“Amemonaka” is one of Niigata Sweets. Buy at Watanabe Ameya in front of JR Hakusan station.

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This morning I went to Watanabe Ameya that is a shop selling “Amemonaka”. The store is in front of Hakusan JR station. It looks like just a house. I hope you can find the shop with red circle in the photo. As usual, the latitude and longitude are as follows;

37.912704,139.030359

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This is the entrance of Watanabe Ameya. Actually the wooden board above glass doors tells you the name of shop.

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I bought three. They are in the paper bag which is stamped with expiry date.

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Japanese words “Ame” means candy. Ame does not sound “EIM”. Anyway, Ame inside Monaka is not hard but is very viscus liquid. This type of Ame is called Mizu-ame. Although Misu means water in Japanese, Mizu-ame is very viscus liquid.

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Close up photo. It is soooooooo sweeeeet. Go buy Amemonaka at Watanabe Ameya in front of JR Hakusan Station and eat’em!

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新潟の人なら一度は食べたことがあるでしょう。飴最中。今朝はJR越後線 白山駅前の渡辺あめやさんに行って、3個買ってきました。水飴でとても甘いです。私個人の考えですが「甘さ控えめ」が売りのスイーツなんて、間違っています。甘くないと駄目です。甘いのが良いのです。