Popular Sweets You Must Not Miss in Chitose Area
Hokkaido is home to fresh dairy products, wheat, sugar, fruits, and other quality ingredients essential for sweets. Not only within New Chitose Airport, but the Chitose area is dotted with stores offering delicious sweets. From fashionable pancakes to traditional taiyaki, there is a wide variety to choose from. Here are some recommended sweets that are perfect for a break during your trip or as souvenirs.
1dremoltao
Pancakes that melt in your mouth as gently as light snow
A concept store of Lutao, a pastry store famous for its cheesecakes, one of the two buildings in a row is a café and the other is a store selling cakes and breads. The café's most popular menu item is its exquisite pancakes, fluffy and baked with cream cheese and ricotta cheese added to the batter. They have a gentle texture that softly melts in your mouth. In addition to the "plain" pancakes with refreshing "Biei milk" milk ice cream, maple syrup, and original fresh cream, there are also pancakes with a combination of fruits and seasonal pancakes. There is also a wide variety of other menu items such as parfaits and fresh pasta.
Lutau's only bakery, too
The store building houses the only bakery in Lutao, where visitors can purchase homemade bread made with natural birch camellia yeast. In addition to bread, cakes, chocolates, and baked goods are also available for purchase. You can also buy freshly made "Douvre Fromage" cheesecake, which is extremely popular as an ordered item. In summer, the original soft-serve ice cream is very popular, and the "Cinq Fromages," made with five kinds of cheese, is a must-try.
- Doremoltao
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6-1-1 Asahi-machi, Chitose-shi, Hokkaido MAP
13 min. walk from JR Chitose Station, 7 min. drive from New Chitose Airport
Lutao Shop 10:00-18:00, Cafe 11:00-18:00 (L.O.17:30)
No holidays
0123-23-1566
Free of charge
2nanairo
A patisserie loved by locals
The cake store blends in with the residential area. The store is filled with colorful cakes, macaroons, jellies, baked goods, and more. The most popular item is the "Tomatama Purin. Tomatama" are eggs from chickens raised on Chitose tomatoes, which are rich in carotene and low in fat and calories. The pudding using these eggs is not only healthy for the body, but is also popular for its smooth texture.
Another popular product is "Baked Cheese," a crispy pie cake baked with Hokkaido eggs, cheese, and milk. Both are classic sweets that locals keep coming back to buy.
Soft ice cream and smoothies made in the store are also popular
Some of the sweets are made on the spot, as the owner says, "I want to offer freshly made products as much as possible. The cream puffs are made with a crispy pie crust and filled with a sweet cream upon order. Other drinks on sale include tapioca café au lait, which is made by boiling tapioca on the spot, and smoothies made with locally grown vegetables and fruits. In summer, many customers come to enjoy the soft-serve ice cream.
The store is loved by local regulars so much that there are days when the showcase is empty in the evening.
- nanairo
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- 1-6-19 Yumai, Chitose-shi, Hokkaido MAP
- 5 min. ride on Hokkaido Chuo Bus Midoridai Line from JR Choto Station. 3 min. walk from Hokuyo High School Mae Bus Stop.
Approximately 18 minutes from New Chitose Airport by car. - 10:00-19:00 (L.O.D. 21:00)
- Monday, Thursday
- 0123-23-1978
- Free of charge
3morimoto honten
Sweets using Haskap, which continues to be loved
This long-established Japanese and Western confectionery store has stores in major cities in Hokkaido, including Hakodate, Asahikawa, Otaru, and Sapporo. The main store is located in Chitose City and celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2019. Among the wide range of product lineup, the long-selling item is "Haskap Jewelry. Haskap nuts, which have high nutritional value and are said to be a "secret elixir of longevity," are made into a jam and sandwiched between thin cookies with butter cream. As the name suggests, it is as beautiful as jewelry and has a delicate sweet and sour taste. It continues to be loved as a souvenir.
A wide variety of original and attractive sweets
Chitose City is said to have been named after the legend "Cranes live for a thousand years" because cranes used to be abundant in the area. The famous confectionery "Yukitsuru" was invented in the image of cranes landing on the ground. The melt-in-your-mouth bouche is sandwiched between butter cream and haskap cream, and is characterized by its soft and gentle flavor. There are also many other sweets perfect for taking home, such as jelly, soufflé, dorayaki, and sponge cake.
- Morimoto Main Store
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- 3-5 3-Chome Central Building 1F, Chiyoda-ku, Chitose-shi, Hokkaido (temporary store until early December 2019) MAP
- Approx. 10 min. walk from JR Chitose Station, approx. 12 min. drive from New Chitose Airport
- Open 9:00-19:00
- No holidays
- 0123-23-4181
- Free (next to Hokkaido Bank)
Scheduled to open in early December 2019 in a new location at 4-12-1 Chiyoda-cho, Chitose-shi, Hokkaido
4GELATERIA e BAR Gigi
Gelato made with fresh milk directly from the farm
In Eniwa City, next to Chitose City, this sherrato store is the first name that comes to mind when one thinks of sweets. The raw milk used for the ingredients comes directly from "Mizumoto Farm" in Eniwa City, which has received "pasturage certification. The milk is pasteurized to preserve the original flavor of the raw milk. There are always more than 10 flavors available, ranging from simple "delicious milk" to "hazelnut," "Sicilian pistachio," "Eniwa's Ebisu pumpkin," and more. In addition to cups and cones, you can also choose a hand-rolled waffle for an extra 100 yen, or a "brigera," a gelato sandwich on brioche for an extra 150 yen.
Delicious pancakes with gelato!
In addition to gelato, crepes wrapped in gelato and drinks such as cappuccino are also available for takeout. There is also an eat-in menu, with the most popular item being pancakes made from Hokkaido flour. The pancakes are freshly made and served with gelato of your choice. You can also enjoy lunch such as "panino," an Italian fast food consisting of ham, mozzarella, and other ingredients sandwiched between your choice of bread.
- GELATERIA e BAR Gigi
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- 2-19-8 Kogane Minami, Eniwa City, Hokkaido MAP
- 8 min. walk from JR Eniwa Station, 25 min. drive from New Chitose Airport
- Gelato 11:00-17:30 (until 18:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
Lunch time 11:00-14:00
Pancakes 11:00 - 16:30
Panino 11:00-17:00
Closes when all ingredients are gone. - Monday, 2nd Tuesday (open if the day falls on a national holiday, closed the next day)
- 0123-21-9915
- Free of charge
5Bakers Terrace 689
The cafe's most popular item is a hearty parfait!
This bakery store stands quietly facing the meadow. In addition to the popularity of its breads and cakes, the most notable item is the generous and reasonably priced parfait served in a 20 cm tall glass at the café attached to the shop. The most popular is the "Berry Berry," made of cereal and sponge topped with whipped cream, ice cream, and five kinds of berries. Other standard items on the menu include "Caramel Banananuts" and "Strawberry Milk," as well as the limited-time-only "Melon Melon.
Delicious sweets made with locally grown ingredients
Bread and petit gâteau (cakes) are made from wheat, butter, sugar, milk, and other ingredients, with a focus on local production for local consumption. The "Enami Roll," named after the place where the store is located, is a roll cake with plenty of fresh cream made from Hokkaido ingredients. Other popular items include Mont Blanc and pudding made with Eniwa City's famous Ebisu pumpkins. In addition to baked goods and cakes, all breads are handmade, from the fillings to the ingredients. If you order a drink, you can taste the bread and cakes on the sales floor in the cafe.
- Baker's Terrace 689
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- 6-89 Keinan, Eniwa City, Hokkaido MAP
- 7 minutes drive from JR Eniwa Station, 20 minutes drive from New Chitose Airport
- 9:30-18:00 (close when bread is gone)
- Sundays and Mondays *Some temporary closures
- 0123-33-1970
- Free of charge
6tanakaya
Directly operated by an an (red bean paste) manufacturing company, the red bean paste is delicious!
This taiyaki store is directly operated by Tanaka Seian (headquartered in Tokyo), which has a factory in Chitose City. The specialty of the taiyaki is the red bean paste. Made from Hokkaido azuki beans and sugar, the lightly sweet red bean paste goes well with the crisp, light, thin skin. In addition to the plain Ogura-an, there are five other varieties: low-sugar Ogura-an, Koshi-an, Kuro-sengoku-an, and cream. A bag of crispy taiyaki wings is sometimes offered to customers who purchase taiyaki, depending on the day.
The summer-only "cold taiyaki" and "iced taiyaki" are also popular!
There is a small eat-in corner in the store, where self-service tea is available and you can taste freshly made hot taiyakis. In summer, "chilled taiyaki," a chewy dough made from tapioca flour and filled with koshian whip or custard whip, is also popular. We also recommend the "iced taiyaki," which is made by freezing the dough.
Other unique local dishes include the "Taiyaki Burger Sandwich" made with fluffy dough using eggs from Chitose, with Ogura margarine sandwiched in between.
- Tanaka Family
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- 1-12-4-1 Sumiyoshi, Chitose-shi, Hokkaido MAP
- 17 min. walk from JR Chitose Station, 12 min. drive from New Chitose Airport
- Open 10:00-17:00
- Closed on weekends and holidays
- 0123-42-3388
- Free of charge
Local Guide who was in charge of this article
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