Located next to Shinbashi Bridge, just before the entrance to Okage Yokocho on Oharaimachi Street, is the Akabuku Main Store. Boasting a history dating back to 1707 (Hoei 4), it sells the quintessential Ise specialty, Akabuku Mochi, as well as the limited-edition Akabuku variety, Shiromochi Kuromochi. Akabuku Mochi is served in a mochi container...
...I received "Miyama" sencha tea with gold flakes and "Akabuku," a specialty of Ise, as New Year's gifts!
I received a wonderful New Year's gift from Ayako, a client and friend of mine at the salon! (I'm so grateful!) It included "Shinzan," a sencha tea with gold flakes from Ishida Chaya, a tea shop in Mori-machi run by a relative of Ayako's mother, and she mentioned that she had visited Ise for her first shrine visit of the year...
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