Introducing Our Premium Desserts

Four delectable rice cake balls smothered in one of three sweet sauces—walnut, black sesame, and sweet azuki bean—make our new Premium Desserts the perfect treats for any occasion. As with all of our cakes, the desserts are made with gluten-free sweet rice flour and contain no artificial preservatives—yet they taste as fresh as when they were made for up to 5 days in the fridge. We’re very proud of these confections—and we bet you’ll love them, too.

The Story of Mebukiya and the Birth of Premium Desserts

Mebukiya started life in 1954 as a grain mill in the city of Hanamaki in Iwate, northern Japan. Soon, we were making traditional cakes from the sweet rice flour we produced, allowing us to promote the local industry—and also the joy of eating freshly made, gluten-free rice cakes that are free of preservatives. Over the years, we constantly explored new ways to deliver this experience to as many people as possible: selling our cakes at retailers, researching frozen food technologies, and setting up a food stand in Morioka Train Station. Using everything we learned, we’ve developed what we consider to be our greatest creation yet: Premium Desserts.

The Premium Desserts Lineup

Four delectable rice cake balls, smothered in one of three sweet sauces.

Black Sesame
(Rice Cake Balls with Black Sesame Sauce)

A nutty, fragrant black sesame sauce adds a seductively bittersweet richness to the soft, chewy rice cake balls.

Walnut

(Rice Cake Balls with Walnut Sauce)

A creamy walnut sauce envelops the soft, chewy rice cake balls in its pleasant sweetness.

Azuki Beans
(Rice Cake Balls with Sweet Bean Sauce)

An indulgent sweet bean sauce containing whole azuki beans fills your mouth with its deep flavors as you savor each rice cake ball.
 

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About Mebukiya

Mebukiya was founded in 1954. Today, we are based in the city of Hanamaki in Iwate, northern Japan. We manufacture a wide range of gluten-free Japanese rice cakes—which use no preservatives and taste fresh for several days—as well as different types of rice flours. Our lineup includes both popular classics and modern twists on traditional recipes.
 
In Japanese, our name means “the place where new shoots sprout.” While the name is a reference to the cycle of good rice harvests that allow us to make our products, it also refers to our belief that by coming up with new products in every new era, we can keep Japan’s cake-making traditions alive for generations to come.
 
In March 2024, we set up a food stand inside Morioka Train Station. The stand has proven a hit with young people—and even with tourists coming from overseas.
 
In recent years, we’ve been focusing on developing items that are more in line with contemporary tastes, such as our Premium Desserts line.

Mebukiya Online Shop
Company Overview


 

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Store Information

Japan

Biotope Mebukiya

This restaurant located inside a wood-and-stone cottage with an enormous backyard provides a scenic place to enjoy not just our cakes, but also meals such as tempura and soba noodles.

Mebukiya Shiwa Store

Located in the birthplace of Mebukiya, this store is where Japan’s first freezable rice cakes were produced. Our journey began here and has now taken us across the world.

Stand by Mebukiya

This food stand right outside the ticket gates of Morioka Train Station sells a selection of our cakes, as well as gift boxes, shakes, and gelatos. Its location makes it ideal for grabbing a snack or souvenir just before catching a shinkansen train to Tokyo.

Mebukiya Online Shop

Our official online shop makes it easy to enjoy our cakes whenever and wherever you want. All items are frozen through our patented process before delivery so they will taste as fresh as when we made them. Gift deliveries are also available.