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The art of making sweets has continued in the castle town of Himeji since the Edo period (1603-1868).
Blessed with high quality water and sake rice, Himeji is also home to eight breweries producing unique local sake.
Other local products include its famous white leatherworks ("Himeji leartherworks"), and foods including sweets, sake, somen noodles, dried noodles, sand eel kugini, grilled conger eel, various yuzu citrus products, and more.
Himeji's traditional crafts are varied, and include Myochin Honpo (Wind Chimes), ibushiki roof tiles, Himeji kokeshi dolls and other traditional dolls, Shosha lacquerware, Himeji tops, matches, and so on.

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Traditional Crafts

Myochin Honpo (Wind chimes)

Leather Products

Local Sake

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Takata-no-Baba

Takada-no-Baba is located in front of the Ote-mon Gate, the entrance to the National Treasure, Himeji Castle, a 15-minute walk from JR Himeji Station.
In addition to its close proximity to the …

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Amaneya Hon-ten

Amaneya Hon-ten is marked by a white brick with the Japanese character for "sound" on it.
In addition to "Otsukai-sweets" that can be used as small gifts, fresh confections such as "Seseragi" …

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FESTA (FESTA Building/GRAND FESTA) Underground Shopping Mall

Located in the welcoming space in front of Himeji Station, FESTA is a shopping mall with approximately 60 stores (mainly restaurants), located underground in GRAND FESTA and the FESTA Building above …

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Hatoya Kamaboko Fish Cakes

In 1946, soon after the end of World War II, Hattoya was founded by its founder, a chef, to take advantage of the abundance of fish from the Harima-nada Sea.
Even in the 1950s, when frozen sur…

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Piole 1

This shopping mall is directly connected to JR Himeji Station and consists of 6 floors, including the 1st (basement) floor.
Both Nana's Green Tea on the 3rd floor and Starbucks Coffee on the 4t…

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Edo-ya Japanese Sweets Tadera Shop

In 1984, Edo-ya opened this second store in Tadera.
Edo-ya offers a variety of creatively-constructed wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets), made with fresh, seasonal ingredients.
Of the…

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Heart of Harima Sweets Houkitsu, Houkitsu Hon-ten Shop

Located in southeastern Himeji City's Shirahama-cho neighborhood, which is famous for the Nada-no-Kenka Festival, this store is Heart of Harima Sweets, Houkitsu's founding location.
The store …

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Harima Watanabe

Harima Watanabe is constantly striving to develop new products to meet the needs of our customers while maintaining the tradition of our 25th year in business.
Please stop by when you are in th…

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Yamasa Kamaboko Fish Cake Workshop Yumesen Hall

With beautiful natural surroundings, this large kamaboko (fish cake) factory has a variety of facilities for customers to enjoy.
In addition to a store where you can purchase kamaboko products…

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Edo-ya Japanese Sweets, Nagomi

This third Edo-ya store opened in 2012.
This store has a café space and is named "Edo-ya Nagomi" ("nagomi" refers to a sense of calm and relaxation) in the hope that customers can enjoy Edo-ya…

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Himeji Castle Souvenir Store (Beside the ticket gate)

A small store you can recognize by its red brick walls, located right outside the Himeji Castle exit ticket gate.
The shop sells a variety of goods including Himeji Castle-related goods, produ…

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Hanaoka Grilled Eel

In Hanaoka's specialty grilled eel dishes, you can taste the care that's been put into choosing the best ingredients.
It's a flavor that can only be obtained from quality conger eel, carefully…

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