Umeshu de Kanpai

Kii Peninsula


Tanabe is Japan's top producer of ume (Japanese apricot), and this shop sells dozens of varieties of umeboshi (pickled ume) and umeshu (ume wine). Ask the owner to let you sample a few to help you decide.

It's along the covered arcade that runs perpendicular to Kii Tanabe Station, about 150m from the station on the left.


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