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With its sweet flavor, the fun of how it dissolves, and the way you can enjoy it on the go, cotton candy is a fantastic treat to enjoy on the go, but a shop has opened in Kyoto that’s leveling up the world of cotton candy: Jeremy and Jemimah! Despite being relatively new, they're already blowing visitors away and attracting all sorts of attention.
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The shop opened last August and is located in the Gion district (or entertainment district). That area happens to be a great location for walking around with a lot to do and see, so a sweet like cotton candy that you can enjoy while doing so is perfect! Simply being a cotton candy vendor isn’t what’s made Jeremy and Jemimah a popular spot, though. It’s the sheer size and the flavors they offer!
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It’s absolutely massive to the extent where you could share one! The classic large ball isn’t the only way it’s offered, either. You can even buy these as watahako, or cotton candy boxes! They're designed to look like beautifully colored bento and even have dried fruit in them, and they're absolutely gorgeous!
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If an adorable cotton candy bento isn't your style, you can also get some in a bag as a cute souvenir to share with others or to enjoy yourself after you get home to remember your time in Kyoto!
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As for the flavors, one of their big appeals is that they offer seasonal ones making it fun to visit and see what new kinds they’re offering, but there are two especially popular ones that keep fans coming back. The first of those is a sweet matcha-flavored cotton candy! It comes in a beautiful shade of green.
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The other flavor is sakura mochi!~ The green touch on it makes it extra cute, and this one is especially sweet!
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Other flavors include roasted green tea…
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Soy powder with brown sugar syrup...
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...and all sorts of others like salted plum, yuzu, black tea, and coffee!
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It’s probably no surprise that this shop can end up with lines, but they even make that cute with their queue cards. ♥
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They also just opened a second shop on the Furukawa-cho shopping street, so hopefully they’ll keeping opening up more shops around Japan! (Now if only they’d pop up overseas…!)
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