Designated as one of Kyoto's traditional vegetables,
Horikawa Gobo are renowned for their rich aroma and soft,
thick character.
They are fattened to a thickness of 5-6cm through a process
that involves digging up standard burdock roots planted in
the fall, laying them on their side for replanting and re-nourishing
the roots before their final harvest.
Not only are Horikawa Gobo packed with dietary fiber and vitamin B1,
they also carry around 3 times the vitamin C found in regular burdock roots.

The light texture and salty-sweet taste
will have you craving more.

For this snack, Horikawa Gobo are washed, diced and mixed with dough,
fried in oil and flavored with a salty-sweet finish.
Thanks to the resemblance with braised kinpira gobo dishes,
many customers have described this snack as having a "light texture
and salty-sweet taste that will have you craving more" or as
"a snack-type sweet that you just can't stop eating".

Horikawa Gobo Chips
Price: 300yen (excl.tax) Purchase here

Heading north across the Togetsukyo Bridge and up the Hozukyo Gorge,
you will find the expansive and nature-rich Mizuo region. Here,
the cold mountainous climate and pure underground waters of Mt.
Atago produce high-quality yuzu.
It takes 19 years for the yuzu found in these hillside fields of
over 100-year-old trees to bear fruit. Their rich aroma and
exceptional taste are features exclusive to naturally-growing yuzu.

This is the most popular item in our
"Taste Kyoto" series.

Mizuo Yuzu Castella are made from 100% Mizuo Yuzu juice.
These bite-size cakes are easy to eat and fill your mouth
with the moist sweet-and-sour aroma of yuzu. The plump and
cute castella will have you eating one after the other,
making them the most popular item in our "Taste Kyoto" series.

Mizuo Yuzu Castella
Price: 350yen (excl.tax) Purchase here

Grown in the morning mist known locally as Tamba Mist,
Tamba Kuromame come from richly ripened bean plants
that have been individually hand-picked and dried,
giving the perfectly round beans their black color.
The spherical Tamba Kuromame beans appear to have a
wax coating on their surface but when boiled gain a
lustrous beautiful finish.
They are renowned for their shine and soft sweet taste.

Experience Kyoto through
appearance and taste.

100% additive-free, our Tamba Kuromame Kinako Candy have
fully harnessed the flavor of kuromame kinako.
Biting into the crisp exterior, this treat crumbles in
your mouth, releasing the rich aroma of kinako.
Decorated in an assortment of crests, they are a treat
for both the mouth and the eyes.

Tamba Kuromame Kinako Candy (2-pack set)
Price: 800yen (excl.tax) Purchase here

Loved by the great writer Yasunari Kawabata,
Sasaki Shuzo is the last remaining sake brewery in Kyoto city
that continues to produce quality sake.
Made from Yamada-nishiki sake-brewing rice polished to 38%,
"Jurakudai" is a specially-brewed sake carefully crafted
through traditional methods at the hands of a skilled master
brewer and his sake-making team.

An original sweet loved by adults

This original sweet loved by adults finishes with the fresh
flavor of top-quality Kyoto sake.
Soft and bouncy in texture, the refreshing jelly gives off
a fruity ginjo sake fragrance.
We also carry drinkable jellies that can be enjoyed with a straw.

Kyoto Jizake Jelly (set of 2)
Price: 550yen (excl.tax) Purchase here