I went to Ise Shima Souvenir Center Osho Ise store! Detailed information on popular souvenirs, gourmet food, and surrounding information!

Let's visit IseJingu and buy Ise lobster as a souvenir to take home - it will make you feel excited!
However, there are only a few shops in IseCity where you can get live Ise lobsters.

Meanwhile, there was a shop that had fresh spiny lobster available all year round! !
I will introduce you in detail♪

``Ise Shima Souvenir Center Osho Ise Store'' is located in a perfect location, 1 minute from Ise Expressway Ise Nishi IC, right in the middle of Naiku and Geku shrines of IseJingu, and along Mikimoto Road, the shortest route between the two.

The store is located on a large site that can accommodate 25 large buses.

The store has a wide selection of fresh seafood, dried fish, and processed seafood products.
This is because ``Ise Shima Souvenir Center Osho'', which has stores in Toba and Ise, is a directly managed store of a company called Sako Foods, which has been manufacturing and wholesaling seafood in Toba for over 40 years.

That's why we can offer a wide variety of seafood and processed products.

The aquarium is stocked with live lobsters, abalones, turban shells, large clams, and shellfish.

Ise lobster dishes themselves are not often seen, but this is the first time I have seen lobsters moving around so energetically. It looks like it's about to jump into the aquarium.

Appa shellfish also open and close their mouths, showing off their liveliness. Appa shellfish refers to Hiougi shellfish. In Toba, they are called Appagai or Batagai.

Of course, Abalone is not silent either. They moved well and emphasized their presence.

Not only can you buy fresh lobsters, abalone, and shellfish as souvenirs, but you can also have them grilled and eaten on the spot.

By the way, the price is 300 yen for one shellfish, 300 yen for turban shell, and 400 yen for one large clam. Abalone is available for 2,000 yen, and spiny lobster is available for 2,500 yen.
The Shellfish Assortment (3,500 yen), which includes abalone, turban shells, and large clams, is also popular to take home. (Prices may change depending on market conditions. Please contact us each time.)

The store has a wide variety of processed seafood products. One of the most popular is the ``thong corner''.

There are plenty of horse mackerel and mackerel dried overnight. The prices are ``Extra Large Toro Aji (1300 yen for 4 pieces)'' and ``Toro Saba (1000 yen for 2 pieces)''. It has so much fat that it gets the name "Toro".

When I took a bite, I noticed that it had a rich, fatty taste. The moist texture is also completely different from the image I had imagined of dried fish.

``There are some tricks to grilling,'' Mr. Isobe, the sales manager who runs the Ise store, told me.
``Even after you take it home, please store it in the freezer until just before you want to eat it, and then bake it without thawing it.This will allow you to bake it with a crispy exterior and a fluffy interior without losing moisture. ”. I see. That way, you can enjoy the same taste at home.

When I listened to the announcement that was being made inside the store, I heard a voice saying, ``We are offering consumption tax.''

It's true that all the prices are displayed in neat numbers. There is no word that says tax excluded. The wholesaler price is a consumption tax service. Even when it rose from 5% to 8%, it was passed as is.
We are planning to increase it to 10% next year, but I want you to hold on to it and do your best.

When I asked Mr. Isobe which products he particularly recommended among the products at such a pleasant service price, he introduced three of his own original products called "Geku offerings."

As the name of the product reflects the store's name, the signature product is the "Osho Konbu" (700 yen).
This dish is made by hand in every step, using soybeans from Mie, flour, and specially selected Ise soy sauce made from deep ocean water. When you eat it, you will notice a sweet and mellow taste. This is a valuable item that can only be obtained at "Osho" stores.

There are ``Osho Nori'' (800 yen), a seaweed tsukudani made with seaweed from Ise-Shima, and ``Ise Shrimp Senbei Enoue'' (1200 yen for a set of 10), which uses plenty of lobster from Mie Prefecture and shrimp caught in Ise Bay. 650 yen for 5 pieces) are also items with a rich local flavor and are perfect as souvenirs.

This ``Oyster Tsukudani'' (600 yen) is also a popular item. We use carefully selected oysters from Tobaura Village, the home of oysters (may come from other regions depending on the season). No preservatives, colorants, or chemical seasonings are used, so you can enjoy a natural and gentle taste.

Among processed seafood products, ``Ise Shima Akamoku'' (350 yen) and ``Sametare Mirin Dried'' (600 yen) are also popular recently.
Akamoku was introduced on an NHK program and became a hot topic as a miracle seaweed containing minerals, polyphenols, vitamin K, etc. ``Sametare'', a dried shark fish, is a soul food from the Ise-Shima region. Mirinboshi has a sweet and spicy taste, while salt-boshi has a refreshing taste.
It goes well as a side dish with rice and as a snack with alcohol.

``There are table seats inside the store, so feel free to stop by and use it as a place to take a break, just like a drive-in,'' says Isobe. It's a place that will liven up your travel mood by savoring grilled shellfish and searching for rare seafood. This is a store you should remember when sightseeing in Ise.

【basic information】
Address 281 Setacho, IseCity
Phone number 0596-63-5800
Parking lot: 25 large cars, 30 or more regular cars
Business hours 8:30-17:30
Closed: Open all year round
Toilet: Diaper changing work table installed in facility, barrier-free toilet available
EV charging facility No

*The information posted is as of March 2018.