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奈良県三輪素麺工業協同組合
There are many somen shops in the Miwa area, where you’ll find Omiwa Jinja Shrine. From ultra-thin noodles to colorful ones, there’s a huge variety of somen noodles here.
三諸(みむろ)杉／今西酒造
Near the foot of Omiwa Jinja Shrine, this shop was founded 360 years ago. Except during busy hours, the Sando Shop offers sake tasting in which you can taste up to two to three kinds of sake.The sake-flavored ice cream is also delicious.
みむろ／白玉屋榮壽(しらたまやえいじゅ)
Omiwa Jinja Shrine is famous for its monaka. This shop goes back over 180 years. Monaka is a sweet made of red bean jam spread between mochi crackers.
談山／西内酒造
Founded in 1877, this is a small, hard-working brewery at the foot of Tanzan Jinja Shrine. In addition to regular sake, they also sell special sake like nigori, a cloudy and sweet sake.
草餅／長谷寺周辺
Kusamochi is the specialty of the town that developed around Hasedera Temple. Delicious either grilled or as-is, it’s a sweet made from mochi rice kneaded and infused with mugwort. Snack on one while you stroll around the town outside the temple. Each shop sells a distinctive type of kusamochi. See the photo for reference. Left to right on top row are kusamochi from Hoendo Confectioner, Akataki Sakaeya, and Sohonke Kotobukiya; left to right on the bottom row are from Sohonpo, Shirozakeya, and Inoue Botando.
大和出雲人形／やまとびとのこころ店
These rustic, hand-made figurines are crafted one by one by pressing clay into shape with a traditional mold, baking in rice chaff after drying, and painting using a traditional calcium carbonate paint mixed with gelatin. They have their origin with haniwa figures, which were buried in the tombs of ancient emperors.
Inside the shop, you can also enjoy a meal and some tea.
赤飯まんじゅう／御菓子司 寶園堂
This manju (steamed bun) is filled with sticky rice cooked with adzuki beans. The shop keeps them steamed, so you’ll get a delicious, piping hot manju.
宇陀川まんじゅう／御菓子司 昇栄堂
Striking an enjoyable balance between the large azuki beans and sweet white bean paste, these grilled and thin-skinned Japanese sweets are cooked to perfection, the confectioners taking care not to crush the locally-produced Uda azuki beans during production.
吉野本葛
This starch is produced from the roots of the kudzu vine, native to Japan. A precious ingredient for cooking, it’s been called “white diamonds.”
It can be used as a thickener or in mochi or jellies. Not only is it nutritious, it’s also used as a home cold remedy.
You can find it sold in the Uda Matsuyama area as well as at roadside rest stations in Uda City.