Murakamiya Mochiten (村上屋餅店) was born in 1877. They are long-established mochi shop in Sendai. They are so popular as zunda mochi. Their shop curtain is zunda-colored one. ‘餅’ means mochi. Their appearance is simple but have high-impact. Many peoople visit there to go, but they have about 10 seats for here.
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They are located within 15 minutes walk from JR Sendai station. They are mochi shop. Not zunda mochi shop. So, they sell daifuku, kusamochi and so on. 3 pieces of zunda mochi cost 680 yen, kurumi mochi and sesame mochi cost 665 yen each.
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This is a menu for here. The most popular food is 3-shoku mochi (三色餅).
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3-shoku means 3 color. When I was there everyone in the shop ordered it. Me, too 🙂
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From left to right, sesame, zunda, kurumi. They cook mochi every morning, so, it’s soft ! They use sticky rice cropped in Miyagi prefecture.
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Sesame. Black sesame sauce had rich texture.
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Zunda. It was seasoned lightly and beans were roughly chopped. It had natural texture and sweetness of beans.
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Walnut. It had also texture of walnut, so we can enjoy natural tastes of ingredients.
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I visited there only to eat zunda mochi, but those 3 mochi was great. So, I agreed that this 3-shoku mochi is loved by many people.
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