Plum Experience Specialty Shop “Choya”:Kyoto

About Choya

Plums were introduced to Japan 2,000 years ago, and a unique culture of making them at home developed, changing with the times as military provisions, home medicine, and luxury items.
Choya, a plum experience specialty store, offers Japanese plum culture in a modern style and spreads it to the world from Kamakura, the ancient capital of Kyoto, which has continued to innovate while protecting traditional culture, in order to develop it as a “culture that fosters connections with important people.”

 

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A store where you can experience making your own plum syrup and plum wine from 100 different combinations. Take-out drinks containing whole plums, Choya plum kits to make at home or in a hotel, and store-exclusive plum wine that is popular as a souvenir. No reservations are required except for the experience.

Creating new value for plums to suit modern lifestyles

“Plums have been deeply involved in the lives of Japanese people since ancient times, and have been passed down to the present day as a uniquely Japanese culture. However, plum-producing areas are now facing a problem of finding successors.
The reason for this is that as artificial plum-flavored foods have come to be produced, the demand for plums has decreased, causing prices to fall.

The soil is prepared while carefully watching the condition of the trees, the branches are shaped one by one to allow light to penetrate to the interior, and the plums are grown with keen sensitivity amidst extreme climate change. Under the rainy season skies, the plums are carefully harvested one by one, judging their ripeness.
Since 1959, we have been working diligently with producers to improve the quality of plums. That’s why we want to do something about the situation in the producing areas.

 

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Choya, a plum experience specialty store, creates new value for plums by proposing unique plums from all over the country to suit modern lifestyles.
We also aim to increase future demand for plums and pass on Japan’s plum culture to the next generation by allowing producers to safely pass the baton to their successors.”
President and CEO, Ume Meister, Kentaro Suga

What is Ume Concierge?

Choya’s Ume Concierge is full of love for plums.We tell everyone in-store and online about how to enjoy the unique plums from all over the country.We will explain everything carefully so that even first-time handmade crafters can feel at ease.

 

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Plum experience

Choya’s plum concierge will teach you how to enjoy plums, and you can make your own plum syrup and plum wine with your favorite plums, sugar, and alcohol in the store.Even for those who have made plums many times, we will suggest ways to enjoy plums that will allow you to make new discoveries every day.
Our plum concierges love communicating with you.
Please feel free to contact us with any small questions or advice on choosing ingredients.

For first-time customers

1. Choose a bottle size
S: ¥1,500, M: ¥2,400, L: ¥3,300
S (1 cup), M (3 cups), L (6 cups)
The bottles can be reused.
From the second time onwards, you can use them repeatedly for only the cost of materials (about 1/3 to half the price of the kit).

2. Choose a plum
STANDARD – No additional charge –
Ripe Nanko, Uguisujuku
PREMIUM – Optional charge –
Kojo, Organic Nanko, Purple Queen
S: +¥32, M: +¥97, L: +¥194

3.Choose sugar
STANDARD – No extra charge –
Rock sugar, beet sugar
PREMIUM – Optional charge –
Kompei sugar, organic agave syrup, honey
S: +¥65, M: +¥194, L: +¥389

4.Alcohol (not required for plum syrup)
Vodka, gin, white rum, brandy
S: ¥275, M: ¥550, L: ¥825
*If we cannot confirm that you are over 20 years old, we cannot sell you alcohol.
Other
Spill-proof cap
¥440

 

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For those who have a special bottle

1.Choose plum
S (1 cup), M (3 cups), L (6 cups)
STANDARD
Ripe Nanko, Uguisujuku
S: ¥108, M: ¥324, L: ¥648
PREMIUM
Kojo, organic Nanko, Purple Queen
S: + ¥140, M: + ¥421, L: + ¥842

2.Choose sugar
STANDARD
Rock sugar, beet sugar
S: ¥108, M: ¥324, L: ¥648

PREMIUM
Kompei sugar, organic agave syrup, honey
S: + ¥173, M: + ¥518, L: + ¥1,037

3.Alcohol (not required for plum syrup)
Vodka, gin, white rum, brandy
S: ¥275, M: ¥550, L: ¥825

*If we cannot confirm that you are over 20 years old, we cannot sell you alcoholic beverages.

Other

Spill-proof cap
¥440
Kit presentation box
¥165

 

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