Found in Hakone! A shop for delicious and beautiful ‘Kuzukiri’ sweets
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Hello. This is Kamiyama.
I create and sell businesses.
I often go to Hakone. When I feel a little tired. When I need a break. I stay at my favorite inn on the lakeside of Hakone and spend a relaxing day. I visit about 2 or 3 times a year.
During such breaks in Hakone, there's one shop I always go to.
Are you familiar with a Japanese sweet called 'kuzukiri'? It's a transparent, slippery food, similar to tokoroten, a Japanese sweet eaten with brown sugar syrup. I was deeply impressed by the beauty and rich flavor of kuzukiri when I first tried it in Hakone.
Since then, there's a shop I've been continuously visiting whenever I go to Hakone.
That is the sweet shop 'Sabou'.
Every time I go to Hakone, I eat the kuzukiri here and am soothed by its refreshing sweetness. When you pick up kuzukiri with chopsticks, dip it in brown sugar syrup, and put it in your mouth, a fresh sweetness spreads across your tongue. It's not a lingering sweetness, but one that leaves a momentary deliciousness in your mouth, making you feel like you could eat it endlessly.
Also, its appearance is quite beautiful. The red bowl, the green of the bamboo leaf placed alongside, and the transparent kuzukiri match exquisitely. The moment it appeared, I was captivated anew by the beauty of Japanese sweets, thinking how lovely it was. It's so beautiful you can't help but want to take a picture of it.
Some might find it a bit pricey for a single sweet, as it costs around 1,000 yen, but I believe it's worth 1,000 yen. It provides that much satisfaction.
The kuzukiri from 'Sabou' possesses elegant beauty and deliciousness. Why not go and try it once?
'Sabou' is a 2-minute walk from Hakone-Yumoto Station. Since it's close to the station, many people seem to use it while waiting for trains. They also sell oshiruko and other items. The entrance is surprisingly hard to find, as it's on the second floor, so first-time visitors might get a little lost. If you come to Hakone, please stop by once.
Sweet Shop 'Sabou'
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上山 翔太
2007年からWEBデザイナー / エンジニアとして活動を開始。2015年には、セブ島にて立ち上げた日本人対象のクリエイター育成スクールと運営していたメディアを売却。その後、アメリカで事業デザインを無理やり学ぶ。帰国後は起業家育成プログラムを立ち上げ、新規事業開発、起業家育成に従事するほか、マーケティング戦略策定、ウェブ開発技術を提供。「IT留学シェアハウス」や「起業教育・支援プラットフォーム」を開発、運営。その後、株式会社QUONを立ち上げ。WEB制作事業を軸として、クリエイターと起業家を産む村づくりプロジェクトなどをバリ島と日本を中心に推進。
