FUKU JU EN
FUKU JU EN is a Japanese sweets store established in 1970. The store sells seasonal confections made with dedication to the best texture and flavor, using only the finest ingredients.
Toyota no Momo Jelly (Toyota Peach Jello)
Toyota no Momo Jelly is a handmade jello made with local Toyota peaches harvested within the past year. Delicious peach bits are surrounded by jello made from fruit juice. Natural peach flavor is packed into the jello. Serve chilled.
Edible prints
You can order rice crackers, manju, and cakes with edible photos printed on them.
Basic Information
| Address | 〒470-1216 41-3 Shinkiri, Kazue-cho, Toyota City |
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| Cost | Toyota no Momo Jelly: \220 - Sold from early July to around the end of Obon period |
| Business hours | 9:00-18:00 (last order) |
| Phone number | 0565-21-0721 |
| Parking | Available (cap. 4 cars) |
| Closed | Tuesday |
| Retailers | Sanchoku Plaza, Meglia Main Store, Green Center Miyoshi Store, Green Center Asahigaoka, A-Coop Unebe Store [Carry only Momo Jelly]: Green Center Matsudaira Store, Sanage Senkajo |
| Directions by public transportation | 20min walk from Mikawa-Kamigo Station of the Aichi Loop Line. |
| Directions by car | Approx. 11min (5km) southwestwards from Toyota-Higashi I.C. of the Isewangan Expressway. |
| Related links |
FUKU JU EN Official Website (Japanese)
FUKU JU EN Online Store (Japanese) FUKU JU EN Official Facebook Page (Japanese) FUKU JU EN page at the WE LOVE TOYOTA Marché Website (Japanese) |
Area Information
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Hekien Ocha-no-Junpei
Toyota-Area
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Azuki-An Natural Sweets
Toyota-Area
Azuki-An is adamant about each and every ingredient used in its carefully created confections. In particular, it places great emphasis on its highly nutritious adzuki beans (or "azuki" like in the shop's name) in its wish to offer only the best to customers. Skilled craftspersons well-versed in the art of Japanese sweets offer unmatched presentation with tastes to give a flavor of the different seasons. Above all, Azuki-An's foremost hope is to see that smile on customers' faces as soon as they've taken the initial bite.
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Kokaen
Toyota-Area
Yoshiwara-cho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture has been a tea-producing region since the Edo period. At the Kokaen tea plantation, tea plants are left to the wisdom of nature. They are not pruned by human hands. The master of Kokaen is a winner of the National Tea Appraisal Skill Competition held in Kyoto—the only winner so far to come from Aichi Prefecture. In order to produce flavorful tea, he selects organic fertilizer, nourishes the earth, and oversees every process of tea production from planting to processing. In the plantation, the local tea pickers hand-pick the tea leaves for matcha and fukamushi-cha green teas, using the traditional shigoki-tsumi picking method unique to Aichi.
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