Sanjo-Wakasaya is located at the easternmost end of the Sanjo-kai shopping street. Here you will find their signature product, the "Gion Chigo Mochi. The story goes that the second-generation owner created the mochi in the Taisho period (1912-1926) based on a rice cake that was once served at the Gion Festival to bring good luck and ward off disaster. The design of the package, which is decorated with strips of paper wrapped in the image of bamboo bark, is also reminiscent of the history that has been passed down through the generations. The rice cake is skewered on a bamboo skewer, which keeps your hands clean when eating. It is a famous confectionary of the Gion Festival that evokes a sense of nostalgia.

［Kyo-Agetsu is a long-established confectionery shop founded in the Edo period (1603-1868). They offer sweets that incorporate the four seasons, and "Choto Chimaki" is one of them. When you open the package, which is designed in the image of the Nagatohoko float of the Gion Matsuri (Gion Festival), you will find six freshly baked chimakis with the aroma of bamboo grass. There are three each of the green tea and azuki bean paste flavors, so you can enjoy the different flavors. Chimakis are essential to the Gion Festival to ward off bad luck. It would be a good idea to buy these as "edible chimakis.