Awaya Sobei

Awaya Sobei, a Japanese sweets shop in Nerima, Tokyo. Creative Japanese sweets with cute characters often appear in this shop, but this time I tried as many "cat Japanese sweets" series as possible.

We stopped by at an antenna shop that Sobei Awaya opened in the basement of Gotanda Station in Tokyo for a limited time. Open until the end of March. I bought a total of 8 types of Japanese sweets for cats.

Japanese sweets of cat

Dorayaki cats, buns of cats, monaka cats, and so on. Let's take a look at the taste one by one. We will also introduce the selling prices of each. All notations include tax. Of the Japanese sweets for cats, 5 types other than the 3 types with the ugly cat pattern can also be purchased as a set as "cat tsukushi". The selling price is 1,400 yen.

Cat dorayaki

The price of "Neko Dorayaki" is 270 yen. A dish using "Kahori beans" with a lively taste of honey butter. It is the largest Japanese sweet in the cat series and has a big and impactful face.


The bean paste has large and dense azuki beans, which makes it pleasant to the touch and goes perfectly with the fluffy dough. The volume is large and it makes you feel hungry.

Paw bun

"Paw bun" is 259 yen. With the motif of a cat's paws, the dough with a chewy texture is wrapped in a strained bean paste. It's a fun steamed bun that you can touch.


The skin contains yam, which is light and soft, reminiscent of the so-called buns. The bean paste has a smooth texture and is full, but the texture is not so heavy.

Cat bun

"Cat bun" is 259 yen. With the motif of auspicious cats, the dough with a chewy texture is wrapped in a strained bean paste. The roundness of the cheeks is cute.


The skin contains yam, which gives it a fluffy bun-like style. The impression that the taste is the same as the meat ball bun. But it's fun to line up both.

Calico bun

"Calico bun" is 259 yen. With the motif of auspicious cats, sesame paste is wrapped in a chewy dough. She has a cheeky face with no heart, which is also pretty.


A soft bun-style with yam on the skin. The sesame paste is smooth but has a strong sesame flavor, which is a bit reminiscent of Chinese sesame balls.

Chocolate cat bun

"Chocolate cat bun" is 259 yen. White bean paste-based chocolate chip bean paste is wrapped in a chewy dough. An expression that makes the eyes look fun.


A fluffy bun-style with yam on the skin. Chocolate chip bean paste has a strong chocolate scent and overwhelms the flavor of white beans, giving the impression of Western confectionery rather than Japanese confectionery.

Busa cat bun

"Busa cat bun" is 194 yen. The soft dough is wrapped in a chewy dough that uses plenty of brown sugar syrup. It has a cute face for its name, Busa Neko.


The fragrant brown sugar scent from the dough gives it a wild atmosphere. It goes well with the smooth rice cake.

Busa cat also Nyaka (red beans)

"Busaneko Monyaka (red beans)" is 200 yen. In the midst of using Hokkaido azuki beans. It is humorous that a ugly cat holding a fish sits down.


The red beans are round and round, but the bean paste itself is more sticky than the buns. The contrast with the crispy skin is a pleasant texture.

Busa cat also Nyaka (Sakura)

"Busaneko Monyaka (Sakura)" is 200 yen. I'm in the middle of stuffing the savory bean paste with cherry leaves. The design of a loose cat leaning against a pillar is heartwarming.


The colorful sakura bean paste has a strong sakura flavor, but it has a sharper impression than the so-called "sakura mochi" taste. The bean paste is made to stretch and you can enjoy the contrast with the skin in the middle of crispy.

No matter which one you buy, there is no doubt that it will be cute. If you dare to recommend it, the cat bun set, or if it is a single item, the cat bun, calico cat bun, and paws bun are especially satisfying.