Japanese
Bakery

A store that offers housemade hand-wrapped thin-skinned daifuku/mochi with many kinds of daifuku/mochi with fruit, peanut butter, and more. All ingredients are vegan. Open Mon-Sun 10:00am-8:00pm.


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23 Reviews

First Review by AlanaBanana

MariaSpb

Points +277

Vegan
18 Nov 2024

Best mochi ever

A mochi shop with very tasty fruits inside, perhaps one of the most delicious dishes that I have tasted in Japan. There are quite a lot of flavors, they can be cut into pieces if you need to share them, or they will pack them with you in a beautiful package. The girl at the checkout is very nice, credit cards are accepted.

Lsimd

Points +1106

Vegan
10 Sep 2024

Delicious fruit mochi, but expensive

Fruit filled mochi. The dough is very thin, but the fruits are very tasty and fresh.
A bit expensive though, which makes sense considering how expensive fruits are in Japan.

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-10

Heike.St

Points +1109

Vegan
26 Aug 2024

Super good fruit mochi

After free kiwi-samples, we got the kiwi one (which was massive; 600 yen) and a watermelon one (which was not as big; 500 yen). Both good and refreshing.
We recommend the kiwi one for sure!
But they have many more fruit mochi.

They cut the mochi for you on request, which makes it even more convenient to snack.

Just a little food stall on the corner of the street. But they do have a couple chairs out front.

Pros: All vegan, Great snack, Free samples

mxijyx

Points +269

Vegan
24 Aug 2024

daifuku

nothing more and noting less just an amazing fruit daifuku

vannyy.o

Points +1873

Vegan
29 Jul 2024

Traditional Mochi Shop

Cute, traditional Shop with many different Mochi Desserts. A lot of different fruity ones and two with pb & sesame and matcha & sesame. Would recommend everything, also very friendly women who is the owner of the store.

tgardner1453

Points +678

Vegan
26 Jul 2024

Not sure what to think

Honestly, not the biggest fan but it might be I just don’t like machI, first time having it. A bit pricey but I liked you could do a bundle to try a couple for 12 USD. Super nice and helpful staff though

MLittl11

Points +630

Vegetarian
19 Jul 2024

Wonderfully fresh

Great flavours, free sample. We had the pineapple which was perfect. The owner cut into pieces and we enjoyed outside.

Pros: Options, Vegan, Fresh

enjoythehummus

Points +130

Vegan
03 Jun 2024

Delicious but expensive for what it is

Got to have a taster of the golden kiwi mochi was good, then decided to get a Japanese orange mochi and black sesame peanut butter one.

The peanut butter one was incredible and about a third of the price of the orange mochi, which was also great, but not sure if I could justify the price of more

Pros: Selection, Freshness of the fruit

Cons: Mochi Price

12munchies

Points +2825

Vegan
19 May 2024

fully vegan / delicious pastries

They offered a free trial of the mochis so i tried the kiwi one.
I decided for mango and a few of these other pastries.
I liked the mochi and it was a new experience for me because esp far I only new the frozen icecream mochis. I preferred the other two pastries though as they were super delicious peanut buttery and sesame-ish and were only a third of the price of a mochi.

Pros: Pastries with sesame and peanut butter (i guess), Mango mochi , free sample

Lelu

Points +720

Vegan
22 Apr 2024

Mochi!

Small shop for take away.
Large selection of different mochi varieties. Tastes good, because there was not as much dough on the fruit as is well known but expensive.

MiffyMills

Points +921

Vegan
08 Mar 2024

Delicious but a little expensive

Everything is vegan, about 6 mochi flavours to choose from. Really delicious but quite expensive for how small they are. Would have bought more if they were cheaper. Worth a visit

JosianeTremblay

Points +24

Vegan
28 Feb 2024

So tasty

Went in October, the mikan ones were SO GOOD

deathwishmiata

Points +70

Vegan
03 Feb 2024

Mochi go to

Great mochi store! We had two with strawberry’s which were good and then a peanut butter filled set of 5 and these were the best mochi I’ve eaten so definitely not one to miss!

soulgrinder

Points +92

Vegan
08 Jan 2024

Must try!!!

The most delicious thing I ate on my trip to Japan. Big variety of fruits in the softest mochi. Each fruit I tried tasted sweet, ripe and fresh. I recommend trying one of each flavour! Perfect place to stop on the way to the deer park from the station.
It may be useful to note the shop is more like a tiny storefront and there is nowhere to sit and eat - buy the mochi and take to eat at home or in the park.

EucalyptFan

Points +86

Vegan
06 Jan 2024

Delicious daifuku!

I got the kiwi option, which was ripe and refreshing, (especially after not having had much fruit in Japan)! When we visited they were also providing free samples of their apple option, which was also yum. As noted by others though, they're quite expensive, especially compared to others available in the area.

Staff were friendly and happy to answer our questions. They also included a small piece of string, which can be used to cleanly cut your daifuku so you can view a beautiful cross section!

Updated from previous review on 2024-01-06

AnFa

Points +439

Vegan
23 Nov 2023

Gorgeous and tasty!

We got the kiwi and khaki/persimmon ones and they were absolutely delicious!!! Get some if you have the chance 😊

B12mangel

Points +1115

Vegan
11 Nov 2023

Great daifuku/mochi but expensive

We had one mochi with mango, with was tasty but for ~700¥ really expensive and the peanutbutter mochi Box (6 pieces) for 1000¥ and they were the best!! Would recommend.

Pros: Peanutbutter Mochi, Accepts Creditcard

Cons: Expensive

Trixi

Points +236

Vegan
20 Oct 2023

Very good

Very delicious fruit mochi

tofucourtney

Points +367

Vegan
11 Oct 2023

Delicious fruit mochi

These were absolutely divine! We got Kiwi Fruit, pineapple, and fig and they were all so tasty we gobbled them in a nearby park. I enjoyed fig most! But they were all so delicious

Kiwii

Points +76

Vegan
09 Oct 2023

Fruity vegan snack

Cute shop without seating at a street-corner. The two ladies serving were super nice. They also handed out little bites to try.
The food is served cold and comes in a very nice packaging. Also, it's delicious :)
They have many different flavours.

SumnerNichols

Points +111

Vegan
21 Sep 2023

High End Fruit Delicacies

This is the real deal and it is appropriately priced. Grab a delicious little treat on your back to or back from Nara's UNESCO sites! (recommend going early) These are expensive. I got the persimmon, golden kiwi, and a third I forgot (and haven't enjoyed yet, although you should eat them within a day I believe). The golden kiwi is large and just juicy and delicious. The persimmon was perfect. Great little place if you want to treat yourself or buy a gift for someone!

Ale82V

Points +186

Vegan
30 Aug 2023

Wonderful fruits mochi

Cute corner that sells fruit mochi.
I tried kiwi, pear and figue and they were delicious!

AlanaBanana

Points +2387

Vegan
10 Jul 2023

Homemade vegan mochis

Homemade vegan mochis in Nara, between Nara station and Nara Park.

Good quality, different kind of Mochis, very good flavour, all vegan. Recommended 👌

Pros: Tasty

Cons: A little bit expensive




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