Shigatakara’s products are made from carefully selected ingredients from and are produced in Shiga Prefecture. Our Lake Biwa Shrimp Senbei uses only special Shiga ingredients to be a crispy cracker. Our products have even won the Honorary Governor’s Award at the 26th National Confectionary Exhibition.

We offer direct sales of our pickled vegetables made from fresh ingredients such as summer Kyoto-style shibatsuke or winter senmaitsuke. Visitors to Marucho may also tour our production factory.

Central

Shizukarou played an important role in lake transportation. It was established in the fishing town Katata. This name is known from “Katata no Rakugan” (Wild Geese Returning Home at Katata), one of the paintings in the “Omi Hakkei” (Eight Views of Omi) series. Shizudaro’s local cuisine has more than 80 years of history. Visitors can enjoy dishes prepared with fresh ingredients from Lake Biwa including gudgeon, duck, eel, and sweetfish.

Northern / North central

Named after the mineral water of Mt. Osaka, one of the three famous mineral water springs of the Edo period’s Tokaido, our store has produced “Meisui Mochi” for many years. Please come by and give it a try!

Northern

Ausaka Pass (Ausaka-no-toge) has long been a key gateway where countless historical figures have come and gone—from the days of the old Tokaido highway to the present. As far back as the Heian period, many waka poems were composed using the phrase “Osaka Barrier” (Ausaka-no-seki) as a poetic epithet. Famous verses by figures such as Semimaru, Sei Shonagon, and Sanjo Udaijin are widely known, and alongside this storied setting, Kaneyo has faithfully preserved its traditional flavors since its founding in 1872 (Meiji 5), carefully grilling fragrant kabayaki eel without sparing time or effort. We use domestically sourced Japanese eel, including eel from Lake Hamana, which is kept in a garden […]

Central