Totti Candy Factory (Tokyo) – Super Instagram Worthy Rainbow Cotton Candy in Harajuku!

When researching for our trip to Tokyo, I came across Totti Candy Factory, a shop famous for its giant cotton candies. It is located along the bustling Takeshita Street of Harajuku. This vibrant neighbourhood is known for its flamboyant youth culture and awesome eateries, so I guess it’s not really surprising that I would find cotton candy that’s twice the size of my head here!

Totti Candy Factory

Totti Candy Factory is a famous Japanese candy store that sells a variety of sweets such as cotton candy, jelly candies, chocolates, marshmallows, and “cake-pops”. However, it is most famous for its colourful giant cotton candies.

Totti Candy Factory has four branches: two in Osaka, one in Nagoya, and one in Harajuku.

We visited the Harajuku branch. It is located on the second floor of the Ryu Apartment, somewhere along the middle of Takeshita Street.

Luckily for us, the Harajuku outlet is the only one that sells the Harajuku Rainbow, which is the store’s biggest and most colourful cotton candy!

When the Harajuku store first opened in 2017, the Harajuku Rainbow went viral after being featured on major media outlets.

As a result, the lines were crazily long in the beginning and customers had to wait for up to five hours to get their hands on the cotton candy!

Totti Candy Factory Menu (Harajuku)

The Harajuku outlet offers two types of giant cotton candy. Harajuku Rainbow (JPY 900) has five colours and is only available at the Harajuku branch. The smaller version is the 3 Colors Cotton Candy (JPY 600).

According to the company, despite being so huge and made entirely of sugar, these cotton candies are actually quite low in calories. The biggest Harajuku Rainbow contains just 160 calories.

To be honest I am a bit suspicious of these claims, but hey, YOLO!

Totti Candy Factory is also known for its signature Cake-Pop (JPY 400). These super adorable animal-shaped mini cakes are really rich and sweet.

They were developed by a French chef, and are handmade daily by a pastry chef. Personally I find the cake-pops to be quite expensive, considering how small they are.

And like any other candy store, Totti Candy Factory offers a wide selection of candies that are sold based on weight. Customers get to indulge in gummy candies, marshmallows, sour candies, and more!

Harajuku Rainbow

When we visited the Harajuku outlet in November last year, there was a small pop up stall along the street below the actual shop.

It seemed that there was quite a long queue in the shop, so we decided to just buy the Harajuku Rainbow (JPY 900) from the street stall. There was no queue here.

It consists of five colours: purple, blue, green, yellow, and pink. If I’m not wrong, the respective “flavours” of the colours are grape (purple), soda (blue), melon (green), lemon (yellow), and strawberry (pink).

It was really cool to see the staff preparing the cotton candy in front of us! She poured some sugar granules into a metal container, where they started spinning around at a high speed.

I didn’t see the Higgs boson, but I did see fine strands of cotton candy forming. The staff used a stick to deftly consolidate the stands into a gorgeous cloud of fluffy candy.

Soon, she handed us our Harajuku Rainbow, along with two packets of wet tissue. I thought this was a really thoughtful gesture, since our fingers would probably be full of the sticky candy after eating.

We went into a small narrow alley near the stall to eat our cotton candy. There were several other people eating cotton candies here too.

After taking lots of pictures, we began to eat this gorgeous cotton candy!

Initially, I was a bit lost over how I should eat it. I tried eating directly with my mouth, but ended up with cotton candy on my face and glasses.

Finally, I decided that the best way was to pull off pieces of cotton candy and fold them into small portions that were easier to eat.

Using this method, the wife and I finished our Harajuku Rainbow in a matter of minutes. Our teeth and tongues became rainbow coloured after eating, which was pretty funny. They washed off easily later.

The cotton candy was really sweet and satisfying, though I couldn’t really taste the different “flavours” of each of the colours. All in all, it tasted like typical cotton candy, but it was definitely very cool to eat such a large and beautiful candy!

Conclusion

If you are visiting Harajuku, it is a must to check out Totti Candy Factory. It tugged at my heart strings to eat the beautiful cotton candy because it was so gorgeous! And I’m sure all your friends will be envious when they see your Instagram post of the beautiful Harajuku Rainbow.

Totti Candy Factory
What to Order: Harajuku Rainbow (JPY 900)
Directions: the candy store is located along the middle of Takeshita Street, a three minute walk from Harajuku Station.
English Address: 1-16-5 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, RYU Apartment 2F
Japanese Address: 東京都渋谷区神宮前1-16-5 RYUアパルトマン
Opening Hours: | Mon to Fri: 10.30am to 8pm | Sat, Sun & PH: 9.30am to 8pm |
Phone: +813 3403 7007
Website: www.totticandy.com

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