10 Recommended Food While Touring Around Inuyama

Inuyama City is located at the northern tip of Aichi Prefecture. In the Edo period, it prospered as a castle town of Inuyama Castle. It is easily accessible by train from Nagoya Station, and is gaining popularity as a day trip spot in the Tokai area.

In the castle town from Inuyama Station to Inuyama Castle, you can enjoy various foods while walking around! This time, we will introduce 10 recommended food while walking around Inuyama.

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The homemade sauce is exquisite!
Goheimochi from "Yamada Goheimochi"

Gohei mochi (dumpling type) ¥100 per stick

Inuyama is also famous as a town of skewers. You can enjoy a variety of skewer gourmet, from traditional skewer dishes to new skewer gourmets that are Instagrammable, including the local dish "dengaku (bean curd baked and soaked in miso)" that has been passed down since the Meiji era.

Among such gourmet skewers, the goheimochi of "Yamada Goheimochi (skewerd sweet rice cake with sauce)" located along Honmachi-dori is a must-try. It has also been selected as the “First Inuyama Kushi (skewers) King”.

Reasonably priced at 100 yen! Homemade sauce with sesame, walnuts and peanuts is exquisite. I'm happy to have freshly baked!

The store building is designated as a registered tangible cultural property of the country. It's also possible to eat in, so it's perfect for a walk and a break on the way!

[Yamada Gohei Mochi Shop]
Address: 776 Inuyama Higashikoken, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture

http://jfsoft.web.fc2.com/yamada-gohei/

The aroma of soy sauce is irresistible!
Soy Sauce Okoge Skewer from “Jyuhyouya Inuyama Inoue Tei”

Soy sauce okoge skewer 170 yen per skewer (takeout)

The recommended eating while walking gourmet at “Jyuhyouya Inuyama Inoue-tei”, which is run by Moriguchi-zuke (vegetable pickled in sake lees) Jyuhyouya in Fuso, is the soy sauce-grilled skewer! You can enjoy grilled rice balls, Moriguchi-zuke and Nara-zuke in skewered dumpling style.

The surface is baked one by one after ordering, so you can enjoy it piping hot. The grilled rice balls are crispy and fragrant, and the inside is chewy. I can't get enough of the soy sauce flavor. Moriguchi-zuke and Nara-zuke are good accents. Perfect to accompany alcoholic beverage. It's delicious even when it's cold, so it's recommended as a souvenir.

It is said that if you hit a heart shape, your luck in love will increase!

[Jyuhyoya Inuyama Inoue Residence]
Address: 6 Inuyama Nishikoken, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture

https://www.fusomoriguchi.co.jp/

Too cute mitarashi dango!
"Musubi Chaya" Mitarashiba Dango

Mitarashiba dumpling 216 yen per stick

I found a very cute skewer gourmet!

Mitarashiba dango from Japanese miscellaneous goods and Japanese cafe “Musubi Chaya”. A bite-sized dumpling with a cute Shiba Inu drawn on it. The dumplings for takeout have a heart-shaped bowl.

The dumplings are chewy. Sweet and salty sauce is irresistible. It looks great in photos too!

[Musubi Chaya]
Address: 24 Nishikoken, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture
https://www.instagram.com/musubichaya/

Colorful and chewy
Hanakomachi dumplings at Chadokoro Kuraya

KAikara Koi Komachi set ¥600 (with Inuyama green tea)

Speaking of Inuyama's colorful skewer gourmet, "Koi Komachi Dango" comes to mind. Colorful dumplings made with fruit and seasonal sweet bean paste.

Not only the appearance, but also the strong commitment to the ingredient! The dumplings are ordered from the long-established Maruhachi Confectionery in Toyohashi City and use rice flour that has been carefully aged for one year. The red bean paste is made by Akanemaru Honpo, a long-established store in Osaka.

We recommend the “Haikara Koi Komachi Set,” which allows you to compare the tastes of 8 types of dango!

【Tea place Kuraya】
Address: 60 Inuyama Nishikoken, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture

https://foodplace.jp/kuraya/

Refreshing Asazuke with Skewers Gourmet!
Lightly pickled skewers from Donden

Lightly pickled skewers 200 yen per skewer

If you want to eat a variety of gourmet foods and want to feel refreshed soon, donden's Asazuke (light pickles) skewers in front of the Donden-kan are perfect! You can enjoy pickles of radish, cucumber, tomato, carrot, and Chinese yam as skewers. It's nice to have something refreshing when fried foods and sweets continue.

Donden's original "Ebi Ten Tenmusu" is also recommended! You can choose miso flavor, soy sauce flavor, mentai mayo flavor.

[Donden]
Address: 59 Inuyama Nishikoken, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture

Italian skewer gourmet? !
"Passport" salmon roll skewers

Salmon roll skewer ¥350 Caprese ¥200

"Passport" is located in Inuyama Mori no Marche. It is a casual restaurant where you can enjoy skewered Italian food, wine and beer.

The recommended gourmet while eating is the salmon roll skewer! Skewer of smoked salmon wrapped in crepe dough. The refreshing acidity of sour cream whets the appetite.

Along with the standard caprese. Pair with wine, it's the best!

[Passport]
Address: 21-2 Inuyama Nishikoken, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture

https://passport-inuyama.com/

Gourmet food at a long-established Japanese confectionery shop
Castle Monaka at Shoyeido Main Store

Castle Monaka ¥150/piece

From here, we will introduce other than skewer gourmet.

At Shoeido Honten, a long-established Japanese confectionery shop founded in 1888, I found a castle-shaped “Oshiro Monaka”. It's a Japanese confectionery typical of a castle town. Plenty of grainy red bean paste inside the crispy and fragrant monaka! You will be healed by its gentle sweetness. It is perfect for souvenirs.

[Shoeido Main Store]
Address: 33 Inuyama Nishikoken, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture

Enjoy Hida beef!
Hida Beef Nigiri Sushi from "Inuyama Beef Taro"

Hida beef nigiri sushi (2 pieces) ¥600

I love meat! For those people, we recommend Inuyama Gyutaro's Hida Beef Nigiri Sushi. You can casually eat sushi made with A5 rank Hida beef.

The menu is only nigiri sushi! You can choose your favorite sauce from wasabi, ginger, and garlic. The sweetness of the soft meat spreads out.

There are several restaurants in the castle town of Inuyama that serve beef nigiri, so it's fun to compare them!

[Inuyama Beef Taro]
Address: 75 Inuyama Higashikoken, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture

Inuyama's specialty wild yam turned into potatoes? !
“Kurumiya” wild potato potatoes

Japanese yam is a special product of Inuyama. It has more minerals than Chinese yam and is said to have twice as much dietary fiber as Chinese yam.

You can easily enjoy such wild yam at “Kurumiya” in Showa Yokocho. The chewy texture is irresistible. It's more refreshing than potatoes.

Adults and children love eating while walking food. It's quite filling, so please share it with your family.

[Kurumiya]
Address: 60 Inuyama Nishikoken, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture

Enjoy fresh fruit!
Fruit parfait at Yoshikawaya

Yoshikawaya is a fruit parlor run by a fruit shop. The recommended gourmet while eating is "Seasonal fruit parfait". No frozen or canned food is used, and only fresh fruits are served every day.

From winter to spring, popular strawberries appear. It uses plenty of fresh strawberries, and the sweetness of the soft serve ice cream and the sourness of the strawberries are a perfect match.

It's on the way from Inuyama Station to the castle town, so it's easy to stop by at the beginning or end of your walk.

[Yoshikawaya]
Address: 195-2 Inuyama Higashikoken, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture
http://fruityosikawaya.blog.fc2.com/

This time, we introduced 10 recommended gourmet foods in Inuyama. Please use it as a reference for your outing.

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