Ishiya Patisserie (Sapporo, JAPAN) ★★★☆☆

The Ishiya White Lovers chocolate (also named Shiroi Koibito chocolate cookies) is argueably one of the most famous souvenirs from Hokkaido. This flagship product by Ishiya Confectionery consisted of a layer of silky smooth chocolate that was sandwiched by two thin slices of butter cookies.

During our recent trip to Sapporo, not only did we manage to grab half a dozen of these White Lovers chocolates for our friends, we also managed to visit the Shiroi Koibito Park, a theme park by Ishiya Confectionery along with its chocolate factory.

There are quite a number of facilities inside this theme park including a small cookie production line, gramophone gallery, cookiecraft studio etc.




Other attractions includes the "Candy Labo" on the ground floor with live demonstrations on how their candies are freshly made.



Unfortunately their cafe (4/F) was already closed when we arrived so we had to settle for their cake shop Shop Piccadilly instead.

Not a whole lot to choose from.

Ishiya Patisserie is famous for their chocolate. Of course, that would be our choice - a chocolate mousse cake. 

We also grabbed a can of chocolate drink from the fridge. That was quite refreshing.

Note: While the Shiroi Koibito Park operates from 9:00 to 18:00 everyday (shops till 19:00), entry to most of the facilities stopped at 17:00. 


Food Rating: 4.5/10

Price: ¥¥¥

Address: Miyanosawa 2-jo 2-chome, Nishi-ku, Sapporo
Closest Metro Station: Miyanosawa
Website: www.shiroikoibitopark.jp/english/

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