On this day, foodie Kawanishi visited Tokoro Terrace in Shiga Akanuma, Suwa, Nagano Prefecture. This stylish spot, known in Suwa for selling kanten, also houses a cafe and dining area.☕ Tokoro Terrace promotes making kanten part of everyday life with the motto “bringing kanten closer to you.” The person who introduced the shop that day was manager Kurane. Next to the shop and cafe is a factory specializing in tokoroten, so the tokoroten served here comes fresh from the adjacent factory!!! I dislike vinegar-and-soy dressing, and since I learned about kuromitsu I’ve been hooked♪ It’s virtually zero calories (excluding the kuromitsu lol)!!! Kanten comes in many forms—block kanten (bō kanten), string kanten, and powdered kanten—and it’s a versatile ingredient you can add to rice, miso soup, or salads. As a child, I couldn’t wait for the school lunch day with mandarin orange milk kanten and used to pace around the serving area... Kanten provides dietary fiber and doesn’t overpower other ingredients, so it shines in main dishes, appetizers, and desserts alike—truly the Shohei Ohtani of the ingredient world!!! That day I found a pack of 100 sticks of kanten; some customers buy that size a few times a year!!! The quantity and enormity were astounding lol At the cafe, they use that kanten in tokoroten, cream anmitsu (their most popular item), soft serve, and even the hugely popular pudding. They serve lunch (11:00–14:00), where a salad with added kanten enhances the flavors of the main dish. The place is welcoming to men and has counter seating, so you can easily enjoy a casual cafe visit or lunch.🍴 You can also enjoy coffee made from beans by Yuhigahama Coffee of Matsumoto alongside the sweets, so try them together.☕ The entire shop is barrier-free, so customers in wheelchairs can enter with confidence. Many visitors come in three generations—grandmother, mother, and grandchild—and enjoy the cafe together. Why not consider this as a souvenir from Suwa? ◎ Tokoro Terrace 📍 1545-1 Shiga, Suwa (5-minute drive from Suwa I.C. toward Lake Suwa; parking for 40 cars) ☎ 0266-52-1056 ◎ Hours: 10:00–18:00 ・ Shop hours: 10:00–18:00 ・ Cafe hours: 10:00–17:00 (Lunch 11:00–14:30) ◎ Closed: Thursdays and during the New Year holidays (Dec 31–Jan 2) ◎ Online shop available.

Nouvelle Bairindo Suwa Store (Confectionery House Nouvelle) On this day, foodie Kawanishi visited Nouvelle Bairindo Suwa Store (Confectionery House Nouvelle). It’s such a famous shop that virtually everyone in the Suwa area knows it! The exterior is stylish and, true to its name, evokes a charming confectionery house. Among Nouvelle’s offerings, the flagship item “Kurumi Yamabiko” is one of Kawanishi’s personal favourites. It uses fresh milk from the foothills of the Yatsugatake Mountains in Shinshu to make a slowly cooked special walnut caramel, which is wrapped in a crisp cookie. The cookie shell is not sweet, the walnut caramel inside is pleasantly sweet, and the balance between them is perfect!!! This treat is so addictive that you really can’t stop. Apart from my eldest son and second daughter, who have nut allergies, my whole family—including my parents—are huge, huge, huge fans www The company’s current president is said to be the creator of this hit product! Thank you so much for the supremely delicious Kurumi Yamabiko! It was released in 1985, so this year marks its 39th anniversary!!! The person who assisted us that day was Yudasaka, section chief of the administration department. According to him, Bairindo strongly values using local ingredients. Did you know each store also has shop-limited sweets? Here they are ↓ ・Suwa Store → Cream puffs ・Okaya Main Store → Waffles ・Shimosuwa Store → Shaved ice and pies (custard pie available at all stores plus a Shimosuwa-only original flavor) ・Chino Store → Soft serve ice cream (also sold at Okaya; Yamabiko soft is Chino-only) ・Cheesecake appears to be another store-limited sweet, so please do visit the stores! Hot on the heels of “Kurumi Yamabiko” is “Suwa no Tsuki.” The walnut caramel inside is the same as Kurumi Yamabiko, but here it’s mixed with white bean paste, making it extremely popular with elderly people who find Kurumi Yamabiko hard to swallow. Mixing in white bean paste improves the texture and throat feel, making it easier to eat than Kurumi Yamabiko — that’s why it’s so popular! It’s an impressive innovation. This conversation gave a glimpse of why it appeals to so many people. Ranking in the top three is Suwa Kurumi Caramel!!! It started with four designs representing nearby locations: Suwa → Karin, Shimosuwa → Manji stone Buddha, Okaya → Silk-rearing deity, Chino → Jomon Venus. The president was so eager to have representations for Hara Village and Fujimi that Hara Village’s celery and Fujimi’s tomato were created, completing characters for six neighboring municipalities. There’s actually a backstory behind Fujimi’s highland red ruby. A tomato grown by students in the horticulture department at Fujimi High School had been selected for judging at the Tokyo Olympics, but as everyone knows the Games were postponed by one year. When the president learned about the students’ tomatoes left without an outlet, he simply said, “Let’s use them as ingredients for the Highland Ruby!” That kind of manly decisiveness is electrifying. Those tomatoes continue to be sourced to this day. It made me think that the president’s commitment to local produce has produced these big hit items. Finally, Yudasaka’s top recommendation that day was the “Asaichi Cocco Sable.” The eggs come from chickens raised at Yatsugatake Central Agricultural Practical School in Hara Village. It’s a simple sable that remains soft while retaining a solid buttery flavour. Foodie Kawanishi’s personal top pick is the exquisite Kurumi Yamabiko!!! I learned for the first time that they also sell whole uncut loaves in their original shape, with wooden boxes or special knives included… it’s a dream product 🌟 If no one was watching, I’d probably bite straight into it www These appear only a few times a year!!! Maybe I’ll buy one as a birthday present 🎶 It’s an irresistible item for Kurumi Yamabiko lovers! Nouvelle Bairindo’s products also make wonderful souvenirs. Many sweets are inspired by or made with ingredients from the Suwa area. When my family brings souvenirs, Nouvelle Bairindo is our one and only choice w When people think of popular sweet souvenirs from the Suwa region, they think of Nouvelle Bairindo. If you visit the Suwa area or find their products at a retailer, please do buy and enjoy them!!! ◎ Nouvelle Bairindo Suwa Store (Confectionery House Nouvelle) 📍 1-2556-7 Jonan, Suwa, Nagano Prefecture 〒 ☎ 0266-54-7971 Hours & Closed days: 10:00–19:00 Closed only on New Year’s Day

🦇 Halloween Sweets & Lunch Buffet 🍭 Held in a special buffet for 2 days only! Enjoy 💕 a variety of chef's special sweets and Western and Chinese dishes to your heart's content, including live cooking of "Crepe Suzette Citrus Sorbet", "Hokkaido Beef Grilled with Homemade Teriyaki Sauce", and "Authentic Chinese Fried Rice Omelet Rice" 🎃 Date and time Held in 　　Saturday, October 12, 2024 and Sunday, October 13, 2024 　　11：30～14：30 👻fee 　　Adult ¥3,800 　　Elementary school students ¥2,000 　　Children under elementary school age Free of charge 　　Sparkling wine free drink additional ¥1,000 🎃 Reservations 　　📞011-222-1522 　　Or on the hotel's website 👻menu 　【Live Cooking】 　　　・Crepe Suzette Citrus Sorbet 　　　・Grilled Hokkaido beef with homemade teriyaki sauce 　　　・Authentic Chinese fried rice omelet rice 【Sweets】 　　　・Soft-boiled pudding 　　　・Opera 　　　・Raspberry Shortcake 　　　・Gateau chocolate 　　　・Pumpkin Chiffon Cake 　　　・Montblanc Swiss roll cake 　　　・Black cream puff 　　　・Sweet potatoes with purple sweet potatoes 　　　Blue honeysuckle tiramisu 　　　・Kyoho grapes jelly 【Food】 　　　・Pumpkin quiche 　　　Homemade smoked salmon and avocado salad 　　　・Pate de Campagne 　　　・Stuffed pumpkin and mascarpone gougère 　　　・Smoked salmon and mushroom greck 　　　・Bonito carpaccio and savory vegetable salad 　　　・Grilled eggplant and courgette salad 　　　・Bagna cauda with seafood and rumbling vegetables 　　　・Onion soup & cheese croutons 　　　・Roast beef sandwich 　　　・Potato & Smoked Salmon Sandwich 　　　・Mixed leaf salad 　　　・Colored Tomatoes 　　　・Onion slices 　　　・Seaweed salad 　　　・Broccoli 　　　・Marinated root vegetable salad 　　　・Spaghetti with various mushroom meat sauce 　　　・Baked pumpkin and seafood chowder in a pie wrap 　　　・Homemade minced cutlets and roasted mozzarella cheese with special demi-glace sauce 　　　・Today's Thai curry & rice 　　　・Chinese burger with steamed bread (shrimp chili & braised pork) 【Drink】 　　　・Coffee 　　　・Tea 　　　・Detox water 　　　・Oolong tea 　　　・Orange juice 　　　・Mineral water We look ✨ forward to seeing you

Visited on 9/2/24. After Prayer to Tokyo Daijingu Shrine, we had an early dinner (breakfast) at want to Manna, a Taiwanese breakfast specialty restaurant. From the top left, they are pineapple cake, current Taiwanese toast, soy milk, and flea cakes. The Taiwanese breakfast is my favorite.

Photographed on September 7, 24. CAFE ANDON's lemonade and blueberry and rhubarb rare cheesecake. 🍋🫐 It has a moderate acidity and is delicious. 😊

🐰available Halloween Afternoon Tea🎃 Afternoon tea from September is Collaboration with Hokkaido's Popular Gourmet Writer [Yuzurepo]! "available Halloween Afternoon Tea" Available theme in Wonderland, a large collection 🃏 of cute sweets for Adult This time, as a Souvenirs, you can ♪ take home Yuzurepo's icon cookie In addition to the very popular "Push Activity Plan", "Obake Mini Parfait Plan" will also appear 👻 from October social media post campaign is also Implementation 📸 《Menu》 ・Usamimi Mont Blanc Mad Hatter's Hat White rabbit pocket watch ・White rabbit tiramisu ・Cheshire Cat Shippo Glass ・Heart playing card cookies ・Framboise cake ・Marriage of quiche & Hokkaido pumpkin and cream cheese 　Served with camo pastrami ・Ronnefeldt tea (7 kinds) ・Coffee ・Mocktail (2 types) 　* Mocktails will be one cup per one person Reservations can be made at 📞011-222-1522 Or on the hotel's 💖 website

After Prayer to Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, we visited LEC COFFEE Mr./Ms.. Lemonade and banana Basque cheesecake. It is very tasty. I was able to relax. Thank you. 😊

Photographed 8/15/24. CAFE ANDON Mr./Ms.'s iced coffee and peach Shortcake. 🍑 I look forward to it every time. 😊

Today, we visited LEC COFFEE Mr./Ms.. Chai and rare cheesecake. It is very tasty. I was able to relax. Thank you. 😊

Today, I went to a Limited Time sign language café at Resona Coedo Terrace. Rose tea and Buckwheat noodles financier.

New Otani Inn Sapporo will celebrate 🎉 its 42nd anniversary on August 1st There is a very much for your continued patronage. To express our gratitude to our customers, we will ✨ Held in [Sweets & Lunch Buffet] 🎂Re 　August 10~13 　11：30～14：30 🎂fee 　Adult: ¥3,800 　65 years old or older: ¥3,200 　Elementary school students: ¥2,000 　Children under elementary school age: Free of charge 　All-you-can-drink sparkling wine: +¥1,000 🎂menu 【Live cooking】 　・Special soufflé pancake with apricot gelato 　・Authentic hand-made Chinese noodles (Jar Jar noodles, soy sauce ramen) 　・Roasted Hokkaido beef with Japanese-style sauce 　・Teppan Garlic Rice & Sausage 【Sweets】 　・Soft-boiled pudding 　・Fruit mille crepe 　・Lemon Chiffon Cake 　・Gateau phrase 　・Croffle 　・Muscat and yogurt rare cheesecake 　・Choux Swiss roll cake 　・Seasonal fruit tart 　・White chocolate and matcha gateau 　・Squid and melon jelly 　・Today's Pound Cake 【Food】 ・Sweet corn mousse and mascarpone stuffed with gougère ・Cream cheese and fig tart ・Homemade pâté de campagne ・Marinated Deal Salmon ・Seafood ceviche ・Tagliata of Saibi Beef ・Caprese-style steamed chicken and Hokkaido mozzarella cheese ・Pounded bonito, bitter gourd and colored vegetable salad ・Cold sweet corn soup ・Shrimp and avocado bucket Mr./Ms. ・Pork cutlet Mr./Ms. ・Spaghetti Pescatore ・Seafood Mixed Fries with Special Tartar Sauce ・Beef & onion curry ・Mixed leaf salad ・Colored Tomatoes ・Seaweed salad ・Broccoli & Cauliflower 【Drink】 ・Coffee ・Tea ・Detox water ・Orange juice ・Oolong tea ・Mineral water Reservations and details 📞011-222-1522 Or check 👀 the hotel's website We look ✨ forward to your visit

Miyazaki Prefecture Gokasecho Experience: Cotton Cafe Cotton Cafe meets on the third Saturday of every month. Here you can try spinning yarn from organic cotton grown in Gokasecho. The homemade cakes are also very popular. Relax and chat while trying your hand at spinning yarn. No prior registration required. Opening days: Every third Saturday of the month Hours: 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Location: 5929 Kuraoka, Kuraoka Kurara Staff Room, Gokasecho, Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki Prefecture, 882-1201

I went to Little Patricia's Mr./Ms. in Renjaku Town. Lemon squash and lemon cake. 🍋 The sour taste of lemon is delicious. I am enjoying the Kawagoe Million Lights Summer Festival.

Photographed 7/25/24. CAFE ANDON Mr./Ms.'s café latte and fig and prune carrot cake. It is a topical caro-activity. The café latte is also delicious.

Joined the store on July 15, 24. After the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Monthly Festival, I relaxed at the Starbucks Bell Ring Street store. Love & Peach Frappuccino and White Peach Earl Grey Cake. 🍑 It's exhausting.

Photographed on June 15, 24. About a month ago, café andon Mr./Ms.'s café latte and Shortcake with lemon and poppy seeds. The cake is so delicious that I look forward to it every day.

Photographed 7/13/24. Cafe Andon Mr./Ms. café latte and fruit Shortcake. The sweetness is Restrooms available, and the acidity of kiwi and American cherries is Restrooms available, moist, and very tasty. 🥝🍒

From July, the menu Gari of Japanese dinner Course will be renewed! It is 🌻 a Mr./Ms. full of summer-like menu using seasonal ingredients 【Menu】 ・ Seasonal sauce ・Bandit Somen ・ Grilled salmon with salt ・ Cooking lees and vegetables ・Anago sea eel bowl incense, miso soup ・Today's Fun Dessert Wagon 　Lime sorbet 　Rare cheesecake with blue honeysuckle sauce 　Mango Pudding 　Shortcake with chocolate and mint 　Seasonal fruit tarts Reservations and details Phone: 011-222-1522 Or on the hotel's ✨ website We look ☺ forward to seeing you

Today, we visited LEC COFFEE Mr./Ms.. It's chai and matcha tiramisu. It's so delicious that I look forward to it every time. It was very hot today, so I was healed. Thanks to you, I was able to take a photo of the illumination of the rim musubi wind chime. Thank you. 😊

Now is the season! 【Peach Afternoon Tea Set】 Held in for 3 days only! Afternoon tea full of peaches, using peaches in season luxuriously, is now available 🍑 "Peach Parfait" with red heart cookies and rabbit cookies, etc. It is ☕ an afternoon tea set that satisfies both the heart and stomach with a full Volume 🍑menu ・Peach Parfait ・Peach Shortcake ・Peach canele ・Glasses of peaches and strawberries ・Peach and melon Swiss roll cake ・Peach and strawberry cream puff ・Peach glass ・Sweet yellowtail osh ・Baked cheesecake Bagel sandwich with homemade marinated salmon, cream cheese and potatoes ・Vegetables to drink Orange & Tomatoes ・Vegetable chips For details and reservations, 📞」011-222-1522 Or on the hotel's 💖 website

Afternoon tea from July is peaches 🍑 and melons 🍈 that are in season now! 【 Peach & Melon Afternoon Tea 】 Mr./Ms. has 💕 many sweets such as "Peach Shortcake" and "Melon Swiss Roll" that luxuriously use popular peaches and melons For savory, we have prepared "Shrimp and Avocado Bucket Mr./Ms.". In addition, [Mini Parfait Plan] 🐰 with cute rabbit cookies Support afternoon tea to enjoy with your favorite! 【Recommendation Plan】 💖 etc. 😎 are also available Full of Volume! It is ♪ an afternoon tea set that will satisfy your heart and stomach 〈 Menu 〉 ・Peach Shortcake ・Peach Eclair ・Peach and melon glasses ・Swiss roll cake with melon ・Melon and mint chiffon cake ・ 2 types of cookies ・Shrimp and avocado bucket Mr./Ms. ・7 kinds of Ronnefeldt tea black tea ・ 2 types of mocktails 1 cup of each type per one person 〈 Mini Parfait Plan 〉+¥650 ・Mini Parfait 〈 Recommendation Plan 〉+¥700 ・Message cookie with chocolate pen ・AR Photo Frame ・ Color drink to choose from 8 colors Reservations and details 📞011-222-1522 direct line to restaurant reservations Or on the hotel's ✨ website We look 💁 ♂️ forward to seeing you

Visited on June 4, 24. LEC COFFEE's Mr./Ms.'s chai and Basque cheesecake. It was a hot day, so I took it easy.

Joined the store on June 1, 24. After the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Monthly Festival, I relaxed at the Starbucks Bell Ring Street store. Banana Yellowtail Ullet Frappuccino and Banana Rice Flour Swiss Roll. It's all about bananas. 🍌

Photographed 5/25/24. café andon's iced café latte and hummingbird cake. Hummingbird cake is so delicious that birds are said to be singing. The cake is made with bananas, nuts and pineapple, and is served with cream cheese frosting.

Today, I went to Shiki for work. After work, I relaxed at the Starbucks Ekia Shiki store. Iced cappuccino and chocolate cake.

Visited 5/20/24. Lec Coffee's chai and carrot cake. ☕️ On the day of the event, it was raining and cool, but thanks to the chai, it became warm. I love anything that has cinnamon or ginger in it. 😊 Thank you for letting me relax every time.

After the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Monthly Festival, I relaxed at the Starbucks Bell Ring Street store. Starbucks Strawberry Frappuccino and Strawberry & Custard Tart. 🍓

As a 💕 gift or as a small reward for yourself How about a takeaway afternoon tea? Fun ☕ the hotel's afternoon tea at home 【Menu】 ・Matcha and hojicha chiffon cake ・ Gateau phrase of black tea ・Tea Financier ・Macarons ・Matcha gateau chocolate ・Orange tart ・Ronnefeldt Tea 4 types of tea bags Limited to 20 sets per day Reservations must be made at least 3 days in advance! Reservations and details 📞011-222-1522 Or visit the ✨ hotel's website

Seasonal Chef "Recommended" Dina Mountain Trail 5. Introducing 🍽️ the June menu 【Menu】 ・ Seasonal sauce ・ Making salmon and shark sardines ・ Sea bream Roasted wood buds Ashirai ・ Crab and spinach shinda maki and vegetable cooking ・ Jako sansho boiled rice incense thing, miso soup ・Today's Fun Dessert Wagon 　Tea gateau phrase 　Matcha pudding 　Fruit tart 　Strawberry Ice Cream 　Matcha gateau chocolate 　* We will offer 4~5 desserts from this menu on a daily basis. Limited to 15 meals a day! Enjoy ♪ the chef's proud Japanese cuisine to your heart's content Reservations and details 📞011-222-1522 Or On the 💁 ♂️ hotel website We look forward to seeing you there!

Visited the store on May 3, 24. On the occasion of a walk in Kawagoe, I visited LEC Coffee. Black latte and Basque cheesecake. It is very tasty. 😊