Kakuozan Fruit Daifuku Benzaiten JR Nara Sanjo Shop — Restaurant in Nara

We have always loved the fine mochi by Ben Zai Ten, whenever we are in Japan. Was pleasantly surprised to happen on the store at Nara & we could not pass up on the opportunity to savor the delicious mochi! The mochi (skin) is consistently thin with just the right level of sweetness and does not overwhelm the sweetness and taste of the fruits. The staff were helpful to hold our purchase till we finished our walk to the temples, park and shopping streets when we collected our purchase entourage back to our...

Do not recommend!! We saw this online and visited this place. The price was already steep but what’s worst was the portion given! On the display the mochi was around palm size. Upon purchase the staff gave us omg it was only the size of a small strawberry! For 700-800yen per piece! Total of what you see here was 1020yen 😟 We were very shocked and disappointed. When I asked the staff how come the size was different she just said, ‘sorry’ in a polite way.??!! HUGE TOURIST SCAM AND FALSE ADVERTISING OF THE...

Delicious juicy fresh fruit mochis. Tasted grapes, golden kiwi, pineapple and mango. For the smaller fruits (such as grapes/kiwi) the whole fruit is inside the mochi and for the bigger fruits (such as pineapple/mango) it’s a large piece. I ordered for takeway and all the different mochis got fresh separetely packed and placed in a lovely wrapped box. Highly recommend this shop for it‘s lovely people and sweets if you are going or coming back from...