Traditional Japanese confection with five kinds of Uji tea bean paste Kyoto Kyuemon Itohkyuemon "Kyogashi Osechi" Now Accepting Reservations

Uji, Kyoto, Japan (Location: Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture; President: Joji Hirose), established in the late Edo period, has begun accepting reservations for its Kyogashi Osechi at the Itohkyuemon Online Shop. The company will stop accepting reservations as soon as the planned number of orders is reached.

Kyogashi Osechi

The "Kyogashi Osechi" is available only at the end of each year. This year, we are accepting reservations again. Each of the nine types of Kamiseki sweets in the luxurious paulownia wood box is decorated with auspicious motifs, as befits a New Year's celebration confectionery. Some of the motifs are only available this year and are in the shape of this year's imperial theme or the Chinese zodiac. In addition, by using five types of Uji tea bean paste (matcha, gyokuro, genmaicha, sencha, and hojicha), we have added the ingenuity of a tea shop.

Kyogashi Osechi Yorokobi

The higher-end version, "Kyogashi Osechi Nidanju Yorokobi," is a two-tiered set of nine kinds of gorgeous Kami-gami sweets, along with traditional Kyoto celebratory sweets Hanabira-mochi and Yokan made from Uji tea, all packaged in a luxurious paulownia wood two-tiered set. Thirteen tea-centric New Year's sweets, including green tea bean paste and hojicha bean paste, are served with three kinds of Uji tea (gyokuro, sencha, and kabusecha). These special sweets are made to celebrate the New Year. Please enjoy the beginning of a new year with the elegance of Uji, Kyoto.

Five kinds of Uji tea bean paste (matcha, gyokuro, genmaicha, sencha, hojicha)

Outline of the product

Product name: Kyogashi Osechi

Price: 7,990 yen (including tax) with free shipping

URL ： https://www.itohkyuemon.co.jp/c/category/limited/094631

Product name: Kyogashi Osechi Yorokobi

Price: 13,990 yen (including tax) with free shipping

URL : https://www.itohkyuemon.co.jp/c/category/limited/090903

Reservations will be closed when the planned number of orders is reached.

Company Profile

Company name: Itohkyuemon Co.

Address: 19-3, Aramaki, Suido, Uji, Kyoto 611-0013, Japan

Representative: Joji Hirose, President and Representative Director

Year of Establishment : Tempo 3

Business : Manufacture and sale of Uji tea, matcha sweets, etc.

URL ： https://www.itohkyuemon.co.jp/corporate/

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History of Itohkyuemon

It was in the late Edo period (Tempo 3) that Tsuneemon Itoh I and Takizo Itoh were involved in the tea business in the village of Meimura, Tahara Village (present-day Uji-Tawaraminami). The tea business was then passed down from generation to generation through Ito Tsuneemon II and Kyuzaburo, Ito Tsuneemon III and Yoshimatsu, and Ito Takichi IV. In 1952, Kyuzo Ito V moved from Uji-Tawara to Uji, and opened a store selling Uji tea at Uji-Renge (present-day Heidoin Omotesando). In the same year, when he established the company, he took the name of Ito Tsuneemon, which had been passed down from generation to generation, and the first letter of "Hisa" in Hisazo Ito's own name, and named the company "Itohkyuemon Co. The company continues to produce tea in Uji-Tawara, where the company was founded, at the tea plantation that has been passed down in the Ito family for generations.

First shipment of Uji tea

Tea factory at that time