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Oiwake Yokan

Release date: 2024.01.31

Snacks and Sweets

Steamed shokan has a history of over 300 years and is a specialty of the XNUMXrd station of the Tokaido Ejiri inn.
The filling made from Hokkaido red beans is wrapped in bamboo skin and then steamed.The taste is chewy and smooth, and the exquisite sweetness harmonizes with the scent of bamboo skin.
It is said that the 15th Shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa, who retired to Shizuoka, was a favorite of it, and it was also loved by the feudal lords of Sankin Kotai and by travelers on the highways.

 

【store information】
Oiwake Yokan main store
http://www.oiwakeyokan.com/
Address: (Main store) 2-13-21 Oiwake, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka (Omagari store) 3-10-29 Irie, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka
TEL: (Main store) 054-366-3257, (Omagari store) 054-371-0300

 

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