SOUVENIR
Souvenirs that make the most of Inabe’s charms and are unique to Inabe
Inabe is a place where nature and daily life coexist. Inabe has many souvenirs that make the most of its charms and are unique to Inabe. In addition to tea, ume (Japanese apricot), and soba (buckwheat noodles), which are rooted in this region, the wisdom and handiwork of Inabe’s residents transforms the bounty of nature into precious gifts.
Special feature “Tasting Inabe’s Ume”
Inabe City Plum Orchard Park, the largest plum orchard in the Tokai area, is known for its spectacular scenery, and the best time to view the ume blossoms is in early March. In this issue, we introduce products using ume (plum) fruits grown in the park and the city.
Please come and enjoy one of the most beautiful and sour plum blossoms in Japan.
Standard items
Souvenirs available online and in stores regardless of the season
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Inabe fully ripened ume Mizore Umeshu (plum wine)
Junmai Daiginjo is soaked in Junmai Daiginjo with Inabe’s fully-ripened plums, and the resulting plum wine is finished with an abrimate of grinded plums. It is characterized by the mellow aroma and rich flavor of fully ripened plums.
Produced by
Hayakawa Brewery Department -
Tea and sweet tea and sweet tea and sweet tea and sweet tea
Milky Queen rice grown in the rich soil and clean water of Inabe City is used to make rice malt. No sugar or sake lees is used, and the sweetness of the rice (rice malt) stands out in this amasake. The tea amasake is blended with Ishigurecha (Kabusecha).
Produced by
Hayakawa Brewery Department -
UME WHITE
Using original natural yeast and wheat malt collected in Ise, this white beer is gently and refreshingly brewed and dipped in ripe plums. It is characterized by a softly fragrant plum flavor and natural sourness.
Produced by
Isekakunoya Beer -
Sencha HAZY IPA
Hazy IPA’s characteristic mild mouthfeel and milky flavor derived from wheat malt is combined with the flavor of sencha green tea, making it taste like a sencha latte.
Produced by
Isekakunoya Beer -
Inabe sweets“Nonoka”
The “Nonoka” series was created with the hope that people of all ages can enjoy the beauty and richness of nature and local ingredients in the form of confectionaries. The baked sweets are colorful, beautiful, and enjoyable until the moment you put them in your mouth.
Produced by
Tomoyo Kawase (Y/Y) -
Inabe Ishigurecha assortment set
Ishigure tea has been produced in the natural environment at the foot of Mount Suzuka for more than 100 years since the Jiangshu era, and its rich and fragrant flavor is attractive. This assortment contains tea bags of five different types of tea leaves produced by tea farmers.
Produced by
Green Creative Inabe
Shopping in Inabe
Stores and online stores where you can buy souvenirs from Inabe
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Fureai no Eki Uribo (Fureai Station)
This is an agricultural products direct sales shop where the farmers’ sincerity and care are gathered. The store sells a wide variety of products made with local ingredients, focusing on seasonal vegetables and fruits, as well as prepared foods, Japanese sweets, bread, gelato, and other items made at Uribo’s facilities.
- Address
- 2517 Oizumi, Inabe City, Inabe Town (next to Oizumi Station on Sanuki Railway Hokusei Line)
- TEL
- 0594-74-5866
- Open
- 8:30-17:00
- Closed
- Every last Tuesday of the month
- WEB
- Fureai no Eki Uribo (Fureai Station)
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Shinkamo Restaurant (in Inabe-Ashiki Base)
Original products (tsukemono pickles, dressings, goods) and local specialties from Shin Kamigamido, vegetables grown by the company’s own farm, German bread and baked goods from Freibäckerhau, etc. are also on sale.
- Address
- 788 Agoki, Hokusei-cho, Inabe City
- TEL
- 0594-37-6033
- Open
- 11:00-22:00
- Closed
- The 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month (*Other temporary closures may apply)
- WEB
- Shinkamo Restaurant (in Inabe-Ashiki Base)
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JA Mie Kita Farmer’s Market “Inabekko”
We want our children to grow up healthy and full of fresh vegetables and fruits from Inabe. The Inabekko is named with this in mind. The shop sells agricultural products and processed foods.
- Address
- 1911 Agoki, Hokusei-cho, Inabe City
- TEL
- 0594-82-1147
- Open
- 9:00-18:00
- Closed
- Every Tuesday
- WEB
- JA Mie Kita Farmer’s Market “Inabekko”
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inabeʼs Shop (in Nigiwai-no-mori)
A select store introducing the charms and products of the town. The shop offers specialty products such as buckwheat noodles and tea, seasonal baked sweets made in cooperation with local stores, and daily life tools made from local wood.
- Address
- 31 Agoki, Hokusei-cho, Inabe City
- TEL
- 0594-72-7705
- Open
- 10:00-16:00
- Closed
- Tuesdays and Wednesdays
- WEB
- inabeʼs Shop (in Nigiwai-no-mori)