
Mitsutaya 满田屋
Mitsutaya is a miso specialty store founded at the end of Edo period, which is around 1835. They serve this Aizu’s local delicacies “Miso Dengaku” whereby ingredients such as mochi, tofu, konjac are skewed and miso glazed, and then grilled over the charcoal fire.

Besides that, they offer a variety of products such as miso, miso dressing, misozuke (miso pickles), Aizu grown perilla dressing sauce, rapeseed oil, and local Aizu produces which work great as omiyage (souvenirs).

Getting here:
Mitsutaya 满田屋 is about 3minutes’ walk away from Otanomachi Bus Station (on red line).
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Miso Dengaku Set, priced at ¥1,850 (inclusive tax) comes with 6 dishes Mochi, Fried Tofu, Konjac, Taro Potato, Shingorou (half mashed rice cake), and Smoked Herring. All are made with a coat of in-house’s miso and have the dengaku skewers grilled over the charcoal fire.
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