Best place in Sacramento for shaved ice. They have ice cream inside shaved ice and it's so delicious ? not to mention the sweet rice treats inside the store. They have gluten free option mochi and they are delicious never disappointed.
The shop doesn't have a huge selection but it's a great place to pick up a few Japanese snacks and specialities. They're known for their Shaved Ice and mochi. We got some onigiri and a few mochi which were affordable and delicious.
We are so lucky to have a local Japanese sweets/manju shop! Everything is delicious, but we especially love their plain and filled mochi, and an filled treats. The shaved ice desserts also excellent!
OMGoodness. They have the best homemade maki sushi and age sushi. Fresh! The omanju is always fresh made through out the day. Can't ask for better. Snow cone time is here ?. Once you've had one you're hooked.
Best shaved ice anywhere. So many good add ons and huge portions. Condensed milk, kintoki, beans, extra syrup, etc. If you aren't diabetic, you'll still get knocked out from the insulin spike. Worth breaking ketosis for once.
We were delighted when we pulled up at 3:30 and there was plenty of mochi left.After the dissapointment of missing Benkyodo's closing we needed to console ourselves somehow. So Osaka-Ya fit the bill: the choice of fillings was diverse and the mochi itself soft as pillows. We bought one of everything and they lasted until the next day (in the fridge).We'll be back....
I love the mochi from here. The texture is so good and smooth, very fresh and delicious. They have a whole package of just peanut butter ones for the peanut butter lovers. The red bean paste is so high quality and Sakura can actually be tasted.
They have some unique mochi flavors that I have not been able to find elsewhere till now. I went In with literally no expectations but came out happy and boxful of mochi. Their must try is peanut butter mochi. Would recommend this place for any mochi lover.
This is THE BEST local manju shop in California and quite possibly the best outside of Japan. This is the place to go for Japanese sweets. I like Osaka-Ya better than Fugetsu-Do in LA, better than Benkyodo in SF, better than Shuei-Do in San Jose, and better than Two Ladies Kitchen in Hawai'i. Not only are the flavors here delicate and well balanced, they also don't leave the mochi and manju slathered with katakuriko (potato starch) which is necessary for the making process, but not pleasant to touch or eat.My favorite manju are the Sakura, Shiso and Kinako. My partner loves the kinako bites which are small cubes of plain mochi covered in kinako (roasted soybean flour). I also love the peanut butter filled mochi. They have smooth and crunchy varieties as well as chocolate peanut butter and a double chocolate (chocolate filled chocolate mochi!) which is decadent and made with fancy-tasting chocolate.Weekends can get busy here, but there are things they only make on the weekends like they only make butter mochi on Saturdays. They also have specialty manju they only make around Girls Day (March 3) and Boy's Day aka Childrens Day (May 5). In the summer the snow cone window opens and you can get Japanese style shaved ice. Street parking is free and usually easy to find.
Great daily fresh sushi, Japanese bowls. Monju. Best snow cones in town.