Getting off a Shinkansen at Shin-Takaoka station, pick up a rental car.
Here we go to Essai buying plenty of local foods, prepared meals and Bento!
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Supermarkets
- Fresh Satake in Takaoka
- A step above the ordinary supermarket.
- KUROSAKIYA
- Exciting! A wide variety of local food products from Toyama
- Valor Fukumitsu
- A general supermarket close to Roadside Station Fukumitsu
- Sankyu Fukumitsu Fressa
- A general supermarket in front of Fukumitsu station of JR Johana line
Roadside Stations (like farmars’ markets)
- Yottekare-Johana
- A kind of Farmars’ market directly connected from the expressway. You can drop the expressway from the parking to local highway. Discover local products! You may see farmers delivering there their own products.
- Roadside Station Fukumitsu
- Local agricultural products and casual-restaurant. Drop by when you are going to Nanto Fukumitsu Museum or Munekata Shiko Memorial Hall Aizenen-en
Bakeries
- Weiss
- Outstanding western bread.
- sino.a Bagel
- Homemade bagels made with wheat sourdough starter, free from additives.
They use locally sourced ingredients, home-grown vegetables, ingredients from Toyama Prefecture, and organic produce.
Tofu shops in Gokayama
- Neko no Kura Kobo( means “Cats’ Storehouse”)
- One of the most modern tofu shops. Try some originally arranged fried, smoked, or picckled tofu!
- Iwasaki tofu ten
- Traditional “tofu” shop. but don’t forget trying their Konjac. It’s like a cristal!
- Kihei shoten
- They sell their tofu and Snsyoraku’s Sake.
Sake breweries
- Sansyoraku Sake brewery in Gokayama
- Get a bottle of their Sake at Kihei Shoten right next to the brewery.
- Narimasa Sake brewery
- They sell their Sake at the entrance of their office. Choose a bottle and enjoy it with local food you bought.
