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Last time’s survey was
“Which dagashiya did you go to, and what dagashi did you buy?”
Response period: August 20 to August 25
Number of responses: 30
Thank you for all the responses!
Let’s get right to it.
Survey results for “Which dagashiya did you go to, and what dagashi did you buy?”
Niramekko and Mugibatake, two shops side by side along Route 2 – Sakuranbo Mochi, toothbrush-shaped wafers, Dondon Yaki
When I was in elementary school, I was really fired up about how many fancy dagashi I could buy within the ¥300 snack budget for field trips.
Female in her 40s
When I was in elementary school, I was really fired up about how many fancy dagashi I could buy within the ¥300 snack budget for field trips.
Female in her 40s
“Akatonbo,” which used to be along Route 2 (around diagonally across from today’s Kagonoya) – Ramune with prize chances, unbreakable soap bubbles, Cocoa Cigarettes
I used to clutch a 100-yen coin and go there all the time. lol
Female in her 50s
I used to clutch a 100-yen coin and go there all the time. lol
Female in her 50s
Azechi – 30-yen soda gummies and things like that
I was so happy when I won 100 yen from a prize-included gummy.
Female in her 30s
I was so happy when I won 100 yen from a prize-included gummy.
Female in her 30s
Arinko – Chocolate castella, stick castella
Before elementary school field trips, I would ride my bike with friends and go all the way there.
Female in her 40s
Before elementary school field trips, I would ride my bike with friends and go all the way there.
Female in her 40s
Usagiya – Mikan water
It was near Harukaze Park. I also bought supercar erasers there.
Male in his 50s
It was near Harukaze Park. I also bought supercar erasers there.
Male in his 50s
Carrot House – Yatta Men
They had arcade cabinets too, and I often went there by bike. It was packed the day before field trips. I’m sad it’s gone now.
Male in his 40s
They had arcade cabinets too, and I often went there by bike. It was packed the day before field trips. I’m sad it’s gone now.
Male in his 40s
The dagashiya in the basement of Green Town – Unchoco
Chocolate came out of an animal’s bottom, so it was the perfect dagashi for elementary school kids. At that dagashiya, they also had Arashi bromide lottery draws, and everyone got excited about them!
Female in her 20s
Chocolate came out of an animal’s bottom, so it was the perfect dagashi for elementary school kids. At that dagashiya, they also had Arashi bromide lottery draws, and everyone got excited about them!
Female in her 20s
Sho-chan – Hotara, mizuame, Cola Cigarettes
Pretending Cola Cigarettes were real cigarettes was the classic thing to do! When I grew up and bought a whole pack of Hotara, it felt really moving.
Female in her 30s
Pretending Cola Cigarettes were real cigarettes was the classic thing to do! When I grew up and bought a whole pack of Hotara, it felt really moving.
Female in her 30s
Takahashi Shoten – Mostly gum-type candy
It was the dagashiya I always stopped by whenever there was a festival at Fukuo Shrine. The grandma’s voice when she calculated “10, 20, 30…” was indescribably comforting. She’s still doing well, and when you go now, the white-haired grandma still serves you! Dagashiya keep disappearing. It’s also the place that inspired me to start Otogashiya because I wanted to help preserve even a little of that culture. lol
Male in his 20s
It was the dagashiya I always stopped by whenever there was a festival at Fukuo Shrine. The grandma’s voice when she calculated “10, 20, 30…” was indescribably comforting. She’s still doing well, and when you go now, the white-haired grandma still serves you! Dagashiya keep disappearing. It’s also the place that inspired me to start Otogashiya because I wanted to help preserve even a little of that culture. lol
Male in his 20s
Takaraya (near Horai Bridge in Nigawa) – I used to buy about 1,000 yen worth of 30-yen and 50-yen ice creams at once, like Osho and others
My grandma would kindly say, “Go buy me cigarettes. You can buy ice cream too,” so I happily went shopping. (^｡^)
Male in his 40s
My grandma would kindly say, “Go buy me cigarettes. You can buy ice cream too,” so I happily went shopping. (^｡^)
Male in his 40s
Niramekko – Candy with gum inside for 10 yen? Things like that.
Before field trips.
Female in her 30s
Before field trips.
Female in her 30s
Nomuraya – The one with about 12 pink and white square mochi pieces
It was near Hirota Elementary School, where I went at the time, and I looked forward to buying dagashi, pencils, erasers, Johnny’s stickers, and more.
Female in her 30s
It was near Hirota Elementary School, where I went at the time, and I looked forward to buying dagashi, pencils, erasers, Johnny’s stickers, and more.
Female in her 30s
Movie (Komatsu Minamimachi) – Small square mochi-like sweets in plastic cases, and for some reason back then I really wanted a big bell, so I did lottery draws and things like that
Before field trips, the shop would be packed full of elementary school kids.
Female in her 30s
Before field trips, the shop would be packed full of elementary school kids.
Female in her 30s
Mugibatake – Kibidango
On the way home from lessons I didn’t like, my parents would buy it for me as a little reward.
Female in her 40s
On the way home from lessons I didn’t like, my parents would buy it for me as a little reward.
Female in her 40s
Mugibatake – Umaibo, fruit mochi, and things like that
I remember it being incredibly lively before elementary school field trips.
Male in his 40s
I remember it being incredibly lively before elementary school field trips.
Male in his 40s
Mugibatake (Hagoromocho) – Fugashi, tamago bread, Sakuranbo Mochi, Umaibo
There was a long line the day before elementary school field trips. The shopkeeper’s mental math was amazing. It was also packed on the day of the Shukugawa Festival. The last time I went was when I was in high school. It’s gone now. So nostalgic.
Female in her 40s
There was a long line the day before elementary school field trips. The shopkeeper’s mental math was amazing. It was also packed on the day of the Shukugawa Festival. The last time I went was when I was in high school. It’s gone now. So nostalgic.
Female in her 40s
Nomuraya in Hirotacho – Umaibo, Yakiniku-san, Kabayaki-san, Donguri Gum
After school, everyone would bring their allowance and gather at the dagashiya. We’d buy snacks and eat them in front of the shop! It was so much fun.
Female in her 30s
After school, everyone would bring their allowance and gather at the dagashiya. We’d buy snacks and eat them in front of the shop! It was so much fun.
Female in her 30s
Around the northeast side of the current Seven-Eleven Hinoike store, across the road – Monjiro Ika, Tirol Chocolate, large round candies, and more
I would stop by on the way home from cram school and often play the 10-yen medal games.
Male in his 50s
I would stop by on the way home from cram school and often play the 10-yen medal games.
Male in his 50s
Yamadaya – Yogul, Umaibo
Female in her 30s
Yamadaya – Bonbon ice cream
I often went there after playing baseball at Kawazoe Park after school.
Male in his 30s
I often went there after playing baseball at Kawazoe Park after school.
Male in his 30s
The candy shop inside the market – Soy sauce senbei, tube-type chocolate, mizuame, round gum, powdered juice, cigar chocolate
Most of all, I can’t forget the powdered juice. I would sing “Watanabe’s juice mix, one more glass,” and when I poured the powdered juice into a clear glass, it would fluffily turn orange, which felt so mysterious. It became orange juice and tasted good.
Female, 60 or older
Most of all, I can’t forget the powdered juice. I would sing “Watanabe’s juice mix, one more glass,” and when I poured the powdered juice into a clear glass, it would fluffily turn orange, which felt so mysterious. It became orange juice and tasted good.
Female, 60 or older
Matsuno Shoten (Takakuracho) – 100-yen and 50-yen prize-included gummies and things like that
The old man minding the shop remembered my name.
Female in her teens
The old man minding the shop remembered my name.
Female in her teens
A side street of the Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi shopping street before the earthquake (where ACTA is now) – Sweets like what we’d call Mochimochi-kun today
Recently there have been more dagashiya, so you can get nostalgic sweets again. But recreating that old nostalgic atmosphere is hard, isn’t it?
Male in his 50s
Recently there have been more dagashiya, so you can get nostalgic sweets again. But recreating that old nostalgic atmosphere is hard, isn’t it?
Male in his 50s
The dagashiya at Kawahigashi Shopping Center – Donpatch, Felix Gum
The fun was seeing how much I could buy with 100 yen.
Female in her 40s
The fun was seeing how much I could buy with 100 yen.
Female in her 40s
Shin-chan in Minami-Koshien – Mikan water, 30 yen
I often went there after playing at a nearby park.
Male in his 50s
I often went there after playing at a nearby park.
Male in his 50s
The black market in Umeda – Caramel
Male, 60 or older
Bungu no Kawahara – Yatta Men
When giving change, if it was 10 yen, for example, they’d always joke, “Here’s 100,000 yen.”
Female in her 20s
When giving change, if it was 10 yen, for example, they’d always joke, “Here’s 100,000 yen.”
Female in her 20s
“Arata” in Naruo and the place commonly called “Kechiko” – Takosen (ebi senbei with sauce and mayo)
I really ate takosen a lot. Even though it was called takosen, there was no octopus in it, so when I first saw takosen with actual octopus as an adult, I was shocked.
Male in his 40s
I really ate takosen a lot. Even though it was called takosen, there was no octopus in it, so when I first saw takosen with actual octopus as an adult, I was shocked.
Male in his 40s
Nomuraya (in front of the main gate of Hirota Elementary School) – Cheerio
I looked forward to peeling back the inside of the cap to see if I had won.
Male, 60 or older
I looked forward to peeling back the inside of the cap to see if I had won.
Male, 60 or older
A dagashiya near Keifukuji in Himeji City, where I spent my childhood – Neriame and thin castella on skewers
If you got a winning skewer with a red tip, you got one more～♪
Female in her 30s
If you got a winning skewer with a red tip, you got one more～♪
Female in her 30s
Dagashiya really are places packed with children’s dreams～♪
Reading everyone’s comments made me feel like I was right there in a dagashiya～
Here are our articles about Otogashiya Yu-chan, which recently opened near JR Nishinomiya Station↓↓
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