2024.07.26
Atelier Kyo-Baam, one of the largest confectionery museums in Kyoto, which includes a shop, factory and café, and which incorporates various elements of Kyoto, green tea and baumkuchen, will offer seasonal lemon-flavoured baumkuchen and café menu items from Friday 19 July 2024. The Baumkuchen and Café menu will be available from Friday 19 July 2024.
This refreshing Baumkuchen is made with lemon juice and zest paste, giving it a fluffy, moist texture. Lemon juice is also used in the fondant (sugar coating) around the Baumkuchen to bring out the acidity in the sweetness, while the peel adds an aromatic accent. It can also be served chilled.
This lemon squash is a spicy-sweet and sour lemon squash. By adding the optional matcha (powdered green tea), you can enjoy a refreshing and clean taste with the aroma of powdered green tea.
The matcha is made from Uji Matcha from Morihan, which was founded in Tempo 7, the same year as the Kyo Baumkuchen.
This gelato combines vanilla-scented milk cream with refreshing lemon. Lemon zest and juice are used to create a refreshing aftertaste.
The production of Kyo-Baamu can be observed free of charge from the factory tour corridor on the second floor; from spring 2024, a hands-on programme to bake mini-baumkuchen with matcha green tea will begin.
[Naruko Fuga] Enjoy the special plan for the 3rd anniversary of the opening, advantageous prices & delicious benefits
Jewels to eat! ? Glittering Japanese sweets “Amber Sugar”
[Patisserie Rakkansha] Popular Rakkansan Butter Sandwich “Sakura” will be renewed in February.
“Sakura Festival 2020” to enjoy cherry blossoms in full bloom with Tokyo Tower
New cafe brand “TSUBOICHI TEA PLACE” from a long-established tea wholesaler of the 170th anniversary
“CCC Cheese Cheers Cafe” Cheese specialty store in Moriya, Ibaraki
Nara
Countrywide
Kagawa
Kyoto
Countrywide
Nippon Kodo launches limited-edition incense and incense burner sets with a ‘Snake’ design, the Chinese zodiac sign for 2025.
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[ Kimuraya (department store)]Snowman’ is available only during the Christmas period. Japanese Stollen, made with traditional sake-type dough and Japanese ingredients, is on sale again this year.
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Nagasaki’s famous New Year 2025 New Year’s limited edition Kujuukushima zodiac crackers are on sale.
Nagasaki
Godiva supervises Yatsuhashi and launches Yatsuhashi Chocolat on Fri 22 Nov.
Kyoto
[Hinodeya Confectionery and Fujioka En]Limited sale of hojicha dango made with Toyama stick tea.
Toyama
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.
