Recommendation of Japanese Unique Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Have you ever heard of a classic Japanese cake called ‘Imagawayaki (今川焼き)’? Imagawayaki consists of the pancake-like dough, which is made mainly from wheat flour, egg and sugar, filled with sweet things, such as Anko sweet...
When it comes to traditional Japanese snack foods, what comes to my mind right away is Senbei. Senbei, together with Okaki and Arare, is known as one of the Japanese rice crackers. Although, traditionally,...
Mochi (餅) is a traditional food that is known as Japanese sticky rice cakes.The food is used as a main ingredient not only for various dishes, including Udon noodles, but also for sweets. If...
When it comes to the Japanese food that goes well with steamed plain rice, many of us Japanese like eating Umeboshi plums along with the rice. As a matter of fact, the pickled Ume...
As you may know, Mochi (餅) is a traditional Japanese food that is known as Japanese rice cakes. The sticky plain food is commonly used as a main ingredient for traditional Japanese sweets. In...
Anko (餡子), which is known as Japanese sweet bean paste or Japanese sweetened beans, is an essential ingredient for Japanese sweets. As I wrote an article about traditional Japanese sweets made using Anko before,...
A short while ago, I wrote about the difference between Neri Yokan, Mizu Yokan, and Mushi Yokan. Although there are the above 3 major types of Yokan in Japan, the regular Yokan that we...
As I wrote before, UHA Mikakuto Shigekix is a Japanese gummy candy that is famous for its sourness.I think it can be said that Shigekix is the king of Japanese sour gummy candies. Now...
