5 Photogenic Gourmet and Souvenirs in Tokushima: Instagrammable Sweets and Food Walks

When it comes to Tokushima, Awa Odori and the Oboke Gorge are famous, but in fact Instagrammable gourmet and sweets are also abundant! This time, we introduce 5 photogenic food destinations that will make you think "I absolutely have to shoot this!"

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(1) Naruto Kintoki Sweets: Naruto's Sweet-Potato Sweets Specialty Shops

Sweets using Naruto kintoki sweet potato, Tokushima's pride, are overwhelming with their vivid purple × orange gradation. Mont Blanc and parfaits especially have beautiful, colorful cross-section layers, so vertical, close-up shooting is good. The best time to shoot is around noon to 2 p.m.; using the natural light by the window makes the colors of the sweets shine even more vividly.

• Access: Each sweets shop within walking distance of Naruto Station in Naruto City

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(2) Handa Somen Nagashi: A Summer Photogenic Experience Where the White of the Noodles Shines

White thin noodles flowing through clear water, the cool bamboo somen-nagashi is a standard summer photogenic spot. On a clear day from June to August, the morning when dappled sunlight shines in is the best light condition. With a top-down overhead angle, capture the flowing noodles and the sparkle of the water surface together.

• Access: Restaurants around Awa City and Mima City. About 10 minutes by car from JR Anabuki Station

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(3) Awa Wasanbon Sweets: Photographing the Elegant Sweetness of Japanese Tradition

The dry confections using wasanbon sugar, Tokushima's traditional sweet continuing since the Edo period, are artworks themselves with their pale pastel colors and delicate, relief-like patterns. Lining them up on a white plate or washi paper and shooting from directly above makes a beautiful shot just like an illustrated encyclopedia of Japanese sweets. They're also outstandingly popular as souvenirs.

• Access: Available for purchase at Japanese-sweets shops in Tokushima City and at souvenir shops inside JR Tokushima Station

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(4) Otsuka Museum of Art Cafe: A Stylish Lunch in an Artistic Space

The cafe inside the museum, which recreates the world's masterpieces on ceramic boards, makes a meal scene with paintings as the background supremely photogenic! Pasta and dessert plates are stylishly plated too, and we recommend capturing the art and the food together in the frame at a 45-degree angle. Right after opening in the morning, there are fewer crowds and you can shoot at leisure.

• Access: Otsuka Museum of Art, Naruto City. About 10 minutes by shuttle bus from Naruto Station

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(5) Indigo-Dyed Food Goods: The Best Shot for Both Souvenirs and Photogenic Appeal

Though not food, Tokushima's specialty indigo-dyed products create a one-of-a-kind photogenic shot when combined with food goods. Just placing local sweets on an indigo-blue placemat or vessel and shooting makes, in an instant, a stylish photo overflowing with "Tokushima-ness." They can be purchased at workshops and shops in the Aizumi-cho area of Tokushima City and are also perfect as souvenirs.

• Access: Aizumi-cho, about 20 minutes by car from JR Tokushima Station

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A Tokushima gourmet trip is fun not just for eating but for shooting too. By all means, head out with your camera fully prepared.

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