{"id":426,"date":"2026-07-28T21:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/?page_id=426"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T02:39:24","slug":"story-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/en\/story-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"page-heading alignfull\">\r\n  <div class=\"container\">\r\n          <ul class=\"page-heading__breadcrumb\" data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-delay=\"500\">\r\n                  <li><a href=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/\" class=\"page-heading__breadcrumb-item\">TOP<\/a><\/li>\r\n          <li class=\"page-heading__breadcrumb-sep\">\r\n            <svg width=\"8\" height=\"11\" viewBox=\"0 0 8 11\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n              <path d=\"M2.80851 0.502637C1.62959 1.68861 2.91501e-07 3.64626 2.14569e-07 5.40625C1.37637e-07 7.16624 1.62959 9.12389 2.80851 10.3099C3.4748 10.9801 4.5252 10.9801 5.19149 10.3099C6.37041 9.12389 8 7.16624 8 5.40625C8 3.64626 6.37041 1.68861 5.19149 0.502637C4.5252 -0.167638 3.4748 -0.167638 2.80851 0.502637Z\" fill=\"#D9A126\" \/>\r\n            <\/svg>\r\n          <\/li>\r\n                <li><span class=\"page-heading__breadcrumb-item current\">Story<\/span><\/li>\r\n      <\/ul>\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"page-heading__inner\">\r\n      <div class=\"page-heading__title\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"150\">\r\n        <h1 class=\"page-heading__title-main\">Story<\/h1>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n\r\n              <div class=\"page-heading__image\" data-aos=\"fade-in\" data-aos-delay=\"0\">\r\n          <picture>\r\n            <source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/blocks\/page-heading\/bg.png\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/blocks\/page-heading\/bg.png\" alt=\"Story\">\r\n          <\/picture>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<nav id=\"story-nav-block_ca11706d2526a1f6b5bb959945dba0a7\" class=\"story-nav alignfull\" aria-label=\"Story sections navigation\">\r\n  <div class=\"container2\">\r\n    <div class=\"story-nav__list\">\r\n              <a href=\"#story-potatoes\" class=\"c-btn\">\r\n          <div class=\"c-btn__inner\">\r\n            <span class=\"c-btn__text\">Our Naruto Kintoki<\/span>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/a>\r\n              <a href=\"#story-commitments\" class=\"c-btn\">\r\n          <div class=\"c-btn__inner\">\r\n            <span class=\"c-btn__text\">Our Three Commitments<\/span>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/a>\r\n              <a href=\"#story-origin\" class=\"c-btn\">\r\n          <div class=\"c-btn__inner\">\r\n            <span class=\"c-btn__text\">Our Origins<\/span>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/a>\r\n              <a href=\"#story-future\" class=\"c-btn\">\r\n          <div class=\"c-btn__inner\">\r\n            <span class=\"c-btn__text\">Looking Ahead<\/span>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/a>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/nav>\n\n\r\n<section class=\"story-introduction alignfull\">\r\n      <div id=\"story-potatoes\" class=\"story-introduction__section\">\r\n      <div class=\"story-introduction__inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"story-introduction__header\">\r\n          <div class=\"story-introduction__title-wrap\">\r\n            <span class=\"story-introduction__title-icon\">\r\n              <svg width=\"28\" height=\"23\" viewBox=\"0 0 28 23\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n                <path d=\"M19.6397 8.27228C17.7123 10.7393 16.6953 14.5461 16.3093 16.283C16.2224 16.674 16.6091 16.9721 16.9643 16.787C18.4861 15.9939 21.7155 14.126 23.6256 11.6811C24.1825 10.9683 24.6224 10.2044 24.9698 9.44528C26.1488 6.86951 23.6447 4.72796 21.4666 6.44919C20.8246 6.95649 20.1966 7.55951 19.6397 8.27228Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n                <path d=\"M3.20846 14.6709C5.73468 15.1833 8.3907 16.8214 9.71177 17.723C10.0592 17.9601 9.95083 18.4633 9.53654 18.536C7.99031 18.8073 4.97653 19.1974 2.46414 18.6878C2.26183 18.6468 2.06291 18.5996 1.86765 18.5473C-1.03845 17.7677 -0.369003 14.1549 2.60499 14.568C2.80481 14.5958 3.00615 14.6299 2.47915 14.6709Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n                <path d=\"M24.7915 14.6709C22.2653 15.1833 19.6093 16.8214 18.2882 17.723C17.9408 17.9601 18.0492 18.4633 18.4635 18.536C20.0097 18.8073 23.0235 19.1974 25.5359 18.6878C25.7382 18.6468 25.9371 18.5996 26.1323 18.5473C29.0384 17.7677 28.369 14.1549 25.395 14.568C25.1952 14.5958 24.9939 14.6299 24.7915 14.6709Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n                <path d=\"M8.85229 8.27228C10.7797 10.7393 11.7968 14.5461 12.1828 16.283C12.2696 16.674 11.8829 16.9721 11.5277 16.787C10.0059 15.9939 6.77652 14.126 4.8664 11.6811C4.30954 10.9683 3.86965 10.2044 3.52217 9.44528C2.34324 6.86951 4.84732 4.72796 7.02546 6.44919C7.66742 6.9565 8.29544 7.55951 8.85229 8.27228Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n                <path d=\"M14.246 17.1322C12.6973 17.1322 11.4418 18.4457 11.4418 20.0661C11.4418 21.6864 12.6973 23 14.246 23C15.7947 23 17.0502 21.6864 17.0502 20.0661C17.0502 18.4457 15.7947 17.1322 14.246 17.1322Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n                <path d=\"M11.4411 5.53212C11.4411 9.14859 13.1144 13.2616 13.9274 15.0467C14.0987 15.4228 14.6058 15.4142 14.7654 15.0331C15.5163 13.2407 17.0494 9.1394 17.0494 5.53212C17.0494 4.31717 16.8681 3.16073 16.5976 2.11163C15.8716 -0.703875 12.6189 -0.703875 11.893 2.11163C11.6225 3.16073 11.4411 4.31717 11.4411 5.53212Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n              <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            <h2 class=\"story-introduction__title\">Our Naruto Kintoki<\/h2>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n          <div class=\"story-introduction__intro\">\r\n            <div class=\"story-introduction__intro-text\">Naruto Kintoki grows in Tokushima, where a mild climate meets sandy soil rich in minerals from the sea.<br \/>\r\nBeneath its vivid crimson skin lies golden flesh \u2014 chestnut-like in texture, with a refined sweetness all its own.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBecause the ingredient is already delicious, we do as little to it as possible.<br \/>\r\nAt IMONOMI, we let the natural sweetness and aroma of Naruto Kintoki lead, and build our confections around drawing out what is already there.<\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"story-introduction__content-wrapper js-story-section\">\r\n          <div class=\"story-introduction__bg\">\r\n            <picture>\r\n              <source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/blocks\/page-story\/imonomi-potato\/imonomi-potato-pattern_sp.png\">\r\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/blocks\/page-story\/imonomi-potato\/imonomi-potato-pattern.png\" alt=\"Our Naruto Kintoki\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n            <\/picture>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n                      <div class=\"story-introduction__img-col\">\r\n                            <picture>\r\n                <source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-potato-01_sp.png\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-potato-01.png\" alt=\"Our Naruto Kintoki\" class=\"story-introduction__image\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n              <\/picture>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n          \r\n          <div class=\"story-introduction__text-col\">\r\n            <div class=\"story-introduction__items-stack\">\r\n                          <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n      <div id=\"story-commitments\" class=\"story-introduction__section\">\r\n      <div class=\"story-introduction__inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"story-introduction__header\">\r\n          <div class=\"story-introduction__title-wrap\">\r\n            <span class=\"story-introduction__title-icon\">\r\n              <svg width=\"28\" height=\"23\" viewBox=\"0 0 28 23\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n                <path d=\"M19.6397 8.27228C17.7123 10.7393 16.6953 14.5461 16.3093 16.283C16.2224 16.674 16.6091 16.9721 16.9643 16.787C18.4861 15.9939 21.7155 14.126 23.6256 11.6811C24.1825 10.9683 24.6224 10.2044 24.9698 9.44528C26.1488 6.86951 23.6447 4.72796 21.4666 6.44919C20.8246 6.95649 20.1966 7.55951 19.6397 8.27228Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n                <path d=\"M3.20846 14.6709C5.73468 15.1833 8.3907 16.8214 9.71177 17.723C10.0592 17.9601 9.95083 18.4633 9.53654 18.536C7.99031 18.8073 4.97653 19.1974 2.46414 18.6878C2.26183 18.6468 2.06291 18.5996 1.86765 18.5473C-1.03845 17.7677 -0.369003 14.1549 2.60499 14.568C2.80481 14.5958 3.00615 14.6299 2.47915 14.6709Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n                <path d=\"M24.7915 14.6709C22.2653 15.1833 19.6093 16.8214 18.2882 17.723C17.9408 17.9601 18.0492 18.4633 18.4635 18.536C20.0097 18.8073 23.0235 19.1974 25.5359 18.6878C25.7382 18.6468 25.9371 18.5996 26.1323 18.5473C29.0384 17.7677 28.369 14.1549 25.395 14.568C25.1952 14.5958 24.9939 14.6299 24.7915 14.6709Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n                <path d=\"M8.85229 8.27228C10.7797 10.7393 11.7968 14.5461 12.1828 16.283C12.2696 16.674 11.8829 16.9721 11.5277 16.787C10.0059 15.9939 6.77652 14.126 4.8664 11.6811C4.30954 10.9683 3.86965 10.2044 3.52217 9.44528C2.34324 6.86951 4.84732 4.72796 7.02546 6.44919C7.66742 6.9565 8.29544 7.55951 8.85229 8.27228Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n                <path d=\"M14.246 17.1322C12.6973 17.1322 11.4418 18.4457 11.4418 20.0661C11.4418 21.6864 12.6973 23 14.246 23C15.7947 23 17.0502 21.6864 17.0502 20.0661C17.0502 18.4457 15.7947 17.1322 14.246 17.1322Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n                <path d=\"M11.4411 5.53212C11.4411 9.14859 13.1144 13.2616 13.9274 15.0467C14.0987 15.4228 14.6058 15.4142 14.7654 15.0331C15.5163 13.2407 17.0494 9.1394 17.0494 5.53212C17.0494 4.31717 16.8681 3.16073 16.5976 2.11163C15.8716 -0.703875 12.6189 -0.703875 11.893 2.11163C11.6225 3.16073 11.4411 4.31717 11.4411 5.53212Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n              <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            <h2 class=\"story-introduction__title\">Our Three Commitments<\/h2>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n          <div class=\"story-introduction__intro\">\r\n            <div class=\"story-introduction__intro-text\">How we choose our ingredients, how we cut them, how we finish them \u2014 every step carries the care Kurio Shoten has built over the years.<\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"story-introduction__content-wrapper js-story-section\">\r\n          <div class=\"story-introduction__bg\">\r\n            <picture>\r\n              <source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/blocks\/page-story\/imonomi-potato\/imonomi-potato-pattern_sp.png\">\r\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/blocks\/page-story\/imonomi-potato\/imonomi-potato-pattern.png\" alt=\"Our Three Commitments\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n            <\/picture>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n                      <div class=\"story-introduction__img-col\">\r\n                            <picture>\r\n                <source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-commit-01_sp.png\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-commit-01.png\" alt=\"Our Three Commitments\" class=\"story-introduction__image\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n              <\/picture>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n          \r\n          <div class=\"story-introduction__text-col\">\r\n            <div class=\"story-introduction__items-stack\">\r\n                              <article class=\"story-introduction__item js-story-item\">\r\n                  <div class=\"story-introduction__item-body\">\r\n                    <div class=\"story-introduction__item-name\">\r\n                      <span class=\"story-introduction__item-num\">01<\/span>\r\n                      <h3 class=\"story-introduction__item-title\">Letting the Ingredient Lead<\/h3>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"story-introduction__item-text\">We choose ingredients raised by the rich nature of Tokushima, beginning with Naruto Kintoki, and treat what each one brings as the starting point.<br \/>\r\nOur aim is to let the flavor and sweetness of the ingredient itself come through, adding as little as we can along the way.<\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                                      <div class=\"story-introduction__item-media\">\r\n                      <picture>\r\n                        <source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-commit-02_sp.png\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-commit-02.png\" alt=\"Letting the Ingredient Lead\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n                      <\/picture>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                  <\/article>\r\n                              <article class=\"story-introduction__item js-story-item\">\r\n                  <div class=\"story-introduction__item-body\">\r\n                    <div class=\"story-introduction__item-name\">\r\n                      <span class=\"story-introduction__item-num\">02<\/span>\r\n                      <h3 class=\"story-introduction__item-title\">Passing Down the Craft<\/h3>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"story-introduction__item-text\">Drawing out that flavor is the work of skill built over decades.<br \/>\r\nKAKU, steeped in our house syrup; imo-an, kneaded by hand \u2014 the methods Kurio Shoten has inherited carry forward into everything new we make.<\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                                      <div class=\"story-introduction__item-media\">\r\n                      <picture>\r\n                        <source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-commit-02_sp.png\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-commit-02.png\" alt=\"Passing Down the Craft\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n                      <\/picture>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                  <\/article>\r\n                              <article class=\"story-introduction__item js-story-item\">\r\n                  <div class=\"story-introduction__item-body\">\r\n                    <div class=\"story-introduction__item-name\">\r\n                      <span class=\"story-introduction__item-num\">03<\/span>\r\n                      <h3 class=\"story-introduction__item-title\">Sharing Tokushima<\/h3>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"story-introduction__item-text\">What we hope to share through our confections goes beyond taste.<br \/>\r\nIt reaches to the land and climate that raise our ingredients, and the culture that lives alongside them \u2014 everything a maker born in Tokushima is uniquely placed to pass on.<br \/>\r\nWe fold that into each confection, one at a time.<\/div>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                                      <div class=\"story-introduction__item-media\">\r\n                      <picture>\r\n                        <source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-commit-02_sp.png\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-commit-02.png\" alt=\"Sharing Tokushima\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n                      <\/picture>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                  <\/article>\r\n                          <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\n\n\r\n<section id=\"story-origin\" class=\"story-origin alignfull\">\r\n  <div class=\"bg\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"story-origin__text container-xsl\">\r\n    <div class=\"story-origin__icon\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/blocks\/page-story\/imonomi-origin\/Vector.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"story-origin__content\">\r\n      <h2 class=\"story-origin__content-title\">Our Origins<\/h2>\r\n      <div class=\"story-origin__content-desc\">Kurio Shoten began in 1929, with the confections of our founder, Tsuneichi Kurio.<br \/>\r\nHe set out to make something no one else could imitate.<br \/>\r\nThrough repeated trial and error, he created Naruto Uzu-imo from sweet potatoes grown in Tokushima \u2014 a confection that would come to define Kurio Shoten.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThat taste and technique passed to the second generation, Zenshiro Kurio, and the third, Jitsutaro Kurio, carrying a flavor born in Tokushima to Tokyo and then across Japan.<br \/>\r\nThrough changing times, one thing has stayed constant: working with what nature provides, and letting the ingredient speak. Behind it lies a devotion to confection-making that Kurio Shoten has cultivated for close to a century.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nNearly one hundred years since our founding.<br \/>\r\nThe taste, the craft, and the care for our ingredients now carry into a new era \u2014 and at the end of that long path stands our new brand, IMONOMI.<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"story-origin__visual\">\r\n    <div class=\"story-origin__visual-bg\">\r\n      <picture>\r\n        <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/blocks\/page-story\/imonomi-origin\/imonomi-origin-pattern_sp.png\" media=\"(max-width: 768px)\">\r\n        <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/blocks\/page-story\/imonomi-origin\/imonomi-origin-pattern-1.png\" media=\"(max-width: 1000px)\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/blocks\/page-story\/imonomi-origin\/imonomi-origin-pattern.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n      <\/picture>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"story-origin__grid\">\r\n              <div class=\"story-origin__item item-1 js-scroll-trigger\" data-delay=\"0s\">\r\n          <span class=\"story-origin__cell-year\">1929<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"story-origin__cell-text\">Kurio Shoten <br class=\"is-sp\">founded<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n              <div class=\"story-origin__item item-2 js-scroll-trigger\" data-delay=\"0.25s\">\r\n          <span class=\"story-origin__cell-year\">1929<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"story-origin__cell-text\">Kurio Shoten <br class=\"is-sp\">founded<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n              <div class=\"story-origin__item item-3 js-scroll-trigger\" data-delay=\"0.5s\">\r\n          <span class=\"story-origin__cell-year\">1929<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"story-origin__cell-text\">Kurio Shoten <br class=\"is-sp\">founded<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n              <div class=\"story-origin__item item-4 js-scroll-trigger\" data-delay=\"0.75s\">\r\n          <span class=\"story-origin__cell-year\">2012<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"story-origin__cell-text\">First shop opens at GRANSTA,<br \/>\r\nTokyo Station<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n              <div class=\"story-origin__item item-5 js-scroll-trigger\" data-delay=\"1s\">\r\n          <span class=\"story-origin__cell-year\">2026<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"story-origin__cell-text\">Reopens as <br class=\"is-sp\">IMONOMI<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<section id=\"story-future\" class=\"story-future alignfull\">\r\n  <div class=\"story-future__inner container-lg3\">\r\n    <div class=\"story-future__content\">\r\n      <div class=\"story-future__title-row\">\r\n        <div class=\"story-future__title-icon\">\r\n          <svg width=\"28\" height=\"23\" viewBox=\"0 0 28 23\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n            <path d=\"M19.6397 8.27228C17.7123 10.7393 16.6953 14.5461 16.3093 16.283C16.2224 16.674 16.6091 16.9721 16.9643 16.787C18.4861 15.9939 21.7155 14.126 23.6256 11.6811C24.1825 10.9683 24.6224 10.2044 24.9698 9.44528C26.1488 6.86951 23.6447 4.72796 21.4666 6.44919C20.8246 6.95649 20.1966 7.55951 19.6397 8.27228Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n            <path d=\"M3.20846 14.6709C5.73468 15.1833 8.3907 16.8214 9.71177 17.723C10.0592 17.9601 9.95083 18.4633 9.53654 18.536C7.99031 18.8073 4.97653 19.1974 2.46414 18.6878C2.26183 18.6468 2.06291 18.5996 1.86765 18.5473C-1.03845 17.7677 -0.369003 14.1549 2.60499 14.568C2.80481 14.5958 3.00615 14.6299 3.20846 14.6709Z\" fill=\"#333333\" \/>\r\n            <path d=\"M24.7915 14.6709C22.2653 15.1833 19.6093 16.8214 18.2882 17.723C17.9408 17.9601 18.0492 18.4633 18.4635 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Like &#8220;Naruto Uzu-imo,&#8221; our long-selling product sold for over 80 years since our founding, &#8220;Kaku&#8221; uses a secret syrup that has been continuously replenished and preserved over generations. This syrup, which draws out the natural richness of the ingredients, was perfected through trial and error by our first-generation owner, and it brings life to every sweet potato confection we make.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe confections at our GRANSTA store are original products available only here. Since everything is handmade, mass production isn&#8217;t possible, but our skilled artisans work every day to meet the expectations of our GRANSTA customers.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAt Kurioshoten, we have always aimed to make confections that bring out the natural flavor of Naruto Kintoki sweet potatoes, without unnecessary handling. Guided by our motto of &#8220;keeping nature as it is,&#8221; we hope to continue sharing the gifts and wonder of nature with our customers. <br \/>\r\nThank you for your continued support.<\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"story-future__representative\">\r\n          <div class=\"story-future__representative-text\">President, Kurioshoten Co., Ltd.<\/div>\r\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imonomi-future-text.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"story-future__representative-signature\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"story-future__image-wrapper\">\r\n      <picture>\r\n        <source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/common\/default-image.png\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-content\/themes\/kurio_shoten\/assets\/img\/common\/default-image.png\" alt=\"http:\/\/Looking%20Ahead\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n      <\/picture>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-story","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1131,"href":"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurio.jp\/imonomi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}