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Nakatsugawa Kurikinton
調査・執筆 Hinato
The kurikinton of Nakatsugawa is not the glossy sweet-potato paste served at New Year elsewhere in Japan. It is chestnut and sugar and nothing else — the nuts boiled, scraped out, mixed with sugar, and twisted in a cloth into a shape meant to look like a chestnut. There is no bean paste, no binder and no flavouring, so the quality of the chestnut is the entire product.
The Kiso valley has grown chestnuts for centuries and Nakatsugawa is where the sweet was commercialised. Because it uses only fresh chestnuts it is made from September to January and then stops — the shops sell other things for the rest of the year. In September, when the first batch appears, people queue.
基本情報
営業時間
Suya 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM | Other makers keep their own hours
定休日: Open daily September–December, with occasional additional closures in November
料金
Around ¥300 per piece | Boxed sets priced by count
ベストシーズン
September–January only | September for the first batch
滞在目安
30 minutes
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