Available Year-Round

Reservation / Honten, San Poo Loh Stays fresh 2 days after purchase.

The chestnut flowers that bloom before summer are a light yellow. Kurihana is a fresh confection featuring kuri an. It fills your mouth with the smooth flavor of chestnuts. It comes in blocks with a stylized character for chestnut set in them.

Reservation / Honten, San Poo Loh Stays fresh 4 days after purchase

Spring confections

Summer confections

A confection made from chestnuts and kuri an, wrapped in a thin crust of top-quality shiratamako. Please enjoy kintsuba, the flavor of Obuse, village of chestnuts.

Autumn confections

Winter confections

Reservation / Honten, San Poo Loh Stays fresh 1 week after purchase

About items that require reservations -- Please place reservations by 2:00 PM the day before The fresh confection of the month may only be enjoyed at the Honten store. They cannot be carried out.

A high-quality mix of sugar and agar filled with chestnuts. Let sit to harden, then split into pieces. Kasse means to break or split in French. Enjoy this flavor which changes in a second in your mouth. Thank you for your patronage. Because of your support, we have sold out our stock of Kuri Kasse. We plan to resume sales in spring of 2007.

Spring

Seasonal Confections

January 5 - January 15

Available for take-out Stays fresh 3 days after purchase

The New Year in Obuse, village of chestnuts. We will share our good luck with this confection. We will sell them over the counter after offering them to the estate guardian deity in the morning. A red, white, and pink confections made from kuri an steamed with sake, and filled with sugar-boiled chestnuts.

Summer

March

Available for take-out Stays fresh 3 days after purchase

A confections made from kuri an, egg yolks, and shiro an, colored red from walnuts and vegetables, designed to look like a peach. The spring, when the new buds spring up is a wonderful time.

June - mid September

The sweetness of Mizu Kuri Yokan wrapped in refreshing green bamboo creates a faintly fresh and bitter flavor.

Autumn

April - October

The cool flavor of Yoshino kudzu with kuri an soup.

April - May

Kuzumanju is made from sweet chestnut pieces wrapped in kuri an. Slumbering in cold water beneath the shade of young leaves.

June - mid October

Kuzumanju is made from sugar-boiled chestnut pieces wrapped in kuri an. With a cool, refreshing taste.

Mid October - mid November

A Kuzumanju made from sugar-boiled chestnut pieces wrapped in kuri an and given the color of fall leaves.

Winter

September

Available for take-out Stays fresh 3 days from purchase

Kuri an mixed with azuki an, shiro an, and egg yolk, and wrapped up into a ball.

September - October (when fresh kuri an is being prepared)

Thank you for your patronage. Because of your support, we have sold our stock for the year.

What look like somen noodles are actually freshly-picked chestnuts. Steamed chestnuts have their shells removed and are strained to give them the appearance of noodles. Then they are layered on top of kuri an. In order to preserve the subtle flavor of new chestnuts, once we receive your order, we will run and carry it to our confectionary. Even in the village of chestnuts, this exquisite flavor can only be enjoyed during the time new chestnuts are prepared and at that place. Enjoy pure chestnuts with no added sugar.

November - all of March

Reservation-only, available for take-out Only fresh on day on purchase

Ichida is a name for a type of dried persimmon known since the Edo period. Ichida is an exclusive product of Minami Shinano. This confection looks like an Ichida dried persimmon and is made with purple rice and walnuts wrapped around kuri an and has a stem made from a sugar-boiled chestnut placed on top of it.