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About this place
Pair kintsuba with coffee for a pause between shops. Just off Kappabashi Shopping Street, Asakusa Umegen serves Japanese sweets to enjoy in the shop as well as to take away. Visitors have described the kintsuba as delicately sweet, with a memorable, pleasantly substantial texture from the azuki beans. Some have chosen a set with small portions of several sweets, a good way to sample a few when it is hard to settle on just one.
Coffee is another option alongside the sweets. One diner who ordered a Japanese-sweets set with coffee enjoyed the balance between the gentle sweetness and the coffee’s flavour. The menu also offers hand-drip coffee, sencha and hōjicha, so you can choose a drink to suit your treat. Visitors who tried the roasted sweet potato in the shop have mentioned its mild sweetness and the warmth of each bite. The menu also lists roasted sweet potato with vanilla ice cream, a choice for anyone after a more substantial dessert.
For a lighter bite, there is anko-maki: smooth red bean paste wrapped in a thin, baked wheat-flour dough and served with black sugar syrup. Isobe-yaki is grilled mochi flavoured with soy sauce and wrapped in seaweed. You can enjoy sweets and tea in the shop or take them away, making it easy to bring home a favourite.
