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Cafés & Bakeries

Looking for a Hiroshima cafe? We’ve jittered our way across the city to bring you the best stops. Relax and appreciate the sweeter things in Hiroshima at local cafés and bakeries. Admire the steamed milk cat in your latte before you drink him. Enjoy a light lunch of vegan croquettes made with organic vegetables and served with fair-trade coffee. Visit a Japanese boulangerie then spend more time taking pictures of your slice of cake than eating it because it simply looks that good. Find a new appreciation for the changing of the seasons with traditional Japanese sweets, or discover the Showa charm of kissaten—traditional Japanese coffee houses. Our cafe and bakery roundup curates a Hiroshima trip recharge.

Fukisha Shohei Honke (風季舎昌平本家)

Fukisha Shohei Honke is a Japanese sweets shop in Miyoshi City. It is a sales outlet of Watanabe Seishindo, a Japanese sweets store that has been loved by the people of Miyoshi for generations since it was established about 130 years ago, and offers a wide variety of wagashi (Japanese sweets) that use plenty of seasonal ingredients from Miyoshi and the northern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. The store also has a café space where you can enjoy Japanese sweets and drinks in a Renaissance-style stone building, and it is crowded with tourists on weekends.

Moment of Joy

The most popular menu item at Fukisha Shohei Honke is the beautiful white snow-like foam snow buns. It is one of Miyoshi’s most popular Japanese sweets, with a fluffy texture like snowdrift and a bean jam filling. In addition, they also sell many creative wagashi with a Western flavor, such as dorayaki with brandy soaked in the dough.