There’s a shop just steps from Hanshin Kōroen Station with a sign that says “豆腐工房” (Tofu Kobo).
No matter how many times I passed by, the door was always closed.
But one day, when I walked past, the door had been left as a screen door!!
This was my chance!
I worked up the courage and called out, “Hello!” through the screen door.
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Can you buy tofu at “豆腐工房”?
When I called from outside, a very kind-looking fatherly gentleman greeted me with a smile😁
Yes, it was a genuine, honest-to-goodness “tofu shop”.
Since the sign says “豆腐工房,” of course it’s a tofu shop.
The biggest question is, “Can you buy tofu here?”
The answer is “Yes, you can!”
However, he said to come by around 9:30 a.m. at the latest.
Here’s the location↓↓
The address is 8-8 Yashikicho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
From dawn until 9:30 a.m.
Closed
Wednesdays and Sundays
Address
8-8 Yashikicho, Nishinomiya
He apparently starts making tofu at 4 a.m.😀
What’s more, he started helping make tofu when he was 10 years old, so he’s been making tofu for decades.
Stores where you can buy “豆腐工房” tofu
If you’re thinking, “I want to try handmade tofu from 豆腐工房!”
Don’t worry! There are four shops in Nishinomiya where you can buy tofu from 豆腐工房!
↑↑ 噂の八百屋 (Shukugawa store) This was the only photo I had, and it’s from winter…😅
“噂の八百屋”
The Shukugawa main store is here on the map↓↓
The address is 4-5 Kaguracho, Nishinomiya.
The Koshien store is here↓↓
The address is 4-2 Koshien Gobancho, Nishinomiya.
噂の八百屋 Website/instagram/Facebook
“門戸の八百屋さん” is here↓↓
The address is 14-59 Notocho, Nishinomiya.
門戸の八百屋
instagram
“瀧本青果店” is here↓↓
The address is 4-22 Ikedacho, Nishinomiya.
If you want to try tofu from 豆腐工房, be sure to stop by a nearby greengrocer.
Tofu and dishes from “豆腐工房”
I dropped by at around 5 p.m., and he was very kind, saying he still had tofu available.
Here’s what I was able to buy↓↓
Firm tofu and silken tofu: both 100 yen
Here are some tofu dishes from 
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I used drained firm tofu instead of cheese and made “tofu caprese”😋
With silken tofu, spicy chilled tofu with soft-boiled egg
Finely chop cucumber and green onion, then mix them into a spicy sauce with gochujang, sesame oil, soy sauce, and ichimi chili pepper if you like. Pour it over the tofu and top with an onsen egg.
Iri-dofu, made by draining firm tofu and stir-frying it with egg in sesame oil until fragrant
Kimchi chilled tofu
As expected, handmade tofu really lets you taste the flavor of the soybeans. It’s delicious!!
According to the owner, the amount of soybeans and nigari used is different!
Final thoughts
Apparently, there used to be about 70 “tofu shops” in the city.
When I searched on Google, the only one I found was “豆匠” in Yamaguchicho. (“豆腐工房” doesn’t come up.)
Are there others, too? If you know of any, please send us the information.
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Handmade tofu is full of care, too. This is the kind of shop we hope stays around for a long time.
By the way, the izakaya next door called “かどや” is also run by the father from 豆腐工房♪
Here is Kadoya’s Tabelog page
It is closed until May 31.
