OFFICIAL KUMAMOTO TOURISM GUIDE

Kumamoto Food Guide

Fresh texture and simple sweetnessIkinari Dango

This steamed flattened kneaded flour filled with mashed sweet potato and Azuki red bean paste (boiled Azuki beans with sugar) is a specialty dish of Kumamoto. In Kumamoto, this dish is known as a traditional local dessert that has been prepared by ordinary families for a long time. This dish is perfect as a souvenir to be enjoyed cold as it is, microwaved, steamed, or even baked in the oven.

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Kumamoto City North area Aso area Central area South area Amakusa area

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Ikinari Dango (sweet potato and red bean dumplings) shop

  • Hanamarudo

    Hanamarudo specializes in Ikinaridango, Kumamoto's local sweets. Their Ikinaridango are carefully handmade one by one by skilled confectioners, using…

    Foods Ikinari Dango
  • Chojuan

    A restaurant specializing in Kumamoto's specialty "Ikinari Dango".  You can enjoy different types of original "Ikinari Dango", such as black dango, g…

    Foods Ikinari Dango
  • Ikkyu Honpo

    Ikkyu Honpo is a long-established Japanese sweets shop offering various sweets such as Amazake(Sweet sake)-manju(steamed bun) and Ikinaridango, a ste…

    Foods Ikinari Dango
  • Ikinariya Watanabe

    Ikinariya Watanabe specializes in Ikinari Dango, Kumamoto's local specialty. Ikinari Dango is a steamed dumpling filled with sweet potato and red bea…

    Ikinari Dango Foods

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