Located on Okinawa’s lively Kokusai Street, this popular souvenir shop is best known for its Okinawan sweet potato tarts. It offers a wide selection of sweet potato treats, brown sugar snacks, snow salt cookies, chinsuko, and other local specialties. You can also sample several popular items, making it easy to find your favorite.
The store is bright and comfortable, and the staff is friendly. It’s a convenient place to shop for gifts or treats for yourself. A must-visit shop for picking up Okinawan specialties after exploring Kokusai Street.
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Kayanoya
A former soy-sauce storehouse turned specialty ingredients shop. Kayanoya has spent 120 years helping more people enjoy “Washoku”, the world-recognized intangible cultural heritage of Japanese cuisine, with easy to use ingredients.
A renowned premium Japanese food brand, famous for its all-natural, additive-free dashi packets. Its signature Kayanoya Dashi is made with carefully selected natural ingredients such as bonito flakes, kombu, and flying fish. Just steep the packet to create a rich, savory Japanese broth that's perfect for miso soup, hot pot, stews, rice dishes, and other Japanese recipes.
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Okinawa Outlet Mall Ashibinaa
Built near the Toyosaki Seaside Park Beach, Okinawa's first outlet mall is named "Ashibinaa," which means "playground" in Okinawan language, symbolizing a gathering place for people of all generations.
Okinawa Outlet Mall Ashibinaa is located in Tomigusuku, about a 15-minute drive from Naha Airport. It’s one of Okinawa’s most popular outlet malls, with more than 100 well-known domestic and international brands, including Coach, Nike, Adidas, Michael Kors, and Polo Ralph Lauren. There’s a wide variety of merchandise and discounts year-round.
In addition to clothing, shoes, bags, and sporting goods, the mall has restaurants, cafés, and souvenir shops. The spacious, comfortable setting makes it a great stop on the last day of your trip, where you can shop to your heart’s content and enjoy a relaxing time before leaving Okinawa. -
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Black Thunder
This chocolate snack is very popular for its affordable price of 40 yen and deliciousness. Cocoa cookie and plain biscuit are coated with chocolate. You can taste the light bitterness of a cocoa cookie matched with the sweetness of chocolate. Crunchy texture and the volume which can fill your stomach lightly pleases you.
Black Thunder has a rich chocolate flavor that’s sweet without being overwhelming. The crispy cookies and rice crackers create plenty of texture and a satisfying crunch. It’s affordable and comes in various limited-edition flavors, making it a classic snack and souvenir worth picking up when visiting Japan.
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