Tokiwadou Okoshi 常磐堂

Kaminari Okoshi Kaminarimon Honten

Taito-ku, Asakusa 1-3-2 台東区浅草1-3-2

Phone: 03-3841-5656

www.tokiwado.com (Japanese)

This shop to the left of the main gate is a popular destination for visitors. Okoshi are the popular food gift that Asakusa is famous for. These colorful, pastel-colored, puffed rice crackers include flavors like peanuts, almond, nori, mattcha, brown sugar, and black bean cocoa. Tokwadou’s lineup includes a variety of crackers, sweets, and a unique collection of karintou crackers include flavors like Satsumaimo (sweet potato), wasabi, ninjin (carrots), tamanegi (onions), and pirikara gobo (spicy burdock root). There is a small production kitchen behind glass where you can watch the okoshi making process.