Want to eat! Want to buy! 5 recommended sweets in Hirosaki, Aomori
Hirosaki City is home to numerous western and Japanese confectionary stores, and sweets have taken root in people's lives.
Here are five recommended stores that will satisfy even the most discerning locals, including stylish cake stores where you can eat in, baked sweets that you can take home as souvenirs, and Japanese sweets.
1le bourgeon
A famous store in Hirosaki frequented by sweets lovers.
A small confectionary store located on a side street off the main street of Dotecho. Inside the sweet-smelling store, you will be tempted to buy beautiful cakes, luxurious single-bite chocolates, tarts, pies, cookies, and other baked goods, as well as breads and baked goods. The shop offers a wide range of traditional French pastries such as canelés, tarte campagnes, and gateaux pyrenees, but there is also a wide selection of pastries made with local apples. Danish, Chausson pomme (apple pie), and the seasonal "Red Bean Tarte Tatin" and "Stick Apple Pie" are also popular.
Enjoy the deliciousness of traditional French sweets
The owner patissier studied traditional confectionery in France and then trained at the famous confectionery store "Au Bon Vutin" in Tokyo. In order to convey the delicious taste of French pastries, the owner pays particular attention to the ingredients, ordering chocolates from France and almonds from Sicily and California, and blending them into powder in the kitchen.
In addition to seasonal cakes and pies made with seasonal fruits, ice cream made with lavender honey and orange flower water from the south of France is also available in summer. The shop offers a wide selection of tempting sweets throughout the year.
- le bourgeon
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77-1 Dote-cho, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori MAP
From JR Hirosaki Station, take the Konan Bus 100-yen "Dote-machi Circulation" bus for about 9 minutes, get off at "Naka-Dote-machi" and walk about 2 minutes.
10:00-18:30
Wednesdays (Closed twice a month on Tuesdays)
0172-55-8575
Free of charge
2dessert store
130 yen happy sweets "Eskarugo choux
Located in a residential area, "Dessert Shop" is a house with impressive white walls and red doors. Red is also used effectively in the interior, creating a bright and cute atmosphere.
The signature product is the "Eskarugo Puff," which sells more than 300 units a day on weekends. The puff pastry dough is slightly hard to prevent the snail-shell-shaped swirls from collapsing. The inside is filled with rich custard cream and whipped cream, and the sweet aroma of the thick cream and vanilla beans fills the mouth. Freshly baked items are lined up right after the store opens, so why not taste the crispy dough at the eat-in counter?
Cakes that make you smile
Cakes and baked goods are made daily in the open kitchen behind the showcase. The processes of filling the cream and cutting the dough are all done by hand, without the use of machines, so you can always taste freshly made cakes. The cakes are light and light to the touch with lots of fruit, and are well-received, with even a woman being able to eat two or three cakes. Of particular note is the cake made with crepe dough. We recommend the mille crepe, which is layered with dough, cream, and strawberries, or the crepe fraiche, which is kiwi, banana, strawberry, and cream wrapped in a drawstring shape.
- Dessert Shop
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- 17-1 Miyagawa, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori MAP
7 min. drive from JR Hirosaki Stn.- 10:00-19:00 (L.O.D. 21:00)
- Monday
- 0172-37-0188
- Free of charge
3Angélique
A lineup of beautiful cakes that look like jewels
The chic monotone interior has the feel of a stylish jewelry store. The sophisticated space accentuates the colorful cakes that line the showcase. In addition to the regular cakes, new items using seasonal ingredients are released every month, so you can enjoy a different flavor every time you visit. Along with the store's signature apple pie, the Opera Tsugaru, with its impressive Tsugaru lacquer pattern, is also popular. It is richly layered with milk chocolate ganache, butter cream, sponge, and savory nuts.
On the second floor, there is a café space with a red and black color scheme, and the latte art created by a barista is also well known.
Many sweets made in collaboration with local flavors
Like the Opera Tsugaru, the Tsugaru Kakao chocolates are decorated with Tsugaru lacquerware patterns, making them ideal as souvenirs. The secret of its popularity is not only the impact it makes when you open the package, but also the taste of its light, mouth-watering cookie coated with milk chocolate, which is loved by everyone. Also, "Tsugaru Kaneasa Miso Pie," a collaboration with Aomori City miso maker Kaneasa, is a pie baked with miso-flavored syrup on the dough, featuring a crispy dough and a subtle sweetness reminiscent of caramel. Another must-try item is the cake soaked in Aomori's famous sake, "Tasake.
- Angélique
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- 1-3-16 Noda, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori-ken MAP
- 5 min. drive from JR Hirosaki Stn.
- 12 min. ride on the Konan Bus bound for Miyazono 5-chome Kenrei Jutaku-mae (Miyazono Danchi Line), a short walk from the Noda 1-chome stop.
- 10:00-19:00 (Cafe: 11:00-18:30)
- Tuesdays, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays
- 0172-35-9894
- Free of charge
4PÂTISSERIE FOUR
Satisfying cakes with moderate sweetness
Located in Waseda, Hirosaki City, "Patisserie Fool" is a confectionery store with a colorful array of cakes. There is also a café space, and if you choose to eat in, you can have the cakes served with berries on a plate.
Although the cakes are all large in size, they do not feel heavy because they are not too sweet and are made with fresh cream that is light on the palate.
All cakes and baked goods are made daily in the store's kitchen. Cute cakes in the shape of panda and bear faces are also available, which are recommended for families.
A wide variety of reasonably priced baked goods
In addition to fresh cakes, there is a wide selection of baked goods. There are 12 kinds of macarons, including pistachio, orange, and blackcurrant. Not only are they colorful enough to make you want to buy them in all colors, but their moist texture and fruity flavor are addictive. The baumkuchen, carefully baked in the store's kitchen, is a long seller. Don't miss the "Rusk Baum," a rusk made by slicing the baumkuchen into round slices and topping them with chocolate, nuts, dried fruits, and other ingredients. The crispy rusks go well with the rich chocolate.
- PÂTISSERIE FOUR
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- 2-8-2 Waseda, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori-ken MAP
- 7 min. drive from Hirosaki Station
- From Hirosaki Bus Terminal, take Konan Bus 100-yen bus "Joto Kanjou for Wadokuri", about 22 minutes, get off at "Kita Waseda" bus stop, walk shortly.
- 9:00-20:00
- No holidays
- 0172-29-4578
- Free of charge
5Sweets Garden Hiroya (Confectionery shop Hiroya Horikoshi)
One of the best places for Japanese sweets lovers
A good place to stop by during a drive is Sweets Garden Hiroya, located along the bypass.
The store's top-selling product is the "Karint Kuro Manju" (black manju). The manju is made with Okinawan brown sugar and deep-fried, so the surface is crispy like a karinto, but inside is moist red bean paste, and is sold frozen to preserve its unique texture. Also, Yotchi no Hoppe is a fluffy steamed sponge cake filled with sweet potato red bean paste. Fukuguri," filled with large chestnuts and milk red bean paste, is perfect with coffee or tea as well as Japanese tea.
A sweet hall of fame with more than 100 kinds of sweets
There are four Hiroya confectionery stores in Hirosaki City. Since the store originally started out as a Japanese confectionery, some stores sell only Japanese confectioneries, but "Sweets Garden Hiroya" also sells Western confectioneries, cakes, and breads, so you can browse and compare all kinds of sweets, regardless of genre, and find something you like, Soft ice cream and coffee are also available.
- sweets garden hiroya (hiroya horikoshi store of sweets)
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- 5-1 Asada, Kawai, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori MAP
- Approx. 10 min. by car from JR Hirosaki Stn.
- Mar-Oct: 9:30-19:30 (Sundays and holidays: ~19:00), Nov-Feb: 9:30-19:00
- No holidays
- 0172-55-8611
- Free of charge
Local Guide who was in charge of this article
- Satomi Yukida Tsugaru Girl
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