Takanabe Tourist Shop and Cabbage Sweets

This is Takanabe's tourist information centre and local products shop たかなべ町本家店. It's located in a refurbished old building on the corner of Takanabe's main street and historic shopping street. 

There are various local products for sale including food items like soy sauce, vegetables from nearby farms and sweets and snacks in decorative packaging.  There are also crafts, postcards and of course, Taishi-kun goods.

However, the most unique products on offer are a range of sweets made from .......................cabbages!!

These include cabbage cake doughnuts, 

Cabbage cream puffs, 

And cabbage cheese manju (cream cheese filled  twist on the traditional soft biscuit like red bean filled sweets) 

There are also, cabbage roll cakes, cabbage cookies, cabbage puddings, cabbage cream red bean cakes etc) The taste is a bit unusual but not unpleasant. I particularly like the roll cake and cheese manju. I doubt that you can get this many cabbage sweets and desserts any where else, so why not sample this unique taste if you come to town.