■Must-see, Must-buy, Must-eat! Taiwan's popular select shop debuts in Japan! -Shinno Seikatsu Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store

Shinno Seikatsu is a select store that sells private brand ingredients,food and miscellaneous goods, which opened in Taiwan in 2013. The store is popular with a wide range of age groups, but especially women. This Shinno Seikatsu store has opened a location in a department store in Osaka. There, you can enjoy Taiwanese home-cooked food at the restaurant called "Shokushu" or discover authentic Taiwanese tea at the "Oolong Tea Market". The shop is a place where you can fully experience many elements of the Taiwanese culture.

Source：Shinno Seikatsu Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store

Let's go around the shop and introduce recommended ingredients, miscellaneous goods and Taiwanese food.

■Recommended ingredients and miscellaneous goods

The ingredients, based on the concept of "life enriching ingredients that wa recognize as good", are purchased directly from producers all over Taiwan and selected based on the criteria of deliciousness and safety. The package design is also stylish and cute, making it a perfect gift. The miscellaneous goods include homely Taiwanese handicrafts and daily necessities, and there are about 1,000 different items (including 600 kinds of ingredients) in the food and general merchandise section.

Recommended foods①・・・Original condiments　Gold Caviar Sauce

This jar is filled with blue grenadier roe and has an addictive sweet and poppable texture. It is delicious on top of white rice, but we recommend trying it on top of pasta with white sauce. Taiwanese condiments are popular ingredients and there is a wide selection to choose from.

▲Gold Caviar Sauce　1,944 yen/1 bottle

Recommended foods ②・・・Chinese red chili oil（Malayu）　

There is something scary about the sight of Chilaun on the bottle, but it is a popular product that contains a variety of ingredients such as special chili peppers and sichuan peppers. If you put it in dumpling sauce or egg soup, it will deliciously enhance the flavor.

▲Chinese red chili oil 250㏄ 1,188 yen / 1 bottle　

Recommended foods③・・・ Lo bah png (minced pork rice) base　

A classic Taiwanese dish, made by chopping broiled pork into small pieces and adding various spices to the soy sauce base. It is delicious served over white rice or on its own. It is a delicious addition to serve over soupless noodles.

▲Canned goods 150g 540 yen

Recommended miscellaneous goods①・・・Flower cloth pattern lantern　

There are 5 kinds of colors, and it is a cute product that makes your room fun and can be used for parties and interior decor.

▲Flower cloth pattern lantern　3,080 yen/1 piece

Recommended miscellaneous goods②・・・MAJI Retro bag

　The color is very beautiful and the bag can be used for different purposes.There are three types of bags, large and small, with various handle lengths, so they can be carried on the shoulder or in the hand, making them very convenient to use.

▲Retro bag　Large (upper left) -880 yen, Large with long handle (lower left) -1,100 yen, Small (upper light) -550 yen　

Next, I would like to introduce you to authentic Taiwanese home-cooked meals and tea shops.

　"Shokushu" is a set-meal-style home-cooked restaurant with a menu that reproduces the authentic taste using Taiwanese seasonings. The best part is that you don't have to go all the way to Taiwan to enjoy the authentic taste. It is also nice to be able to take out single dishes such as seafood fried noodle and fried chicken, and sweets menus such as traditional soybean flowers.It is also nice to be able to take out single item menus such as seafood fried noodles and fried chicken, as well as traditional bean curd and other sweet dishes.

Recommended dishes at Shokushu・・・The most popular dish is the spicy fried beef and fried bread set meal.

　The combination of crispy fried bread and spicy beef, which is a traditional Taiwanese dish, has a very interesting taste and is filled with vegetables such as cloud ear mushrooms and snap peas. The set includes a soup that changes seasonally, three small side dishes and rice. Another popular menu is the seafood fried noodles with lots of squid and shrimp.

▲You can also choose from 5 main dishes for the set meal.　1,650 yen

　A collection of popular teas from all over Taiwan "Oolong Tea Market"

　The tea salon also offers books on tea, tea utensils, tea cakes, and other items to help you relax and enjoy the Taiwanese atmosphere while shopping. The tea salon offers 15 kinds of Taiwanese teas (oolong and black teas), as well as Taiwanese dried fruits that go well with Taiwanese teas and pineapple cake, a famous souvenir.

　The most popular tea at the tea salon is Jinyuan tea, which has the aroma of milk without any flavoring, but the special tea product is an iced drink made by mixing cold black tea or oolong tea with Taiwanese fruit jam in a shaker and served in a wine glass. It looks and feels like drinking a beer!

▲There are three flavors: pineapple black tea, pineapple Taiwan black tea, and the mango blue heart oolong tea in the photo. Mango Qingxin Oolong tea (pictured here): 800 yen

▲A full range of Taiwanese teas, but in a very nostalgic package Eastern Beauty Tea 918 yen/box

　■Message from the store

This is the largest store in Japan where you can immmerse in the world of Taiwanese foods and miscellaneous items, and in particular, we have the largest selection of Taiwanese teas in Japan, with more than 100 kinds of teas selected by Shennong Life in Taiwan.

　The restaurant not only offers a limited number of menus, but also provides home-style dishes to customers who are looking for a little bit of comfort and who love and miss Taiwan.

　We also invite lecturers to hold seminars and workshops on how to brew tea in our tea salon on a regular basis, so that our customers can feel and enjoy Taiwanese culture.

　■Shinnou Seikatsu Store　Kintetsu Abeno Harukas closest station and location

　　　　1-1-43 Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka City　　Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store Tower Building 10F 　　　　　 Closest station

　　　　Osaka Metro Midosuji Line, Tanimachi Line Tennoji Station 1 min. walk

　　　 JR Loop Line Tennoji Station 1 min. walk

　　　　　Phone number：06-6624-1111

　　　　　Hours：Shinnou Seikatsu　　　　　10:00-20:00

　　　　　　　　　Shokushu　　　　　　　　11:00-20:00（LO19:00）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

※Take out

(Saturday, Sunday and National Holidays only): 10:00～(LO19:30)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　Tea Market　　　 10:00-20:00

　　　　　　　　　　　　　Tea Salon　　　　11:00-20:00（LO18:00）

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　※Sat, Sun, National Holiday only: 10:00～（LO19:30）

　　　　　Regular holiday：no regular holiday