🍜 Kyoto Gion Anon Kyoto Gion Main Store京都祇園 あのん 本店

Located on the ancient streets of Gion, lined with traditional Kyoto townhouses, is a specialty shop for red bean desserts. Operated by the renowned "Sazae Foods," the company is most famous for its Ogimochi made from Hokkaido Tokachi red beans, known as the "red diamond." Based on years of accumulated techniques for making red bean paste, the shop offers a variety of desserts that transcend the boundaries of traditional Japanese and Western styles, filled with "novelty." They have launched several new flavor desserts that incorporate Western pastry elements, such as the "Red Bean Paste Macaron," which features colorful fillings sandwiched between French meringue, and the "Red Bean Cream Puff," which has a French pastry shell filled with fresh cream and red bean paste. Among these, the best seller is the "Anpoone," where customers assemble their own dessert by combining the shop's homemade mascarpone cream with red bean paste. This is enjoyed within a crispy rice cracker shell filled with just the right amount of red bean paste and cream. The shop's name, Anon, is composed of the first hiragana character "あ (A)," the last character "ん (n)," and the 25th character "の (no)" in the middle. It embodies the hope that, like the connections in the gojūon (the Japanese syllabary), people can cherish their connections through "red bean paste."

Operated by the famous wagashi shop "Sazae Foods," known for its yomogi (mugwort) rice cakes. It offers a variety of new desserts that blend Japanese and Western flavors. The signature product is the "Anpoone," a type of mochi filled with red bean paste and cream cheese. You can purchase it as a souvenir or enjoy the desserts on-site.