Demachi Futaba

A very popular Daifuku shop with over 100 year tradition in Kyoto.
Daifuku: More specifically, the item to get here is called «Mame-​Mochi». Everywhere else, this item is called «Mame-​Daifuku». It is a traditional Japanese sweets, where they wrap soft mochi around red bean paste. The mochi part has some beans, so that is why it is called «mame».
WEEKEND: If possible, avoid going here on a Saturday or Sunday. The line could be very long. During the weekday, I usually only wait 5 minutes. The line moves quite rapidly.
WARNING: Demachi Futaba’s mochi is so soft, it is sometimes called baby’s cheek. HOWEVER, if you keep it in the fridge for one night, it will become quite hard. Shelf life for these Daifuku is one day. Whatever you buy, plan on eating it that day.
This is a definite stop for Kyoto first timers.

A tiny over the counter shop. I spent my college days in Kyoto, I had never bought this blockbuster hit, Mamemochi (mame means beans, mocha means rice cake), although people around me rumored a lot about it. Actually I didn’t even know where it stands. Sorry for Futaba, I told a very impolite story. Customers say it is delicious. I agree with them making a fuss, but Uh… I did not think that it was so particularly yum.
Why do I think so? In other words the crustal rice cake is soft and delicious. Of course same with the red bean jam. It is bean. The bean buried in the rice cake is a criminal. It reminds me of a huge mole of the pale-​complexioned woman. Without beans, it was perfect taste.
By the way, it is spring that I came here. I also bought the bean paste rice-​cake wrapped in a cherry leaf called Sakuramochi, which tasted refined. I was satisfied very much.

It’s a super well known Japanese sweets place in Kyoto, up in Demachi near the river. It’s in a really unassuming shopping area of town. I used to live right near here. You have to get there early because the lines start to form early on in the day.
They sell a variety of seasonal sweets and common types on a regular basis, but they’re by far most famous for their mame-​mochi, which is mochi filled with red bean paste with whole beans mixed into the mochi. It’s really delicious, and freshly made there in the store as it has been for many years. I have heard from my mother in law that there is one with miso and red bean paste or something, which also sounds delicious but I have yet to try it.
I think they sell their wares in the downstairs of Takashimaya on Shijo too.