Odawara Mart, a site for ordering Odawara-focused local products, is now open!

2020.05.14

“Odawara Mart”, a site for ordering carefully selected local products from Odawara, has opened. This site is supervised by Mr. Hiroyuki Emori of the popular patisserie “Maison Jibray”, mainly selling the “Odawara Gold” series of luxurious sweets from Odawara / Shonan Gold that grew up in the sun, the first online sales, founding 650 Odawara’s famous confection “Okuwara no Uiro” of the year, “Fisherman’s mackerel flakes” co-developed with a 400-year-old abushiya, and other famous Odawara products, as well as the Odawara castle tower that is not available for purchase The book is also available with a bonus so that you can purchase it online. We will also carry out on-site initiatives to reduce the waste loss of local products, such as products that could not be sold due to the refraining from going out and vegetables that were sent directly from farmers.

1. Product details “Odawara Gold” series
Shonan Gold, which is said to be a mysterious orange and has been selected as a “Kanagawa brand”, produces most of it in the warm Odawara city. The sweets “Odawara Gold” series supervised by Mr. Hiroyuki Emori of popular patisserie “Maison Jibray” and luxuriously using Shonan Gold from Odawara grown in plenty of the sun, choose your favorite from 7 series You can Not only for home, but also for gifts. It is a product that you can taste the freshness of Shonan Gold in the season with Western confectionery.


It’s delicious when chilled in the refrigerator, but when frozen, it becomes a sherbet. The plenty of jelly is excellent to eat.
1 bottle 648 yen (tax included)


The refreshing scent and mouth-watering character of Shonan Gold, which is not just sweet, is also recommended as a dessert for adults. 6 pieces is also for gifts.
6 pieces 3,240 yen (tax included)


It has an excellent balance of fruit juice and sweetness and can be enjoyed as a pancake or yogurt syrup by dividing it with cider or sake. Hot drinks are also recommended.
1,166 yen (tax included)


When you put it in your mouth, it has a crispy texture, then it melts softly and the flavor spreads in your mouth. Perfect for snacks.
One 777 yen (tax included)


Shonan gold crusted with sugar, with a slight bitterness accent, making it the perfect companion to craft beer.
One 583 yen (tax included)


Confiture (jam) Sour taste. The bittersweetness of the flesh enhances the sweetness. Perfect for accompanying bread or yogurt.
1 bottle 842 yen (tax included)


The feeling that the juice spreads into your mouth each time you chew can feel the fruit more than you can think of it as marshmallow. Please enjoy it as a snack with black tea.
One 583 yen (tax included)

* Some shipping costs include shipping fee for cool flights, box fee, and dry ice fee.

2. Product details “Odawara Retreat” series
Cold press juice “Odawara Retreat” produced by juice cafe “bowl market juice & deli” in Shonan Chigasaki. Cold pressed juice from Odawara that uses citrus fruits from Yagishita Farm in Odawara and vegetables from Odawara (partly used). By ingesting this juice instead of a meal, it is possible to reset the body that has been over-drinking and over-eating, and clean the body to maintain a healthy body.
Since it can be used as a replacement food instead of breakfast, you can also have it as a meal replacement when you feel over-eating or when you feel lack of vegetables. For this period only, we will offer half price if you answer the questionnaire.

3. Product details “Odawara selection (regional products)”
In addition to these, Odawara Mart’s Odawara famous confection “Ume no Uiro”, which is usually sold only in Odawara, and the original “Miki seal book” that can only be purchased at Odawara Castle, are also restaurants. “Odawara farmer direct delivery! Ozawa’s entrusted vegetable set”, which delivers vegetables that have gone out of place on vacation from farmers directly, “Fisherman’s mackerel flakes” using mackerel collected in Odawara, 30th national fisheries We also have a number of Odawara specialties such as “Mackerel oil pickled” which was awarded the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award at the Processed Product Comprehensive Quality Review Committee.

Odawara Gold Product Development / Supervision ... Hiroyuki Emori (Maison Jibray)

Studied under Mr. Frank Fresson at Patisserie FRESSON, a shop of MOF France’s highest craftsman Relais des Sale International. After returning to Japan, he worked as a chef pastry chef for “April in Berg” for 5 years, and chef Glacier Chef pastry chef for 3 years at the ice cream cake specialty store “Glaciel”.
During his free time, he played for the Japan National Team at the 2015 World Cup of Ice Cream and Chocolate at the World Expo in Milan, leading to victory. In July 2017, she opened her first patisserie, MAISON GIVREE, and in 2019 opened her second store in Minamimachida Granbury Park.
In addition to being featured in many domestic and international media and magazines, he also serves as a demonstrator for the world’s ice cream leading company Carpigiani, and also holds domestic and international seminars and consulting.

Odawara Retreat Product Development / Supervision ... KAORI MAGASHIMA (bowl market juice & deli) sweets & foods coordinator

Based on the idea that one’s body can be made only with the foods that it chooses and eats, he studies how to build a body that does not store excess. We make sweets and foods that are not guilty, and propose clean eating and health conscious lifestyle. Former magazine editor, superfood, loasuit instructor and vegetable sommelier. Runs Cold Pressed Juice Cafe “bowl market juice & deli” in Shonan Chigasaki, and produces gluten-free baked confectionery “KIJITORA” at Tokyo Gakugei University.

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