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Food
2020.09.13
“QOtart” is particular about materials, cuteness, and handmade. We have orders from all over the country. This year’s new work is a limited edition product set from autumn as a reward for yourself and a gift for your loved ones. Currently, we are handling Cum Tart products at the PARCO online store.
QOtart, a tart specialty store in Nagoya, delivers “happiness with sweets” to the whole country. Tart, which has many processes to complete and requires craftsmanship to adjust the baking, is one of the most difficult sweets. “Handmade tarts”, which are carefully produced one by one by a small number of elite pastry chefs with love “like my own child”, are featured in the December 2019 issue of BRUTUS “Find the best order in Japan!” Won the Grand Prix in the tart category.
Since the announcement of the state of emergency due to the influence of the corona, I often cannot hand over the tart directly, and I am frustrated that I cannot provide detailed care.
Thankfully, we are still receiving orders from all over the country for mini tart sets. Among them, we have received many gratitude voices on SNS such as “I was saved” and “I am looking forward to the tart going home”. We are particular about making new works happy.
[New] A tart set where you can fully enjoy the autumn taste of pumpkin, chestnuts, and sweet potatoes.
Ebisu pumpkin from Hokkaido is used, and milk is often used for pumpkin cream. The rich-tasting tart with luxurious fresh cream is flavored with cinnamon and rum.
A chestnut tart with almond cream, astringent chestnut paste, half chestnuts, and half chestnuts on top is a luxurious dish that uses a whole chestnut.
A simple tart that makes the best use of sweet potato material using Kintoki potato. Cardamom is included in the dough, caramelized diced sweet potatoes and walnuts are stuffed in, and pistachio and black sesame on the edge of the tart are accented.
“Chourakukan Modern Tile Tart” Collaboration with Kyoto Exhibition of Modern Architecture
Enjoy a dinner with a lantern-shaped partition “Hoshinoya Tokyo”
[Kai Kawaji] “Kamo no Mouryonabe” is now available to savor the bounty of the satoyama that has been passed down from generation to generation.
Japanese sake “Kawasemi no Journey” recognized by a famous French chocolatier
A new item from “MISTER CARAMELIST”, a Bittersweets specialty store of “caramel and fruit”
Winter shochu “Yuki no Mannen” rich flavor unique to no filtration
Nara
Countrywide
Kagawa
Kyoto
Countrywide
Limited edition original gin ‘NISHI-GIN’, jointly produced by a group of restaurants in Nishijin, on sale from 25 November.
Kyoto
Winter special parfait at the Unjo Saryo café in the Tale of Genji Museum, Uji, Kyoto.
Kyoto
OnigiriBurger ‘Eel Kabayaki – Double Eggs’, newly launched as part of Kansai International Airport OnigiriBurger 1st anniversary menu.
Osaka
Third FUKUCHA brand shop ‘Uji Store’ opens.
Kyoto
Winter-only ‘Torafugu Kaiseki Plan’ at Ryotei Hansuiro is now on sale.
Nagasaki
Limited edition original gin ‘NISHI-GIN’, jointly produced by a group of restaurants in Nishijin, on sale from 25 November.
2024.12.20
Nippon Kodo launches limited-edition incense and incense burner sets with a ‘Snake’ design, the Chinese zodiac sign for 2025.
2024.12.18
Winter special parfait at the Unjo Saryo café in the Tale of Genji Museum, Uji, Kyoto.
2024.12.16
OnigiriBurger ‘Eel Kabayaki – Double Eggs’, newly launched as part of Kansai International Airport OnigiriBurger 1st anniversary menu.
2024.12.13
[New Furano Prince Hotel]This year’s plan to enjoy a snow fairy ‘zebra finch’ birdwatching experience and a lunch set with a zebra finch cake plate.
2024.12.11
Third FUKUCHA brand shop ‘Uji Store’ opens.
2024.12.09
Hiroshima
Art
Simose Art Museum, located in Otake City, Hiroshima Prefecture, has been awarded the prestigious Versailles Prize as the “Most Beautiful Museum in the World.”
The award ceremony took place on December 2 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, marking a historic moment for the museum and Japanese architecture.
The Versailles Prize Website:https://www.prix-versailles.com/2024
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Food
December sees the arrival of a number of Christmas breads. The Snowman with his cute smiling face is a sweet loaf with two different flavours: pudding cream and chocolate cream. It is a heartwarming treat with flavours that both children and adults can enjoy.
Also back this year is the popular Japanese Stollen, which was a big hit last year. This is a special cake that can only be tasted at Kimuraya, using Japanese-inspired ingredients such as persimmons, figs and koshi-an (sweet bean paste). Please take this opportunity to try Kimuraya’s limited edition Christmas bread.
Hiroshima
Art
The Hiroshima Museum of Art is hosting the exhibition “ZIPANGU: Contemporary Artists Who Defined the Heisei Era” (November 2, 2024 – December 22, 2024). This showcase brings together works by some of the most prominent figures in Japan’s contemporary art scene, including Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Makoto Aida, Yoshitomo Nara, Chiharu Shiota, Izumi Kato, Akira Yamaguchi, and Miwa Komatsu. The exhibition has already garnered significant attention, exceeding 10,000 visitors.
HYAKKEI covered the dialogue between contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and Sueo Mizuma, the curator of this exhibition, held at the RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima. We also conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Mizuma.
The discussions centered on the aspirations behind the ZIPANGU exhibition and offered forward-looking insights, not only into Japan’s art world but also into the rediscovery of value within Japanese culture by its people.
Osaka
Food
Event
From 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, a pop-up shop for miffy café tokyo will be held in Umeda, Osaka.
Hiroshima
Travel
Culture
Two types of paper seals made exclusively for autumn, ‘Chrysanthemum and Tanzaku’ and ‘Autumn Leaves and Candles’, have been available since Monday 9 September at Daisho-in Temple on the World Heritage island of Miyajima. Quantities are limited and will run out as soon as they are gone.
Kyoto
Restaurant
Event
On selected days in September 2024, the wedding venue Kyoto Art Grace Wedding Hills will offer a ‘Hanari Otsukimi Afternoon Tea’, where guests can enjoy sweets and savouries inspired by the moon viewing on the fifteenth night of the month.
