2025.04.14
The opening of Nikko Monaka, a shop specialising in monaka and Japanese sweets in the World Heritage Site of Nikko, was celebrated on Saturday 15 March 2025. Aiming to become a popular shop for domestic and foreign tourists visiting Nikko, the shop focuses on monaka and fruit, and is an unlikely Japanese sweet shop in Nikko.
Wagashi has long been a favourite sweet of the Japanese people, but we have added a modern essence by combining it with fruit and presenting it as a ‘Japanese sweet’. Please enjoy the new sensation of Japanese sweets that are sure to make even the three monkeys of ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ reach for them without a second thought.
The three monkeys are the symbol of Nikko. The adorable figures of ‘see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil’ are represented on the skin of the monaka. A Japanese sweet experience that will bring out the best in your souvenir conversation.
Nikko Monaka’s standard products are made to order and produced in front of the customer. Tochigi Prefecture is known as a fruit kingdom, including the country’s largest producer of strawberries. The fruit produced in the prefecture, which is nurtured by its diverse climate, is used at Monaka according to the season.
Sparkling, glossy strawberries and dumplings covered with sweet bean paste are served on skewers. The sweet and sour taste of the strawberries and the sweetness of the special anko (sweet bean paste) complement each other when tasted alternately.
*Fruits change according to the season.
Slightly roasted Mitarashi dumplings, which are handmade daily in a steamer in the shop’s workshop, are generously dipped in a special sauce made from red miso paste from Uesawa Umetaro Shoten, which has been established in Nikko for 400 years.
| Location: | 801-1 Shimohachiishi-cho, Nikko-shi, Tochigi |
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| Opening hours: | 9:00-17:30 |
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Grand opening of the Japanese sweets shop Nikko Monaka on 15 March 2025, featuring monaka with three monkey motifs and strawberries from the prefecture.
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Grand opening of the Japanese sweets shop Nikko Monaka on 15 March 2025, featuring monaka with three monkey motifs and strawberries from the prefecture.
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