Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Typically made from boiled Azuki red beans sweetened with sugar, the Anko (餡子) paste is an indispensable part of Wagashi (和菓子) traditional Japanese confections. Sometimes, Anko is abbreviated to An (餡), but until now,...
As it is getting warmer and warmer, some supermarkets here in Niigata have started to sell summer desserts at the best place to display. Among such summer treats, what quickly caught my eye during...
As I wrote a while ago, Monaka (最中) is a traditional Japanese confection or Wagashi consisting of Anko (餡子: sweet Azuki red bean paste) covered in two crisply baked rice wafers. In modern times, the...
Lotte is a confectionery maker founded by a Korean businessman named Shin Kyuk-ho (also known by the Japanese name Takeo Shigemitsu) in 1948 in Tokyo. Today, many sweets from Lotte have long been favorites in Japan...
As mentioned in this article about Tsubu-An (粒あん) and Koshi-An (こし餡), the chunky and smooth Anko (餡子) red bean pastes are often used in Wagashi (和菓子) traditional Japanese confections. Monaka (最中) When it comes...
Japan has many Wagashi confections made with sweet bean paste called Anko (餡子) or An (餡), including Manju, Daifuku, and Dorayaki. There are various varieties of Anko, but many use a red bean species...
Commonly used in traditional Japanese confections or Wagashi (和菓子), Mochi (餅) is a plain white rice cake made from glutinous rice called Mochi Gome (もち米). When Wagashi uses Mochi, sweet stuff typically covers it,...
This year, the cherry trees came into bloom earlier than every year because of warmer temperatures, so the summer will also come sooner. For that reason, as early as today, I picked up a...
