Cute "Ikumi Mama's Animal Doughnuts" will make you feel relaxed! Sweets Market Cafe in Nagano

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Cute "Ikumi Mama's Animal Donuts" and cupcakes!
Why not recharge your batteries with happiness at a store where you can enjoy delicious sweets while being surrounded by cute things?
Located in Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture, "Sweets Market Cafe" is an exciting space where you can enjoy adorable cupcakes, "Ikumi Mama's Animal Donuts," pink curry, etc., and shop for Scandinavian goods! Whether you are here for tea time or to pick up a gift, the Sweets Market Cafe is a place where you can enjoy delicious and cute items.
Showcase with cute sweets

Natural store interior filled with greenery

Sweets Market Cafe has been run by a couple since 2010. When you step into the store, you will find a stylish space with ornamental plants and artificial grass. There is also a kids' space, so you can spend time with your children in peace. Just looking at the showcase lined with exciting sweets makes you happy♪ A magnificent piano joined the store in 2024. You can freely play it like a street piano.
Natural and relaxing store interior

Piano you can play freely!

A piano with a strong presence

The menu is full of cuteness! The most popular item is "Ikumi Mama's Animal Donuts.

A must-try sweet when you come to Sweets Market Cafe is the very popular "Ikumi Mama's Animal Donuts! Additive-free handmade doughnuts made by doughnut patissier "Ikumi Mama" line the showcase in the store. The carefully decorated animals are too cute to eat.

And not only are they cute, but the ingredients are also carefully selected. Although the doughnuts are so colorful, no synthetic colors are used. The color comes from white chocolate colored with ingredients such as matcha green tea, pumpkin, and purple sweet potato! In addition, domestic wheat, butter, and heirloom eggs are used to make these safe and delicious doughnuts.
Ikumi Mama's Animal Donuts" that will make you smile even before you eat them

Smoothie donuts

There are many other attractive sweets at Sweets Market Cafe. The "smoothie donut," or "smudo" for short, which is a donut on top of a cup filled with smoothie, is a perfect summer dish. With cold frozen fruits and vegetables as ingredients, it is not only delicious but also healthy and good for you.
Note the rabbit design on the cup! It is named "Sopopupu." It means "cute rabbit" in Finnish.
Smoothie donuts

Cupcakes

Another very popular item is the cupcake, which is overflowing with cuteness from the store's showcase. They are so cute that if you buy a lot of them and take pictures of them side by side, they will surely look great on social media!
Cupcakes

Shocking! The popular "Pink Curry"!

Have you ever seen pink curry? At Sweets Market Cafe, you can enjoy not only sweets but also meals. We have a wide variety of food, including Nagano's famous oyaki and authentic Neapolitan pizza! One of the dishes you should try is the "Pink Curry. The amazing pink-colored roux is actually a naturally occurring color made from beets, a reddish-purple vegetable. It is mildly sweet and has a deep flavor mixed with various spices.
Pink Curry

Shopping at "n-style" where you can also buy Scandinavian goods!

Inside the Sweets Market Cafe is the interior goods store "n-style. You can enjoy shopping for Scandinavian and kitchen sundries, etc. You can also look at the sundries while enjoying your cafe time, or just come by for shopping. You can also check the store's Instagram regularly to see what goods they recommend!
n-style" where you can enjoy selecting sundries
Sweets Market Cafe Official Instagram

Happy at the exciting "Sweets Market Cafe!

We introduced "Sweets Market Cafe," which is full of the owner's passion for fun and excitement! Why not take one of these exciting and wonderful sweets and sundries as a souvenir from your trip to Nagano?

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