Not many such senbei shops, however, are found in the Kansai region, where senbei is mainly sold in the shops where okaki and arare are the main items sold, which illustrates a major difference in the selling style between eastern and western Japan.
関西では煎餅屋というもの自体が少なく、主におかきやあられ屋で販売しているなど販売形態なども東西で大きく異なる。