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"Mikawaya" was started as a bakery by the founder, Keizo Ishikura. It used to be a store in Kumano-cho, Fukuyama City, and it is said that workers who were involved in construction work at the water source used to line up every day to buy bread. In the Showa era, the store changed its direction to a confectionery store and started to put up a noren curtain on the Hondori shopping street. He continued his efforts to satisfy the taste buds and hearts of people who were hungry for sweets before and after the war. At one point, in order to compete with the opening of large commercial facilities, six stores joined forces to establish a shopping center. The store, which was one of the most advanced in the country, was very busy, and the sweets sold like hot cakes.
Currently, sweets are sold at department stores, hotels, kiosks, etc., mainly at the main store in Okinokami-cho, where the factory is located. The third generation, Kazushi Ishikura, his wife Michiko, and daughter Junko run the store together as a family.

``What has been handed down for a long time is to use the right ingredients and provide really good products.We constantly incorporate new methods and ingredients in the manufacturing process, and almost all of our sweets are handmade,'' says Ishizo. The ingredients used include carefully selected domestic flour, red beans, and eggs from Sera Town. The products are full of nutrients and have a nostalgic flavor.
``Also, we believe that what we are trying to do is convey the history and climate of the local area through sweets.For example, our representative product ``Muronoki'' comes from Muro, a town in Tomo that flourished as a port for waiting for the tide. The theme is trees.We would like to preserve the atmosphere of Tomo Town and the feelings that the poet Tabito Otomo wrote about in his poems through the confectionery.Fukuyama's city flower, a symbol of peace. We also make several products with roses as a motif."