昭和四十三年、店主の姉妹は小さな甘い物屋を始めるにあたり、小さくても堅実でしっかりした店をと願って、住まいの旧住所表記の字稲荷小路胡桃が谷にちなみ、「くるみ」と名付けました。
そして、屋号のロゴ文字の意匠を近所に住む若い絵描きさんにお願いしました。その方は後に鎌倉建長寺や京都建仁寺の龍の天井画で有名になられた小泉淳作画伯でした。
The sisters opened a small sweets shop in 1968.
They wanted a small but solid and reliable store, so they named it "Kurumi (walnut)" after the location, where there was originally a walnut grove, and the old address of the shop was Inari-koji Kurumi-ga-tani.
They asked a young artist who lived nearby to design the logo letters for the shop name.
That person was painter Junsaku Koizumi,who later became famous for his dragon ceiling paintings at Kenchoji Temple in Kamakura and Kenninji Temple in Kyoto.
くるみのあんこは湘南製餡の「あずき餡」です。
湘南製餡では、大地豊かな北海道産の小豆を使用し、その日の気温や温度などの気候によって、
豆の炊き上がるタイミングを熟練の職人が見極め丹精込めて造っております。
Kurumi's bean paste is made by Shonan Seian.
Shonan Seian use azuki beans from the fertile soil of Hokkaido, and skilled craftsmen carefully determine the perfect time to cook the beans depending on the day's temperature and other weather conditions and make the paste with great care.
毎朝手作りしている自家製の白玉。
新潟県からお取り寄せしたこだわりの白玉粉を使用しふっくらもちもちとした食感。
Homemade Shiratama balls made every morning.
We use carefully selected shiratama flour ordered from Niigata Prefecture. Plump and chewy texture.
しなやかなコシのある自家製寒天。
あずき餡や黒蜜との相性抜群で、
美味しさを引き立てあいます。
Homemade agar with supple texture.
It goes great with azuki bean paste and brown sugar syrup, It enhances the taste.
(last order 16:30)
From Kamakura Station,
walk along Komachi-dori for about 5 minutes.
新潟県よりお取り寄せしたこだわりの白玉粉でつくった、
ふっくらもちもちの白玉と、北海道産の小豆から
職人がつくったなめらかなあずき餡。
くるみの看板商品です。
The fluffy and chewy rice dumplings are made from specially selected rice flour sourced from Niigata Prefecture, and the smooth red bean paste is made by artisans using red beans from Hokkaido.
This is Kurumi's signature product.
手作りの出来立てもちもち白玉。
しなやかなコシのある自家製寒天をつかった、
人気のあんみつ。
Freshly made, handmade, chewy rice flour dumplings.
Popular anmitsu made with homemade agar with supple texture.
Dorayaki is a traditional Japanese sweet
that dates back 450 years ago during the Edo period,
or perhaps the oldest known.
We will be announcing our walnut bean paste dorayaki soon!
