Yawataya Isogoro's "shichimi-tokarashi" (red pepper with seven kinds of spices) is the oldest of Zenkoji specialties and served as a gate pass for a visit to Zenkoji temple. It features balance of pungent taste and flavor with seven kinds of spices - red pepper, sansho pepper, ginger, hemp seed, sesame, dried citrus peel and perilla. It is suitable for cold winter as it contains ginger which has effect of warming body. So it is indispensable item for cold Shinshu are.