noun
confectionery shop; sweet shop; candy store
Refers to a shop selling sweets, confectionery, or traditional Japanese sweets; in modern shop names, 店 may sound slightly more formal or businesslike than 屋.
駅前の菓子屋で饅頭を買った。
I bought manju at the confectionery shop in front of the station.
あの菓子屋は季節の和菓子が評判だ。
That sweet shop is known for its seasonal Japanese sweets.
A shop selling Western-style cakes and pastries; 店 gives it a slightly more formal or businesslike feel than 屋.
A small shop selling cheap candies and snacks, often with an old-fashioned or neighborhood feel.
A transparent compound of 菓子, meaning sweets or confectionery, and 屋, meaning shop or seller.