This beautiful 400-year old store displays the original molds used for shaping sugar into a myriad of beautiful shapes. They also have newer creations inspired by the Yamato Koriyama area's goldfish. | Edible Gifts | Yamato Koriyama
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Sweet Art: Nara's Historic Wagashi Shops
Served before the tea at a tea ceremony to balance the bitterness of the tea, wagashi confectionaries can be intensely sweet. Made to reflect the seasons, each one is a work of art, almost too beautiful to eat .
In the heart of Naramachi, this store has supplied Nara's top tea houses and hotels for 150 years. Look out for the sweets shaped like migawarisaru (scapegoat monkeys). | Edible Gifts | Naramachi
Mimuro Shiratamaya Eiju (Nara)
For around 160 years, this shop has specialized in monaka, a thin, crispy rice wafer filled with sweet bean paste. | Edible Gifts | Sakurai
The specialty of Yoshino is kuzukiri, made from kudzu starch and fresh water. The chef will show you the magical process as the mixture transforms into a delcious sweet right before your eyes. | Edible Gifts | Yoshino
You can't miss this store making yomogi mochi; they draw crowds every day as the mochi rice is pounded with frantic speed into a soft dumpling seasoned with mugwort, then stuffed with bean paste. | Edible Gifts | Nara Park
With great attention to detail and only the finest ingredients, this quaint Naramachi wagashi shop and cafe crafts edible works of art. | Japanese Cafes | Naramachi