10 recommended foods to try while walking around Hakone Yumoto! The latest sweets and local delicacies that can also be used as souvenirs

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Hakone Yumoto Food Walking Map

Hakone sweets you can't miss, from the latest to the flavors of long-established shops

Around Hakone-Yumoto Station, there are many sweet shops selling a wide variety of treats, from tiramisu and gelato to the nostalgic hot spring manju. From these, we have selected some recommended products for a short break. Some of the products can be taken home, so please use them as a reference when choosing souvenirs.

"Hakone Teeramisu" - A sophisticated taste with a perfect balance of sweetness and bitterness

First, let me introduce "Hakone Teeramisu," a tiramisu specialty shop located along the shopping street in front of Hakone Yumoto Station, just outside the main entrance of Hakone Yumoto Station. The coffee that gives the tiramisu its flavor is made using coffee beans roasted at "Soukei Coffee" at the foot of Hakone.

The interior has inorganic concrete walls, and the noren curtains decorated with pop art illustrations create a modern atmosphere.

"Tiramisu Soft" (540 yen) is an original soft serve ice cream topped with plenty of cocoa powder. The first thing you notice at first bite is the rich aroma of cocoa. This is mixed with rich mascarpone cheese and the bitter richness of espresso, creating an addictive taste with a perfect balance of sweetness and bitterness.

The special handmade "Bottle Tiramisu" is also a very popular menu item. They also sell ice packs and cooling bags for takeaway, making it a perfect souvenir.

Hakone Telamisu

Kikugawa Shoten: A gentle taste loved for many years in Hakone

One of the long-standing shops in the shopping district is Kikugawa Shoten.

In addition to selling Hakone's traditional crafts, marquetry, and Hakone souvenirs, the store's specialty is "Castella Yaki Hakone Manju."

As they do live demonstrations and sales in front of the store, there is always a large crowd in front of the store. While you wait to receive your order, you can watch the process of how the manju are made.

The "clack, clack" sound of the machine when pouring in the batter and flipping it over is reminiscent of the Showa era and makes you feel nostalgic.

The "Castella-yaki Hakone Manju" (80 yen) is a dish that features a cute castella dough with a hot spring mark and is filled with moderately sweet white bean paste.

When you think of onsen manju, you probably imagine a thin steamed manju filled with sweet bean paste, but Kikugawa Shoten's manju are Western-style manju made with castella dough and white bean paste wrapped around it. The manju fit in the palm of your hand, so you can eat as many as you like.

The freshly made buns are crispy on the outside and moist on the inside, and the texture is different from the typical hot spring buns.

Kikugawa store

Cream cheese sweets "Grand Rivière Hakone Hakone Yumoto Branch"

"Grand Rivière Hakone Hakone Yumoto Branch" is a famous store that makes "Hakone Rusks" using an original blend of wheat flour and rich butter. There are two stores in the Hakone area, and this store is located a three-minute walk from Hakone Yumoto Station.

The store offers a wide variety of flavors, from sweet to salty, including plain, maple, and garlic. These rusks are a popular Hakone souvenir, perfect as a snack to take home at a hotel or as a gift.

In addition to souvenir rusks, another product that is only available at the Hakone Yumoto store is the freshly baked "Honey Cheese Tart" (250 yen). You can enjoy the contrast between the tart dough, which is baked twice to give it a crispy texture like a sable, and the smooth and fluffy texture of the cheese cream. This is a very satisfying dessert, with the subtle sweetness of honey followed by a rush of cheese flavor.

Grand Rivière Hakone Hakone Yumoto Branch

"Hakone Dolce studio STELLA" - Exquisite dishes made with carefully selected ingredients

Hakone Dolce studio STELLA, located a little way down an alley from Hakone's shopping district, is a popular gelato shop that has been featured on television and other media.

There is an eating and drinking space inside the store, so you can use it not only to eat while walking around, but also when you want to take a short break.

The gelatos lined up in the display case are visually stunning, including some with whole fruit on top, so it's hard to decide which one to choose.

You can choose between single or double gelato, and four types of containers to choose from: sfogliatella (a cone made from pastry dough), cannolo (a cylindrical dough shape), cup, or cone.

The shop's popular selection is the double (860 yen) of "quattro formaggi" and "pistachio."

Quattro Formaggi is a gelato made with four types of cheese made from cow's milk and sheep's milk. The rich flavor of the various cheeses fills your mouth, making it a must-try for cheese lovers.

The pistachios used are organic and from Sicily. The sweetness of the gelato itself is kept to a minimum, allowing you to enjoy the natural rich flavor of the pistachios, and the crunchy texture adds an accent to the taste.

Enjoy the unique encounter with flavors that change with the seasons.

Hakone Dolce studio STELLA

"Castle Town Pudding" is a hybrid that mixes retro and modern styles

Castle Town Pudding Hakone Shunpuro offers a wide variety of puddings made with carefully selected eggs from the Odawara area.

There are tables and benches inside and outside the store, making it the perfect spot for a short break.

As a pudding specialty store, in addition to the standard pudding, there is a wide variety, including a unique variety containing miso. In addition, there are many proud sweets such as cheesecakes and baked goods supervised by a Michelin one-star chef from Hokkaido.

What's special about these puddings is that they all come in egg-shaped containers that make you want to take a photo of them.

This is the most popular "Mukashi Pudding" (420 yen). When you open the lid, you'll see a unique-looking pudding with a dropper stuck in it. When you remove the dropper, caramel spreads all over the pudding.

As the menu name suggests, it has a traditional firm texture. It is a simple pudding that fully conveys the flavor and sweetness of the eggs. At first, you can eat it as it is without removing the dropper, but if you remove the dropper after eating it, you can enjoy the change in flavor combined with the bitter caramel sauce.

A hybrid pudding that combines traditional flavor with a playful touch.

There is also a drink stand on the premises, so why not take a break and enjoy some brown sugar warabi mochi or a drink made with Ashigara tea?

Castle Town Pudding Hakone Shunpuro

Teyakido Hakone Yumoto: Heart-shaped cakes that look great in photos

If you want to try salty snacks, we recommend Teyakido Hakone Yumoto Branch. As you walk through the shopping district, you'll be drawn in by the delicious aroma of charcoal-grilled soy sauce.

The rice crackers are baked by hand one by one after an order is placed. One of the reasons for their popularity among tourists is that they are able to see the process of baking over charcoal. They are baked carefully with great care using special soy sauce made for rice crackers by the long-established soy sauce manufacturer "Shoda Shoyu" and domestically produced non-glutinous rice.

A popular food item on the go is the "Freshly Baked Seaweed Rice Crackers" (300 yen). The rice crackers are large enough to cover your face and come in two types: heart-shaped and round. The standard style for social media is to take a photo holding the heart-shaped one in your hand.

The rice crackers are soaked in soy sauce, grilled over charcoal, and wrapped in toasted seaweed to quickly prepare the dish. The fragrant aroma of soy sauce and seaweed, and the hot, crispy texture are the best tastes you can get from a freshly made rice cracker.

Teyakido Hakone Yumoto Branch

"Salty" drinks recommended for a quick bite or a quick drink

We will introduce some easy-to-eat gourmet foods that are perfect for after a soak in a hot spring or after exploring Hakone. We have picked out specialties unique to Hakone, such as dishes that go well with alcohol for a quick drink and traditional flavors from long-established hotels.

"Kagoya Seijiro" - Enjoy Odawara's specialty kamaboko easily

One of the standard gourmet foods to try while eating your way around Hakone is fried kamaboko. Kagoya Seijiro, run by Kagosei, a long-established kamaboko store in Odawara with a long history founded in 1814, offers freshly fried kamaboko on display for sale.

The lineup includes kamaboko made with carefully selected fish paste, such as sardine sticks, onion sticks, and mentaiko mayonnaise sticks (350 yen each). Not only can you take them home as souvenirs, but they are also served on a stick when you want to eat them on the go, so you can eat them without getting your hands dirty.

At the time of the interview, we chose the most popular item, "Tamanegi-bou" (350 yen).

This product contains whole onions, so it feels quite heavy when you pick it up. If you eat it while it's hot, the sweetness and umami of the onion will fill your mouth.
The onion stick uses a softer paste than other fried fishcakes, and the fluffy yet chewy paste and the crunchy texture of the onion create an exquisite harmony. It's filling and perfect for satisfying a light snack.

Seijiro Kagoya

A perfect item for a quick drink: "Odawara Kagosei (Hakone Yumoto Mitsuki branch)"

On the second floor of the aforementioned Kagoya Seijiro is another store, Odawara Kagosei Hakone Yumoto Mitsuki Branch.

This restaurant is also run by Kagosei, just like Kagoya Seijiro. It has sofa seats where you can eat in, so it's a recommended place for those who want to relax.

The difference with the store on the first floor is in the menu. In addition to fried kamaboko, they also sell oden (in winter), beer, and local sake, making it the perfect place for a quick drink.

The most popular item on the menu is the "Cheese Ball" (350 yen), which is only available on the second floor.

The soft and jiggly fish paste is stuffed with plenty of cheese. With one bite, the delicious flavors of cheese and fish extract fill your mouth, making it a perfect match for an alcoholic drink.

Odawara Kagosei Hakone Yumoto Mitsuki store

Luxurious taste that spreads the more you chew it "Tokuzomaru Kaisenya Hakone Yumoto Ekimae Branch"

"Tokuzomaru Kaisenya Hakone Yumoto Ekimae Branch" is operated by Tokuzomaru, a food manufacturer founded in 1926, with its headquarters in Inatori, Higashiizu-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is located along the shopping street, about a two-minute walk from Hakone Yumoto Station, and is marked by a large carved wooden sign.

You can enjoy high-quality seafood skewers at the ready-to-eat corner "Totokushi," which utilizes the company's know-how in manufacturing Japanese dishes such as boiled golden-eyed snapper and seafood rice, as well as all-purpose seasonings.

The fish skewer corner is popular for its reasonably priced one-handed seafood dishes such as grilled rice balls with boiled golden-eyed snapper, abalone skewers, and scallop skewers.

One of the specialties is the "Scallop Skewers with Butter and Soy Sauce Flavor" (650 yen), a dish that will whet your appetite with the aroma of butter and soy sauce.

The scallops are seasoned with butter and soy sauce and have a spicy taste with a touch of black pepper. Three thick and large scallops are skewered on a skewer, making it very satisfying to eat. The more you chew, the more the scallop flavor spreads, and although it is voluminous, it is so delicious that you will finish it in no time.

Tokuzomaru Kaisenya Hakone Yumoto Station Branch

"Picotte" is an authentic bakery run by a long-established hotel

Founded in 1878, the Fujiya Hotel was born in Miyanoshita, Hakone as Japan's first full-scale resort hotel. There is a restaurant near the station where you can enjoy the gourmet food prepared by the Yumoto Fujiya Hotel.

At the bakery "Picot Yumoto Ekimae Branch," located at the foot of Ajisai Bridge, down the deck walkway that crosses National Route 1, you can find original bread baked at Yumoto Fujiya Hotel.

The lineup includes a wide variety of bread, from classics such as melon bread and raisin bread to original dishes.

The most popular item is the "Classic Curry Bread" (350 yen). It is based on the curry from The Fujiya, the main dining room of the Fujiya Hotel, and is adapted to match the bread dough.

The crispy deep-fried bread is filled with a generous amount of rich, European-style curry filling. The curry is not very spicy, so even people who don't like spicy food can easily eat it. The bread itself is large, so it's perfect as a snack when you're feeling a bit hungry.

If you eat while enjoying the view near Ajisai Bridge, you can enjoy sightseeing while also immersing yourself in the Hakone atmosphere.

Picot Yumoto Station Store (operated by Yumoto Fujiya Hotel)

The Hakone Yumoto area is home to a wide variety of local delicacies, including sweets made in Hakone and long-established shops that have been loved for a long time. Enjoying a meal while staying overnight or on a day trip will make your Hakone trip even more fulfilling. What's more, we also recommend bringing back some Hakone delicacies as souvenirs to commemorate your trip.

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