Tea-related souvenirs
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Tea, sweets, and specialties… Buy souvenirs for travel memories…
* The listed prices (consumption tax included) are as of February 2017.
- Tea leaves
- Ujitawara sencha (common green tea) (648 yen for 100 g) Ujitawara gyokuro (refined green tea) (1,080 yen for 100 g) 100% Ujitawara tea Quantities are limited.
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- Tea leaves
- Uji black tea (510 yen for 50 g) Local tea farmers made this tea using the leaves for Japanese green tea.
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- Ceramics
- Mug cup (800 yen) Delicate flower designs are characteristic of Yuyadani’s pottery studio.
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- Souenko (incense)
- （540 yen or more; one in the image is 1,080 yen） This original tea-scented incense is made by a women’s group from the town’s chamber of commerce. Three tea types, such as roasted green tea and “Kyo-bancha” (originating from Kyoto), are provided.
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Tea sweets
- Matcha roll
- (1,200 yen) Fluffy dough with local matcha is mixed with fresh cream in an exquisite balance.
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- Matcha daifuku cake
- (170 yen) The daifuku cake that contains powdered green tea-flavored bean jam and fresh cream is sold only from November to mid-May.
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Bean-jam pancake with fresh cream inside- Bean-jam pancake with fresh cream inside
- (270 yen each) Two types of bean-jam pancakes with lots of fresh cream inside are sold frozen; roasted green tea and matcha types are also available.
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- Roasted green tea pudding
- (169 yen/not on sale during winter) This pudding is so popular that it is sometimes sold out later in the week.
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- Char-Ming bits of rice cake
- (500 yen) These rice cakes flavored with light soy sauce and sprinkled with Japanese green tea match well with tea.
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- Tea dumplings
- (530 yen or more for 10 skewers) No artificial colors; these dumplings are also provided at the café inside the shop.
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- Ichinoka
- (216 yen for each) This confectionary is the result of collaboration with a Kyoto cake shop. The gateau chocolat is flavored with gyokuro and hojicha.
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- Chappy matcha cream cookies
- (388 yen for five cookies) Matcha cream sandwiches also carry the branded image of “Chappy,” the town mascot.
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Persimmon
- Korogaki
- (440 yen or more for 200 g) This natural sweet taste is popular. A legend regarding the origin of these dried persimmons has been handed down via Zenjo-ji Temple. This confectionary starts to be sold by around December every year.
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- Persimmon vinegar
- (650 yen or more for 150 ml) Mild taste, additive-free fruit vinegar
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Vegetables and others
- Fresh vegetables
- Fresh vegetables that grow via fine water and healthy land are also popular.
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- Shiitake mushroom
- These thick shiitake mushrooms cultivated on withered tree logs are one of the town’s specialties.
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- Shiitake mushroom
- Sun-dried shiitake mushrooms cultivated on withered tree logs & kelp (460 yen)
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- Shiitake mushroom
- Sun-dried shiitake cultivated on withered tree logs (500 yen or more)
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- Pickled plums & vegetables
- Pickled plums (230 yen or more) Plums harvested in Takao district are used, associated with Priest Kukai.
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- Pickled plums & vegetables
- Ujitawara pickled vegetables (300 yen)Pickled cucumbers harvested in Ujitawara Town.
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