The historic temple area, Asakusa, has many sembei (rice cracker) shops. One of my favorite is Izumiya. This quaint sembei shop presents the rice crackers in glass jars with tin lids. A wide variety of flavors include both sweet and savory like shiso, zarame (rock sugar), and a very spicy dried red pepper covered ookara. The very delicate and thin usuyaki, nori wrapped, and an unusual type, an extra hard genkotsu. There is also a shop in the Nakamise Dori, but this selection is much bigger.
Izumiya 和泉屋
Taito-ku, Asakusa 1-1-4
Tel. 03-3841-5501
10:30 – 19:30 (closed Thursdays)
www.asakusa.gr.jp/nakama/izumiya/ (Japanese)
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