菓か子し司つかさ

noun

traditional Japanese confectionery shop; confectioner

Historically referred to a high-status confectionery that supplied the imperial court or nobility. In modern usage, it can refer to any traditional Japanese sweet shop or maker, often with a connotation of quality and craftsmanship.

• 京きょう都との老舗しにせの菓か子し司つかさで、美うつくしい和わ菓が子しを買かいました。

  I bought beautiful Japanese sweets at a long-established confectionery in Kyoto.

• 彼かれは代だい々だい続つづく菓か子し司つかさの跡あと取とりです。

  He is the heir to a family-run confectionery that has been passed down for generations.