉄 今出川駅)
Izuu — Main Restaurant (いづう 本店)
Kyoto / GionRestaurants
Founded in 1781 · about 245 years
A Kyoto sushi specialist known for saba sugata-zushi. Its Gion main premises offer both takeaway sales and a dining area.
- Food and drink
- Saba sugata-zushi (鯖姿寿司) is mackerel sushi.
- Nearest station
- Keihan Gion-Shijo (京阪電鉄 祇園四条駅)
Uosaburo (魚三楼)
Kyoto / Fushimi MomoyamaRestaurants
Founded in 1764 · about 262 years
A traditional restaurant close to Fushimi-Momoyama Station. Reserve ahead for seasonal kaiseki at lunch or dinner.
- Food and drink
- Kaiseki course meals (会席料理) bring a sequence of Japanese dishes using seasonal ingredients.
- Nearest station
- Keihan Fushimi-Momoyama (京阪電鉄 伏見桃山駅)
Surugaya Gion Shimosato (するがや祇園下里)
Kyoto / Gion / SueyoshichoJapanese sweets
Founded in 1818 · about 208 years
A shop selling hiyashi-ame, ame-yu and Otsutsu candy. Pick up takeaway items at its Gion Sueyoshicho premises.
- Food and drink
- Hiyashi-ame (ひやしあめ) is a chilled sweet ginger drink; ame-yu (あめ湯) is served hot.
- Nearest station
- Keihan Gion-Shijo (京阪電鉄 祇園四条駅)
Izutsu Yatsuhashi Honpo — Gion Main Shop (井筒八ッ橋本舗 祇園本店)
Kyoto / Gion-Shijo / KitazaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1805 · about 221 years
A shop selling baked and soft yatsuhashi. Choose Yugiri and main-shop exclusives on the ground floor of Kitaza.
- Food and drink
- Yatsuhashi (井筒八ッ橋) is a baked sweet, while nama yatsuhashi (生八ッ橋) is its soft, unbaked counterpart.
- Nearest station
- Keihan Gion-Shijo (京阪電鉄 祇園四条駅)
Sasaya Iori — Main Shop (笹屋伊織 本店)
Kyoto / Shichijo / OmiyaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1716 · about 310 years
A Kyoto confectioner known for cylindrical dorayaki. Its main shop includes Iori Café for eat-in sweets alongside takeaway sales.
- Food and drink
- This shop's dorayaki (どら焼) is a rolled, tube-shaped sweet, sold only on the 20th–22nd of each month.
- Nearest station
- JR / Kintetsu / Kyoto Subway Kyoto (JR・近鉄・京都市営地下鉄 京都駅)
Awamochidokoro Sawaya (粟餅所・澤屋)
Kyoto / Kitano TenmanguJapanese sweets
Founded in 1682 · about 344 years
A shop near Kitano Tenmangu serving millet mochi with smooth sweet bean paste or kinako. Eat in or take away to eat the same day.
- Food and drink
- Awa-mochi (粟餅) is a soft millet sweet served with smooth sweet bean paste (こし餡) or kinako (きな粉), roasted soybean powder.
- Nearest station
- Randen Kitano-Hakubaicho (嵐電 北野白梅町駅)
Minokichi Honten Takeshigero (美濃吉本店 竹茂楼)
Kyoto / Higashiyama / AwataguchiRestaurants
Founded in 1716 · about 310 years
A Kyoto kaiseki restaurant continuing a freshwater-fish cooking tradition. Book lunch or dinner at the main restaurant within walking distance of Higashiyama Station.
- Food and drink
- Kyoto kaiseki (京懐石) is a meal served in several courses.
- Nearest station
- Kyoto Subway Higashiyama (京都市営地下鉄 東山駅)
Otomoro (大友楼)
Kanazawa / OyamamachiRestaurants
Founded in 1830 · about 196 years
A traditional restaurant near Oyama Shrine, offering Kaga or Japanese course meals by reservation at lunch and dinner.
- Food and drink
- Kaga cuisine (加賀料理) is the regional cooking served here as a course meal.
- Nearest station
- JR / IR Ishikawa Railway Kanazawa, then local bus (JR・IRいしかわ鉄道 金沢駅)
Ame no Tawaraya — Main Shop (あめの俵屋 本店)
Kanazawa / KobashimachiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1830 · about 196 years
A shop making jiro-ame from rice and barley. The main shop sells candy and offers candy-packing experiences by reservation.
- Food and drink
- Jiro-ame (じろあめ) is a soft syrup-like sweet made from rice and barley.
- Nearest station
- JR / IR Ishikawa Railway Kanazawa, then local bus (JR・IRいしかわ鉄道 金沢駅)
Rakugan Moroeya — Main Shop (落雁 諸江屋 本店)
Kanazawa / NomachiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1849 · about 177 years
A Japanese confectioner selling Hanausagi rakugan. Choose small dry sweets and assortments at its Nomachi main shop.
- Food and drink
- Hanausagi (花うさぎ) is a small rakugan (落雁), a dry sweet pressed in a mold.
Koshiyama Kanseido — Main Shop (越山甘清堂 本店)
Kanazawa / OwarichoJapanese sweets
Founded in 1888 · about 138 years
A confectioner selling Kinjo-maki and Kaga lotus-root mochi. The Owaricho main shop lies between Omicho Market and Higashi Chaya District.
- Food and drink
- Kinjo-maki (金城巻) is a soft baked wrapper folded around a sweet filling into a triangle.
- Nearest station
- JR / IR Ishikawa Railway Kanazawa, then local bus (JR・IRいしかわ鉄道 金沢駅)
Wagashi Murakami — Head Office Shop (和菓子 村上 本社店)
Kanazawa / IzumihonmachiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1911 · about 115 years
A shop selling fukusa mochi and Wari-gori agar sweets. Its on-site café has different hours from the sales counter.
- Food and drink
- Fukusa mochi (ふくさ餅) is a sweet rice-cake center with bean paste and a soft baked wrapper.
- Nearest station
- JR / IR Ishikawa Railway Kanazawa, then local bus (JR・IRいしかわ鉄道 金沢駅)
Kasho Takagiya — Main Shop (菓匠 高木屋 本店)
Kanazawa / HondamachiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1925 · about 101 years
A confectioner selling Kamifusen, monaka shells filled with jelly, and apricot mochi. Choose gifts at the Hondamachi main shop.
- Food and drink
- Kamifusen (紙ふうせん) places jelly inside a crisp monaka wafer shell.
- Nearest station
- JR / IR Ishikawa Railway Kanazawa, then local bus (JR・IRいしかわ鉄道 金沢駅)
Kinjohro (金城樓)
Kanazawa / HashibachoRestaurants
Founded in 1890 · about 136 years
A kaiseki restaurant in Hashibacho. Meals can be reserved without an overnight stay, with rooms suited to your group and occasion.
- Food and drink
- Kaiseki (懐石料理) is a Japanese meal served in several courses.
- Nearest station
- JR / IR Ishikawa Railway Kanazawa, then local bus (JR・IRいしかわ鉄道 金沢駅)
Minochu — Main Shop (美濃忠 本店)
Nagoya / MarunouchiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1854 · about 172 years
A confectioner selling seasonal Japanese sweets, including soft Agari Yokan in the cooler months. Buy sweets to take away at the Marunouchi main shop.
- Food and drink
- Agari Yokan (上り羊羹) is a soft steamed red-bean sweet sold seasonally, usually from late September to early May.
- Nearest station
- Nagoya Subway Marunouchi (名古屋市営地下鉄 丸の内駅)
Aoyagi Sohonke — Osu Main Shop (青柳総本家 大須本店)
Nagoya / OsuJapanese sweets
Founded in 1879 · about 147 years
A confectioner selling uiro and frog-shaped manju. Its main shop near Osu Kannon stands at the business's founding location.
- Food and drink
- Aoyagi Uiro (青柳ういろう) is a steamed, rice-flour sweet.
- Nearest station
- Nagoya Subway Osu Kannon (名古屋市営地下鉄 大須観音駅)
Ganso Shachi Monaka Honten (元祖鯱もなか本店)
Nagoya / Matsubara / OsuJapanese sweets
Founded in 1907 · about 119 years
A shop selling monaka shaped like Nagoya Castle's golden shachi ornaments, in Matsubara south of Osu Kannon Station.
- Food and drink
- Ganso Shachi Monaka (元祖鯱もなか) is a wafer sweet shaped like the golden shachi figures on Nagoya Castle.
- Nearest station
- Nagoya Subway Osu Kannon (名古屋市営地下鉄 大須観音駅)
Furoen Masamitsu (不老園正光)
Nagoya / FuruwatarichoJapanese sweets
Founded in 1848 · about 178 years
A shop selling baked Furo sweets and seasonal Japanese confectionery. Its Furuwataricho premises offer takeaway sales and a café.
- Food and drink
- Furo (不老) is a baked sweet filled with white-bean paste and walnuts.
- Nearest station
- Nagoya Subway Higashi Betsuin (名古屋市営地下鉄 東別院駅)
Suzume Odori Sohonten (雀おどり總本店)
Nagoya / Sakae / YabachoJapanese sweets
Founded in 1856 · about 170 years
A shop selling uiro and desserts on Otsu-dori in Sakae. Buy sweets or sit down for anmitsu and other desserts.
- Food and drink
- Uiro (ういろ) is a steamed rice-flour sweet.
- Nearest station
- Nagoya Subway Yabacho (名古屋市営地下鉄 矢場町駅)
Kikuzato Shogetsu (菊里松月)
Nagoya / Shinsakae / ChikusaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1923 · about 103 years
A shop selling ohagi and seasonal rice-cake sweets in Shinsakae, within walking distance of Chikusa Station.
- Food and drink
- Ohagi (おはぎ) and ankoro mochi (あんころ餅) are rice-based sweets with sweet bean paste.
- Nearest station
- JR / Nagoya Subway Chikusa (JR・名古屋市営地下鉄 千種駅)
Kozakuraya Issei — Main Shop (小ざくらや一清 本店)
Nagoya / Nakamura KoenJapanese sweets
Founded in 1912 · about 114 years
A confectioner selling Ohoho fruit wrapped in habutae mochi. Its Kusunagicho main shop is separate from the head-office factory, which has no sales counter.
- Food and drink
- Ohoho (おほほっ) wraps fruit in soft rice-cake dough.
- Nearest station
- Nagoya Subway Nakamura Koen (名古屋市営地下鉄 中村公園駅)
Keishindo — Main Shop (桂新堂 本店)
Nagoya / KanayamaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1866 · about 160 years
A shrimp-cracker specialist south of Kanayama Station. Choose whole-shrimp crackers and seasonal assortments at the main shop.
- Food and drink
- Choose shrimp crackers (えびせんべい) or whole kuruma-prawn crackers (車えび姿焼き), which retain the shape of the prawn.
- Nearest station
- JR / Meitetsu / Nagoya Subway Kanayama (JR・名鉄・名古屋市営地下鉄 金山駅)
Atsuta Horaiken — Main Restaurant, Jinya (あつた蓬莱軒 本店（陣屋）)
Nagoya / Atsuta / GodochoRestaurants
Founded in 1873 · about 153 years
An eel restaurant known for hitsumabushi. The main restaurant, within walking distance of Atsuta Jingu Temmacho Station, opens separately for lunch and dinner.
- Food and drink
- Hitsumabushi (ひつまぶし) is chopped grilled eel over rice.
- Nearest station
- Nagoya Subway Atsuta Jingu Temmacho (名古屋市営地下鉄 熱田神宮伝馬町駅)
Ryoguchiya Korekiyo — Honmachi Shop (両口屋是清 本町店)
Nagoya / Marunouchi / HonmachiJapanese sweets
Founded in 1634 · about 392 years
A confectioner selling Sennari, dry sweets and seasonal fresh sweets. The Honmachi shop is in Marunouchi 3-chome, east of its former premises.
- Food and drink
- Sennari (千なり) is a filled pancake sweet.
Mochibun Sohonten — Main Shop (餅文總本店 本店)
Nagoya / Yutaka / Minami-kuJapanese sweets
Founded in 1659 · about 367 years
A shop specializing in rice-flour uiro. Its main shop in Yutaka, Minami-ku, sells seasonal uiro and takeaway assortments.
- Food and drink
- Uiro (ういろ) is a steamed rice-flour sweet.
- Nearest station
- Meitetsu Tokoname Line Dotoku (名鉄常滑線 道徳駅)
Chogoro Mochi — Main Shop (長五郎餅 本店)
Kyoto / Kitano / Ichijo ShichihonmatsuJapanese sweets
Founded in the Tensho era (1573–1592) · about 434–453 years
A shop selling Chogoro Mochi, with smooth sweet bean paste inside a thin mochi wrapper. Buy sweets at the Ichijo-Shichihonmatsu main shop, separate from the teahouse inside Kitano Tenmangu.
- Food and drink
- Chogoro Mochi (長五郎餅) wraps smooth sweet bean paste in a thin rice-cake wrapper.
Kameya Kiyonaga — Main Shop (亀屋清永 本店)
Kyoto / Gion / Yasaka ShrineJapanese sweets
Founded in 1617 · about 409 years
A Kyoto confectioner at the foot of Yasaka Shrine's steps, selling seasonal sweets and Seijo Kangidan, a fried sweet tied into a pouch shape.
- Food and drink
- Seijo Kangidan (清浄歓喜団) is a fried sweet tied into a pouch shape.
- Nearest station
- Keihan Gion-Shijo (京阪電鉄 祇園四条駅)
Shibafune Koide — Yokogawa Head Office Shop (柴舟小出 本社横川店)
Kanazawa / YokogawaJapanese sweets
Founded in 1917 · about 109 years
A confectioner selling ginger-flavored Shibafune crackers. Shop at its Yokogawa head-office premises, separate from the closed Nomachi main shop.
- Food and drink
- Shibafune (柴舟) is a ginger-flavored cracker.
- Nearest station
- Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa Line Oshino (北陸鉄道 石川線 押野駅)
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Ages are estimates as of 2026, based on when each business began. They are not building ages. Shops are in Tokyo’s 23 wards, Osaka, Kyoto, Kanazawa and Nagoya.