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Hotoka HOJICHA FACTORY (穂と香 HOJICHA FACTORY) is a specialty cafe for hojicha and rice sweets that opened on May 16, 2025, inside Sumida Park, Sumida City, near Tokyo Skytree Station on the Tobu Skytree Line. It is the 4th shop in the Banana Factory series. The wa-style interior, with a lattice ceiling and wooden counter, lets guests enjoy fragrant hojicha paired with rice sweets - dango and cow-shaped baked sweets "Ushi-yaki" (牛やき), and more.
— In Sumida Park: hojicha and rice sweets
The signature is the combination of hojicha (Japanese tea made by roasting tea leaves at high temperature) and rice-based wagashi. The signature "Ushi-yaki" (牛やき) is a rice-flour-based baked sweet shaped lovably like a cow, popular for takeout too. Dango, oshiruko, and seasonal Japanese sweets - rice sweets that pair well with hojicha - are also offered. Tea includes sencha, matcha, and genmaicha, letting guests enjoy the world of Japanese tea from many angles. Inside the Phase 2 area of Sumida Park, with a lattice ceiling and wooden counter, the wa-style interior offers an open view of the park's greenery. The parent is the Banana Factory group; this is the 4th shop of the series that colors the food culture around Sumida Park, opened on May 16, 2025.
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