Warabiya Honpo popular for its "warabimochi" rice cakes that can only be grabbed with chopsticks First Autumn-only Menu: Kansai-style and Kanto-style Dumplings Tsukimi Dango" to go on sale on October 1

Warabiya Honpo (Donkey Ana Co., Ltd.; Location: Hirakata City, Osaka; Representative: Shoji Suzuki), which makes warabimochi with a "melt-in-your-mouth" texture that can only be grabbed with chopsticks, will begin selling Kansai- and Kanto-style "Tsukimi Dango" for a limited time starting on October 1, 2025 (Wednesday).

The company's website is https://warabiyahonpo.co.jp/

Kansai-style and Kanto-style Tsukimi-dango

Warabiya Honpo's "Tsukimi Dango" can be enjoyed in both Kansai and Kanto styles.

Selling more than 800 boxes a day, Warabiya Honpo's most popular product is its melt-in-your-mouth "warabimochi" (straw dumplings). We will start selling both Kansai- and Kanto-style tsukimi dango, perfect for the coming fall season. In Kansai, there is a custom of offering taro to the moon as an offering for a good harvest, which is reflected in the shape of the dumpling. In Kanto, the round shape of dumplings is the image of a "full moon. When eaten, they are meant to "take the power of the moon into your body.

Kansai-style tsukimi dango "Kumo": 324 yen (tax included)

Kanto style tsukimi dango "tsumidango" : 324 yen (tax included)

＜Kansai-style and Kanto-style warabimochi

Japanese and Western-style confectioneries will appear one after another this fall.

The most delicious part of making warabimochi is freshly made. We have been adjusting the formula over hundreds of times to achieve that freshly made "melt-in-your-mouth" taste, and this is the specialty of Warabiya Honpo, the "melt-in-your-mouth" Warabimochi, which has been featured on TV and in various media. This fall, a series of Japanese and Western-style confections made at Warabiya Honpo will appear on the market.

Melt-in-your-mouth Strawberry Cake

New autumn products will appear one after another!

■Warabiya Honpo

The main store opened in Hirakata, Osaka in 2017, and has 8 stores including the Hankyu Sanbangai store and the Kuzuha Mall store. The company has created the famous "yamororo warabimochi" (thick, smooth, and soft rice cakes) with the aim of "delivering the taste of freshly made products. In addition to the famous yam yam warabimochi, the store also sells a variety of other Japanese sweets, including "cream warabimochi" filled with plenty of cream, as well as Western-style sweets with a Japanese flavor, such as "black bean cheese cake" and "soy milk doughnuts. We aim to offer Japanese confections that are loved by everyone, not only as tea cakes for guests, but also as souvenirs and accompaniments to family gatherings.

Company Profile

Company name: Donkey hole Co.

Representative: Shoji Suzuki, President

Location: 1-7-22 Higashitamiya, Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan

URL ： https://warabiyahonpo.co.jp/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warabiya_honpo/