Caffarel, a long-established Italian chocolate brand from Turin celebrating its 200th anniversary, will make its first appearance at "Italy Exhibition 2026" Part 2 held at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store

April 27, 2026 (Monday)

Yamamoto Shoten Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Kobe; Representative Director and President: Itaru Natori), the sole import agent in Japan for Caffarel, a long-established Italian chocolate brand from Turin celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2026, will exhibit at "Italy Exhibition 2026" Part 2, held at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store from April 29 (Wednesday/Holiday) to May 6 (Wednesday/Substitute Holiday).

This time, in addition to Caffarel's popular chocolate tins, you can enjoy takeout sweets by Hiroki Saito, the pastry chef of Caffarel Kobe Kitano Main Store, the only Caffarel cafe in Japan. This is the only opportunity to taste them in Tokyo. Limited to 120 pieces each day. Please enjoy the taste of Kobe Kitano Main Store.

■ Event Information

・Event Name: "Italy Exhibition Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store 2026"

・Event Venue: Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Main Building 7th Floor, Event Hall

・Event Period: Part 2, April 29 (Wednesday/Holiday) - May 6 (Wednesday/Substitute Holiday)

・Products Handled: Sales: Chocolate tins (regular products, seasonal limited products), 1 type of pound cake

　　　　　　　Demonstration Sales: Brioche con Gelato Gianduja (limited to 120 pieces each day)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Brioche con Gelato Pistachio (limited to 120 pieces each day)

■ Demonstration Sales Product Details

・Brioche con Gelato Gianduja

・Product Price: 880 yen (tax included)

Special sweets created in collaboration with "Le Pan Kobe Kitano," directly managed by Hotel La Suite Kobe Harborland, to commemorate the 200th anniversary. Light and smooth brioche from "Le Pan Kobe Kitano" is filled with Caffarel's Gianduja chocolate gelato, chocolate spread, and cremosa, topped with caramelized hazelnuts for a crunchy texture and fragrant flavor. This rich, cool sweet is a must-try for chocolate lovers.

*Photos are for illustrative purposes only. Products may differ from photos.

・Brioche con Gelato Pistachio

・Product Price: 880 yen (tax included)

A special sweet that can only be enjoyed here, made with light brioche dough, pistachio ice cream sandwiched with Caffarel's chocolate spread cremosa, and topped with pistachios. Please enjoy the harmony of Gianduja and pistachio.

*Photos are for illustrative purposes only. Products may differ from photos.

■ Product Sales (Partial Excerpt)

・Gianduja Cotto

・Product Price: 2,592 yen (tax included)

A pound cake with a deep, rich flavor and richness, made with luxurious Gianduja chocolate, spreading the fragrant and rich aroma of hazelnuts. Recommended as a souvenir for Golden Week gatherings. Please enjoy the taste of Kobe Kitano Main Store.

◆ Hiroki Saito, Caffarel Exclusive Pastry Chef

"I make sweets every day with the motto 'simply delicious,' focusing on quality and carefully selected ingredients. I am very much looking forward to this first opportunity to serve customers at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi. Please enjoy the sweets that can only be tasted at the Kobe Kitano Main Store."

■ About Le Pan Kobe Kitano

Opened in Kobe Kitano in 2012 as a directly managed sweets & bakery, due to the popularity of bread served at Hotel La Suite Kobe Harborland's breakfast and many requests from customers to "buy it to take home." Popular for its rich-tasting hotel-made bread, made with carefully selected local ingredients such as Hyogo Prefecture milk and eggs, and natural yeast cultivated in-house from carefully selected ingredients from around the world. The stylish and abundant baked goods, unique to Kobe, a city of sweets, are also perfect as souvenirs.

■ About Caffarel

Founded in 1826, Caffarel is a long-established Italian chocolate brand from Turin that will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2026.

It invented "Gianduja chocolate," a blend of hazelnut paste and cocoa, and spread it worldwide. Since then, it has continued to be loved around the world.

■ Caffarel Official Online Shop: https://www.caffarel.co.jp/

■ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caffarel_hy/

■ Company Profile

Trade Name: Yamamoto Shoten Co., Ltd.

Representative Director and President: Itaru Natori

Location: Nihon Building 902, 79 Kyomachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0034

Founded: Meiji 44 (1911)

Business Activities: Import/export, domestic wholesale, retail, Western confectionery manufacturing and sales

Capital: 40 million yen