Rokkatei Marusei Butter Sand, Ryugetsu Sanporoku Birch Cake & Furano Pure Lavender Oil

From the dairy-rich heartland of the Tokachi Plain in Obihiro, the storied confectionery house **Rokkatei** crafts a perennial Japanese favorite introduced in 1977: **Marusei Butter Sand**. Its vintage red-and-gold wrapper pays homage to "Marusei Butter," the very first commercial butter churned in Hokkaido in 1902 by pioneer Benzo Yoda’s *Banseisha* settlement. Sandwiched between two tender, custom-milled wheat biscuits is a rich filling whipped from 100% fresh Hokkaido butter, white chocolate, and plump California raisins macerated in aromatic rum—all packaged in Rokkatei’s iconic floral wrapping paper illustrated by artist Naoyuki Sakamoto. Sharing Tokachi’s confectionery crown in Obihiro is **Ryugetsu**, celebrated for its award-winning **Sanporoku** white birch *baumkuchen* log cake. Baked exclusively with Hokkaido wheat flour, farm-fresh eggs, sugar beets, and rich dairy butter, the moist, multi-layered spit cake is coated in marbled white and milk chocolate engineered to replicate the distinctive bark of Hokkaido’s native white birch (*shirakaba*) trees, pre-sliced into wedges shaped like split firewood. For a timeless botanical keepsake, **Farm Tomita in Furano** steam-distills freshly harvested purple *Okamurasaki* lavender blossoms right on the farm into 100% pure **Furano Lavender Essential Oil**, artisanal soaps, and dried lavender sleep sachets. Awarded top honors at French lavender quality competitions, Furano’s high-altitude lavender oil is prized for its clean, soothing floral aroma that brings the summer breeze of central Hokkaido into any home.