Hayashi Kyuemon – We’ve Found the Perfect Petite Gift!

Inside this adorable sea bream-shaped baked good is powdered stock, made with the highest-quality katsuobushi! You can enjoy quality soup from this unique product just by pouring hot water over it!

The outer shell is made with glutinous rice, which is commonly used in the making of things like Japanese sweets.

Sea bream is considered a lucky fish in Japan, and it is an indispensable part of celebrations.

Now, cute and affordable products made in the shape of that high-ranking fish are available for purchase, and they make great gifts!

Hayashi Kyuemon is a company founded over 130 years ago, which specializes in katsuobushi.
They are committed to using a traditional manufacturing process for their katsuobushi, which takes over half a year, and the wafer shells of the “Omedetai Osuimono” are carefully hand-crafted. No artificial flavors or seasonings are used.

The product also comes in a simple square-shape and a scallop-shape, in addition to the sea bream-shaped version.

Individual Omedetai Osuimono are sold at 346 yen each. You can also buy two for 540 yen.

This time around, I bought two as a wedding gift for a friend. It seems that the soups are different between the two.
And, of course, I bought one for myself.

The box is elaborately designed and cute!
“Omedetai” (“Auspicious”) is written on the box.

The expiration date is about 10 months after when I purchased it. It definitely will keep for a while!

Picking out presents can be tough. These tiny “Omedetai Osuimono” are pleasing to look at and delicious, and whoever you give one to is sure to enjoy it, so they could just be the solution to your gift-giving problems!

There are a variety of flavors to choose from, including sea bream, scallop, pufferfish, and matsutake mushroom.

The one I bought for myself was the matsutake flavored one.

The outer shell seems really well made.
It smells very fragrant and delicious.

#1 I broke it open. Crispy shell! The mushrooms are nice and big!

Remove the soup base from the shell before preparing it, and put it into a bowl!

#2 I’ve set the shell on top after putting the soup base into the bowl.
It looks so lovely, it makes me feel happy!

#3 Immediately after I’ve poured on the hot water, an amazing aroma of matsutake and katsuobushi wafts upward!

#4 The sea bream is swimming in the soup!

A few minutes in, and the poor fish looks like this. I feel bad for it, but it looks tasty!

Their other products, including luxurious gelatin for ochazuke and Japanese-style soups made with bonito broth, also look delicious!

A Wide Variety of Ochazuke Products

Most shops in Japan will wrap your purchases beautifully for you. On top of that, many shops offer these sorts of wrapping services free of charge!

I’m looking forward to giving this gift! ♪