Tsuruya Yoshinobu Abeno Harukas Store

For a café-style dish alongside sweets from a Japanese confectionery shop, consider the Harukas-exclusive ogura toast. Diners who have tried it describe the bean paste as gently sweet and smooth. It is a good option when you fancy a light bite as well as something sweet.

For a chilled treat, there is Uji shaved ice topped with Tanba Dainagon azuki beans, Uji syrup, condensed milk, shiratama rice dumplings and ogura bean paste. The matcha parfait layers in matcha ice cream and matcha jelly, too. Choose between the azuki-and-shiratama combination of the Uji shaved ice and a parfait with several matcha elements, depending on what you feel like after a meal.

Those who would like a meal before dessert can also find tea soba or somen noodles on the menu. There is also a fresh Japanese sweet served with matcha, a combination worth considering if you would like to try seasonal wagashi.