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Ume Shops

Ume Shops in Japan

Long-established umeboshi shops, ume sweets, umeshu-making workshops and farm stands in the growing areas. Places where you can see, taste and buy ume products in person.

Kanagawa

Umeboshi & ume products

Chinriu Honten

ちん里う本店

An umeboshi and ume sweets shop founded in 1871. Traditional additive-free umeboshi are the centrepiece, along with ume confectionery. Old pickling barrels and aged umeboshi are on display at the back of the shop.

Address
1-2-1 Sakaecho, Odawara, Kanagawa 神奈川県小田原市栄町1-2-1
Access
3 min walk from Odawara Station (JR / Odakyu)

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Make your own umeshu / ume syrup

CHOYA Ume Experience Shop, Kamakura

梅体験専門店「蝶矢」鎌倉店

Choya's ume experience shop. Choose from 5 kinds of ume, 5 sugars and 4 spirits to make your own umeshu or ume syrup, starting from a single plum. The official site is also in English and Chinese.

Address
1F, 11-7 Onaricho, Kamakura, Kanagawa 神奈川県鎌倉市御成町11-7 鎌倉御成町白亜 1F

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Tokyo

Umeboshi & ume products

Tachigui Umeboshi-ya

立ち喰い梅干し屋

An umeboshi shop on the 4th floor of Tokyo Solamachi at the foot of Tokyo Skytree. Taste umeboshi on the spot or take some home as a souvenir.

Address
Tokyo Solamachi 4F, 1-1-2 Oshiage, Sumida, Tokyo 東京都墨田区押上1丁目1-2 東京ソラマチ4階
Access
Oshiage Station / Tokyo Skytree Station

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Kyoto

Umeboshi & ume products

Ousu no Sato, Gion Main Shop

京に咲く梅 おうすの里 祇園本店

An umeboshi specialist with its main shop on Shijo-dori in Gion, Kyoto. There are also shops in Sannenzaka, Arashiyama and elsewhere in Kyoto.

Address
262 Gionmachi-kitagawa, Shijo-dori, Higashiyama, Kyoto 京都府京都市東山区四条通祇園町北側262番地

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Make your own umeshu / ume syrup

CHOYA Ume Experience Shop, Kyoto Sanjo

梅体験専門店「蝶矢」京都三条店

Choya's ume experience shop. Choose from 5 kinds of ume, 5 sugars and 4 spirits to make your own umeshu or ume syrup, starting from a single plum. The official site is also in English and Chinese. The Sanjo shop is designed for visitors from abroad.

Address
87 Nakajimacho, Sanjo-dori Kawaramachi, Nakagyo, Kyoto 京都府京都市中京区三条通河原町東入中島町87番地
Access
3 min walk from Sanjo Station (Keihan)

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Make your own umeshu / ume syrup

CHOYA Ume Experience Shop, Kyoto Rokkaku

梅体験専門店「蝶矢」京都六角店

Choya's ume experience shop. Choose from 5 kinds of ume, 5 sugars and 4 spirits to make your own umeshu or ume syrup, starting from a single plum. The official site is also in English and Chinese.

Address
CASA ALA MODE ROKKAKU 1F, 108 Horinouecho, Nakagyo, Kyoto 京都府京都市中京区六角通堺町東入堀之上町108 CASA ALA MODE ROKKAKU 1F
Access
7 min walk from Karasuma-Oike Station exit 5 (Karasuma subway line)

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Wakayama

Farm stand / roadside station

Minabe Ume Shinkokan Roadside Station

道の駅 みなべうめ振興館(梅の駅みなべ川村)

A roadside station in Minabe, an ume-growing town in Wakayama. Exhibits on the history of ume (including real umeboshi about 150 years old), and a shop selling local ume products. Closed on Tuesdays (the next day when Tuesday is a holiday).

Address
538-1 Taniguchi, Minabe, Hidaka District, Wakayama 和歌山県日高郡みなべ町谷口538-1

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Ibaraki

Ume sweets

Kamejirushi Main Shop

お菓子夢工場 亀じるし本店

A Japanese confectioner founded in 1852, known for "Mito no Ume", a classic sweet of Mito, along with seasonal wagashi and souvenirs.

Address
2139-5 Mikawacho, Mito, Ibaraki 茨城県水戸市見川町2139-5

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Opening hours, closing days and products can change. Please check each shop’s official site before you go. Listings are free and are not advertisements.

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