2025.02.24
Funabashiya Corporation will be selling “Sakura Kuzumochi Pudding”, “Sakura Oshiruko” and “An-Yaki (Cherry Blossom)”. In this season of long-awaited cherry blossoms, you can feel the arrival of spring one step ahead with Japanese sweets. These products, which look and taste like the colors of spring, will be available only during the spring season.
This limited-edition product is visually appealing and contains an abundance of cherry blossoms, a symbol of spring. Salted cherry leaves are added to the milk used to make the pudding and boiled to bring out the aroma of cherry blossoms.
The top layer is topped with cherry blossom jelly, and each layer is carefully garnished with a cherry blossom petal to create a visual and taste experience that fully evokes the arrival of spring.
This is a special dish of homemade azuki shiruko (red bean soup) made from Hokkaido azuki beans carefully cooked by artisans and mixed with plenty of sakura-an (cherry bean paste). It is characterized by its rich yet gentle sweetness, and one bite will make you feel the spring.
A cherry blossom flavor perfect for spring is now available in the An-yaki series, a popular gift item from our sister brand “Koyomi”. The cherry blossom bean paste, made from salted cherry leaves, is kneaded with glutinous rice flour, egg yolk and butter and baked to a moist perfection.
The finished product is sprinkled with brown sugar to give it a beautiful spring-like appearance.
Combines tradition and rock, Hard Rock Cafe Kyoto
Magically transforms a cat into high heels? !! “High-heel Cat”
[The Hotel Seiryu Shimizu Kyoto] Enjoy the taste of a well-established bistro in Paris for over 100 years in Kyoto
“Milk ice” that does not use water in the Tenshiba area
Kyoho, persimmons, Japanese chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and other “autumn fruits” for adult sweets and cocktails
Blueberry picking tourist farm “Blueberry HILLS Atsugi”
Nara
Countrywide
Kagawa
Kyoto
Countrywide
Official licensed product for Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai, Myakmyak Cider, goes on sale from 1 April (Tuesday).
Osaka
Launch of a new liquor brand ‘kagan’ using Okinawan ingredients.
Okinawa
Limited edition sake “Takarayama Junmai Namaizu Storage ~Haru no Hi ni~” will be released on March 3!
Niigata
Embroidery Brand “Coral & Tusk” and Manga “Kyo no Nekomura-san” Release Fifth Collaboration
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[Funabashiya-Koyomi ]Sakura Kuzumochi Pudding,” ‘Sakura Oshiruko,’ and ‘An-yaki (Cherry Blossom)’ filled with the aroma of cherry blossoms are now available.
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On 1 April 2025, the coarse-ground buckwheat noodles and satoyama cuisine restaurant SATORI opened in Ujigawa, Kyoto.
2025.04.02
Official licensed product for Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai, Myakmyak Cider, goes on sale from 1 April (Tuesday).
2025.03.31
Launch of a new liquor brand ‘kagan’ using Okinawan ingredients.
2025.03.28
[Kai Kinugawa] ‘Hanami onsen stay’ to enjoy cherry blossom viewing in a hot spring or on a special terrace surrounded by about 30 Someiyoshino cherry trees.
2025.03.26
A one-day plan to enjoy seasonal bamboo shoots and wisteria is now available.
2025.03.24
[kagari kisshotei ]Local gourmet & hot springs tour accommodation plan starts in April
2025.03.21
Kyoto
Ohanami
SAKURA
Event
Since its inception in 1989, the “Heian Shrine Red Shidare Concert” has evolved throughout the Heisei era. In 2025, the concert will be held for five days from Wednesday, April 2 to Sunday, April 6.
Tokyo
Art
Event
Due to the popularity of the exhibition “Daikakuji Temple, Former Saga Palace: New Flowers and Paintings Related to the Palace,” which will be held at the Heiseikan of the Tokyo National Museum from Tuesday, January 21, 2025, the museum will be open at night. In addition, from Tuesday, February 18, a limited-edition novelty gift will be distributed to visitors who purchase exhibition merchandise for 4,000 yen or more, including tax.
Shiga
Travel
Event
Culture
The resort hotel ‘KYUKAMURA OHMI-HACHIMAN’, located on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, in Omi Hachiman City, known for its Omi merchants and Azuchi Castle, is inviting participants to join the ‘Biwaichi’ bus tour, which immerses them in the historical romance of Shiga Prefecture, which has flourished as a key transport hub since ancient times, close to Kyoto and Nara.
To ensure that visitors can enjoy Omi in an easy-to-understand way, Mr Yoshiyuki Onuma, Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Historical Resource Development, will accompany them throughout the tour and provide explanations.
Yamaguchi
SAKURA
Event
From 25 March to 6 April 2025, Kai Nagato Onsen Ryokan is offering a “Spring Stay” to enjoy the murmur of the Onshin River, which heralds the arrival of spring, and the cherry blossoms. In spring, the rows of cherry blossom trees along the Onshin River, which flows in front of Kai Nagato, are in full bloom, adding colour to the hot spring resort. This plan allows you to enjoy the rows of cherry blossom trees, which have attracted many tourists to the area, to your heart’s content. This plan offers guests a special seat on the Kawadoko Terrace before dinner so that they can enjoy the cherry blossoms at any time during their stay.
Tokyo
Event
Culture
From Saturday 1 February to Thursday 27 March 2025, the Keio Plaza Hotel will host ‘Hinamatsuri at the Hotel – Setsubuku Cuisine Served with Arita Porcelain and Flowery Hina Furnishings’, featuring approximately 5,000 vines and other decorations. This is the 24th year of the Hinamatsuri event, which focuses on hanging ornaments.
Kanagawa
Food
Meiji Kinenkan’s confectionery brand ‘Kanomi no Mori’ is now available at Odakyu Noborito Station. Please take a look at the varied collection, including piece cakes, decorative cakes and other cakes perfect for Christmas, as well as standard popular sweets.
