KOBORI Kibi Jingumae Kagura Honten

Tsuruga Fuwa-Set has been featured in various media such as Sekai Fushigi Hakken, Hanamaru Market, and Chichin Pui Pui, and is a representative sweet of Tsuruga that attracts many customers from both inside and outside the prefecture every year when sales start in November. The main ingredient, Tsuruga mandarin oranges, flourished as the top export volume at Tsuruga Port, which was the gateway to Japan's overseas (international port) when the Euro-Asia International Train ran during the Meiji era. However, in recent years, the rich and tangy taste that all Tsuruga citizens loved has been left behind by the needs of the times and has been declining. Our company has taken on a part in the revival of Tsuruga mandarin oranges, collaborating with mandarin orange farmers and developing a new sweet packed with the blessings of our hometown. The castella dough sandwiching cream and Tsuruga mandarin oranges uses an original rice flour made from 100% Tsuruga-grown new rice of the brand rice (Koshihikari) that originated in Fukui Prefecture, without using any wheat flour. Tsuruga Fuwa-Set, made with Tsuruga mandarin oranges and Fukui Prefecture's Tsuruga-grown Koshihikari, is a product with a high local production and consumption rate.

The story of 'life' and 'peace' that took place in our town of Tsuruga 70 years ago, emphasizes the importance of 'bonds' and 'compassion' that arise from connections and interactions between people, especially in today's society where individualism is prevalent and human relationships are becoming more distant. It teaches us the value of 'dreams' and 'hope' brought about by these bonds and compassion. In this story set in our hometown of Tsuruga, the bonds and compassion between the Jewish people and the citizens of Tsuruga are reaffirmed. We have created confectionery filled with episodes to be passed from person to person as souvenirs or gifts, hoping that it will become a heartwarming tale as 'Tsuruga, the Port of Humanity'. I have put my utmost effort into product development, focusing on the bonds and compassion between the Jewish people and the citizens of Tsuruga, believing that confectionery related to both should be created. I paid attention to the traditional Jewish pastry Rugelach and also to the apple boy episode from Tsuruga's past. By topping the Rugelach dough with apples and baking it to a crisp, we have completed the product 'Rugelach of Bonds and Happiness'.

During the Meiji era, Vladivostok suffered from a lack of vitamin C in the extreme cold. The prized 'Tsuruga oranges' were shipped from Tsuruga port as valuable fruits. In 1907, according to records, Tsuruga oranges were the number one export item from Tsuruga port. Tsuruga was truly the 'orange' port. Please enjoy this adult sweet that combines the acidity and rich flavor of the representative fruit of Tsuruga (Higashiura) oranges, which flourished in the Meiji era, with the sweetness and bitterness of smooth chocolate.

During the prosperous era when the port of Tsuruga flourished with Kitamae-bune ships, the distribution of kombu from Hokkaido was actively carried out. Tsuruga, a port close to the capital, thrived as the leading kombu processing area in Japan. The gift of Kitamae-bune hand-baked kombu sabure is a flavorful and smooth hand-baked sabure made with Tsuruga's specialty hand-cut oboro kombu. It has received the highest honor of the National Confectionery Exhibition's Honorary Chairman's Award and has been offered as a special confection to Kehi Shrine, Heian Shrine, and Meiji Shrine. It pairs well with Japanese tea and coffee, and is enjoyed by both children and the elderly.

At the gate of Kibitsuhiko Shrine, water-narcissus manju is made by steaming a dough and sweet bean paste made with warabi and kuzu in a ceramic cup cooled with spring water bubbling up from an underground water source. It is a summer tradition loved by the citizens of Tsuruga, wrapping smooth sweet bean paste in a transparent dough. The original location, Kohori Hinode-do (around 1907, six companies including Kohori Hinode-do started in front of Kibitsuhiko Shrine, but only Kohori Hinode-do remains), has been selling it since its establishment in 1901.

In the town in front of Kibiko Shrine where our main store is located, there used to be a training ground for Gagaku (ancient court music), and the glamorous sound of music was always heard. This confectionery shaped like a drum used in Gagaku is a flavorful baked confectionery wrapped in almond dough with a yellow bean paste filling. It is a carefully crafted sweet that was selected as a tea confectionery (Japanese confectionery category) for the 'New JAPANPROJECT Fukui JAL Domestic First Class In-flight Meal' in October 2019.

This is a special sweet that was adopted as a tea confection (Western confectionery division) in October 2019 for the 'New JAPANPROJECT Fukui JAL Domestic First Class In-flight Meal'. It is a lemon cake full of the sweet and sour aroma of lemons, made using 100% Fukui Prefecture's branded rice, Fukui Prefecture-grown Koshihikari, without using any wheat flour. The unique texture and umami of rice flour bring out a chewy sensation.