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Recommended Strawberry Cake in Kyoto

[2025] 9 Recommended Strawberry Cakes to Enjoy in Kyoto - From Long-established Sweet Shops to Popular Cafes

Warabimochi is a Japanese sweet with a soft and fluffy texture and a gentle sweetness. Originally a seasonal delicacy in spring, warabimochi is now a popular Japanese confectionery throughout the year. In this issue, we introduce a selection of the best warabimochi in Kyoto. From popular stores to long-established sweet shops, why don't you compare and contrast the specialty of each store, which is particular about its ingredients?

6. Warabimochi from [Honke Tsukimochiya Naomasa] with light strained bean paste / Sanjo Kiyamachi

Honke Gakimochi-ke Naomasa (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is a long-established Japanese confectionery store that has been popular among tourists for more than 200 years. The shop began making warabi mochi around the 1950s, and it is now their signature product along with moon cakes. The authentic taste of the product has been passed down through the years, and the same authentic taste as in the past continues to be passed down today. The fluffy rice cake and light red bean paste are exquisite.

Naomasa's bracken-starch dumplings

From 930 yen for 3 warabi rice cakes. The flavorful and aromatic kinako (soybean flour), which is freshly roasted in the store, and the soft and thin warabimochi rice cakes are wrapped in a discreet red bean paste that complements each other's flavor.

Honke Tsukimochiya Naomasa

  • Honke Mochimochiya Naomasa
  • 530-1 Kamiosaka-cho, Sanjo-agaru, Kiyamachi-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 3 minutes walk from Keihan "Sanjo Station"
  • Tel.075-231-0175
  • Eat-in not allowed

7. Shiki Warabi" (strawberries) from Rakusha-an, captivatingly soft to the taste buds.

Rakusha-an (Kita-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is a store specializing in warabimochi (bracken rice cakes), which the owner, Mr. Nakano, used to make as souvenirs, but they became so popular that he opened his own store. The charm of the shop is its soft texture like melted water that stretches as far as the mouth can go.

Seasonal bracken at Rakushaan

Shiki Warabi: 820 yen for 8 pieces, 1,500 yen for 16 pieces (reservations only). Not only the rice cakes, but also the wrappers, boxes, and toothpick containers are carefully made one by one, so be sure to make a reservation at least one day in advance!

Rakushaan

  • Rakushaan
  • 22, Shitake-Shimashibamoto-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 3 minutes on foot from the bus stop "Kamihorikawa"
  • Tel.075-494-2551
  • Eat-in not allowed

8. The "strawbaked rice cakes" at "monna" have changed the stereotype that "they don't last long" (Higashiyama Gojo)

Breaking the stereotype that warabimochi do not last long, monna (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) sells warabimochi by mail order and in person. The owner, Yusuke Kadona, who has experience at a famous store, has developed a five-day lasting warabimochi and delivers them all over Japan.

monna warabimochi

A set of 12 monna warabimochi (straw dough cake) is priced at 1,800 yen. The rice cake is so soft that it seems to overflow when you lift it up, yet it has a strong firmness. Best-before date: 5 days (room temperature) *Cooling is required in summer.

Kyoto Shimizu bracken rice cake monna

  • Kyoto Yomizu Warabi Mochi Monna
  • 6-538-25 Gojobashihigashi, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 9 min. walk from Gojozaka bus stop.
  • Tel.075-201-8158

9. [Fumonchaya] Enjoy the large bracken rice cake with ice cream sandwiched between the wafers / Shimizu

[Fumon Chaya (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) offers reasonably priced Japanese sweets in a space inspired by a modern teahouse in front of the Kiyomizu-dera Temple gate. The specialty, large warabimochi Kiyomizu -KIYOMIZU-, is about three times the size of a typical warabimochi. It is served in the middle of the rice cake with red bean paste and ice cream.

Fumonchaya Warabimochi

Large Strawberry Rice Cake Kiyomizu -KIYOMIZU- 990 yen. [The beautiful strawbali rice cake is made to resemble the "clear water of Otowa-no-taki," from which the temple Kiyomizu-dera got its name.

Fumon Chaya

  • Fumonchaya
  • 2-246 Shimizu, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 10 minutes walk from bus stop "Shimizu-michi".
  • Tel.075-533-8282
The information is subject to change. Please contact each store or facility directly for the latest information.
All prices include tax.
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