Ikedaya Yasubei Shoten

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Ikedaya Yasubei Shoten

The shop with the tradition to let you “sit down.” Learn about Toyama’s medicines and its history.

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Since its founding as a medicine wholesaler in 1936, they have been producing Edo-Period’s popular stomach medicine “Etchu Hangontan” and other Japanese traditional medicine, Japanese-Chinese medicines and medicinal herbs. To this day, the in-house pharmacist Practices Seat Sale and sits with customers one by one, listens for their symptoms, conditions and strength, and dispenses natural medicines.

The store has a rare golden sign and the tools used for making medicines back then are displayed to represent the history of Toyama’s medicine. You can try making old fashioned pills for free and the adjacent restaurant offers healthy medicinal cuisine.

Toyama’s medicine goes back to the Edo Period, when the second Toyama Domain’s lord Maeda Masatoshi was researching medicinal plants, always carrying Hangontan with him. One day, he came across a samurai lord suffering from stomach pain. When he gave Hangontan, the samurai was healed immediately, and people witnessed it spreaded the word. Since then, generations of Toyama Domain lords strived to protect and cultivate Toyama’s medicine, which was sold by Toyama medicine sellers who delivered the household medicines to the rest of the country and collected the price for the usage when they returned a few times a year. It was they who established the fame of “Toyama’s Medicine.”

Highlights

  • To this day, Seat Sale is practiced where the pharmacist sits with customers and prepares natural medicine for each person.
  • Make a reservation for the healthy cuisine at the restaurant by the day before (There is lunch that doesn’t require reservation).
  • You can try making old fashioned pills with the traditional tools.

Photos

  • Founded in 1936 as a Japanese Chinese medicine wholesaler 

    Founded in 1936 as a Japanese Chinese medicine wholesaler 

  • The open interior remodeled from the former storage and living space

    The open interior remodeled from the former storage and living space

  • Try making pills in a traditional method

    Try making pills in a traditional method

  • Adjacent restaurant serves medicinal cuisine

    Adjacent restaurant serves medicinal cuisine

  • Chinese medicine and medicinal herbs in popular retro packages
Photo by Toyama City Tourism Association

    Chinese medicine and medicinal herbs in popular retro packages Photo by Toyama City Tourism Association

Reviews

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  • 雪兒

    這兒比較特別的是~有以古法做藥丸的機器,能夠給旅客們動手體驗哦推哦

Details

Name in Japanese
池田屋安兵衛商店
Postal Code
930-0046
Address
1-3-5 Tsutsumichodori, Toyama City, Toyama
Telephone
076-425-1871
Admission
Free
Closed
The year end and New Year’s Day (The restaurant is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Business Hours
9:00am-6:00pm (Restaurant: 11:30 am-2:00 pm)
Directions
From JR Toyama Station, ride the City Tram to Nishicho Stop and walk 2 min.
Credit Cards
Accepted
Official Website
Official Website