5 stores · curated ORBIS register
Hiroshima
Nishikido opened in Hiroshima City in 1951, six years after the atomic bombing, and later developed Nama-momiji, a soft mochi-skinned version of the maple-leaf cake that became a national seller. The maker offers fillings from red bean to chocolate and matcha along with allergen-friendly options, and its sweets were served at the 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit.
Best for Nama-momiji cakes with red bean, chocolate and matcha fillings
Higashinada-ku
Goncharoff was founded in Kobe's Kitano district in 1923 and is credited with making Japan's first whisky bonbon chocolates. The company still runs factories in the city's Higashinada and Mikage districts, selling its chocolate and cookie assortments through its own shop network and website.
Best for Whisky bonbon chocolate
Chuo-ku
Morozoff began as a chocolate shop in Kobe in 1931, founded by a family of Russian confectioners who had settled in the city. It has since grown into one of Japan's best-known Western-style sweets makers, still tracing its identity back to that original Kobe shop.
Best for Chocolate and cheesecake gifts
Nagasaki / Japan
Founded in 1681, Shooken has spent over 340 years perfecting Nagasaki castella, including the rich gosan-yaki and a chocolate-layered Chocolatte created by its eighth-generation master. Its cakes are sold across several Nagasaki and Fukuoka shops and an online store, with a cafe above the Uonomachi main store.
Best for Nagasaki castella, gosan-yaki, and the eighth-generation master's chocolate-layered Chocolatte since 1681
Odori (Ishiya Cafe, West 4) + Shiroi Koibito Park, Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Japan
Ishiya makes Shiroi Koibito, Hokkaido's white-chocolate langue-de-chat cookies, along with Mifuyu and TSUMUGI baumkuchen. The company also runs Ishiya Cafe and the Shiroi Koibito Park factory attraction in Sapporo.
Best for Shiroi Koibito cookies and Hokkaido chocolate gifts
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