Hanazono Manjyu is a long-established sweet shop which is also representative of Shinjuku. After the shop was founded in Kanazawa in 1834, Yoshiro Ishikawa, the 3rd generation of shop owner set up a head office in Shinjuku in the 1930s.
From December 20, 2018, this head office has been moved to the building next to its old location. It has now collaborated with Ginza Sembikiya (銀座千疋屋) and has renewal opened with a fresh start.
Cafe space is also available
Spacious space inside the shop
“Hanazono Manjyu” is a sweet, which was invented as a specialty for Shinjuku’s “Hanazono Shrine” that sits infront of the shop. It also became the name of shop that it is known as today.
The moist skin of Hanazono Manjyu is made with a mixture of Yamato Imo and powder. For Aan (bean paste), they use red beans of Hokkaido and wasanbon sugar (refined sugar) of Shikoku. All of the process for making Hanazono Manjyu are done very politely and are finished carefully. It is a representative sweet of Shinjuku which has been loved for a very long time.
With the opening, the new product “Hanazono Manjyu x Ginza Sembikiya Fruit Daifuku” has also been lunched. It is a sweets that wrapped fruits carefully selected by Ginza Sembikiya with Daifuku of Hanzono Manjyu. “Daifuku” is a soft rice cake, usually stuffed with sweet bean paste.
There is abundant flavour such as Strawberry costs 648 yen, Oranges costs 540 yen and Kiwi 431 yen.
Other menu such as “Hanazono tedzukuri saichu (花園手づくり最中)” will cost 270 yen for a piece.
Hanazono tedzukuri saichu 270 yen
Fruit Daifuku 648 yen
In the cafe space, you can also enjoy Japanese sweets such as Hanazono Parfait (1296 yen), Oshiruko (702 yen), Mitsu-mame (540 yen), Aanmitsu (756 yen)…
In the new store, you can also enjoy take-out option of soft ice cream, which has three flavour: Hokaido Vanilla, Uji matcha and Kinako (roasted soybean flour). ‘Hanazono Ice cream’ will cost you from 500 yen. Topping option is also available.
Hanazono Soft cream Uji matcha
Information
| Shop Name | Hanazono Manjyu (東京新宿 花園万頭) |
| Address | Shinjuku Hikari Bldg, 1F, 5-16-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo |
| TEL | 03-3352-6425 |
| Business Hour | 10:00-19:00 |
| Access | 1min walk from “Shinjuku Sanchome Station” E2 exit |
NOTE: Shops information such as price, cuisine contents, opening hours, closing time or additional details may be subject to change, so please be sure to check the latest information directly at the shop.
