Umeboshi no Sheet: A New Type of Ume Plum Candy
As you may already know, many of us like eating a warm bowl of white rice, the staple of the Japanese diet, with Umeboshi plums. For the unfamiliar, Umeboshi is a traditional Japanese food made...
Category: Sweets and Candies
Kashiwa Mochi: Wagashi Sweets for Children’s Day
“Mochi (餅)” is a traditional Japanese food made of glutinous rice “Mochi-Gome (餅米)” that has been steamed and pounded. The cooked rice cake has strong stickiness and chewiness, and in Japan, it is often...
Anko: 9 Common Types of Sweet Bean Paste for Wagashi
Anko (餡子) is an indispensable part of Wagashi (和菓子) traditional Japanese confections. It is a sweet paste or jam made from beans boiled in water, sweetened with sugar, and kneaded. As you may know,...
Shio Yokan: Salted Sweet Red Bean Jelly
A while ago, I wrote about how Neri Yokan, Mizu Yokan, and Mushi Yokan differ in this post. They are three types of Japanese sweet called Yokan (羊羹), and Neri Yokan (練羊羮) is the most...
UHA Geki-Shigekix: Sourest Japanese Gummy Candy
UHA Mikakuto Shigekix is a Japanese gummy candy popular for its stimulating taste. In fact, some people say that Shigekix is the king of sour gummies. At present, the series comes in 3 different...
Wagashi Sweets: Neri Yokan, Mizu Yokan, Mushi Yokan
Yokan (羊羹) is a Wagashi or a traditional Japanese confection with a long history. It is a jelly dessert made with sweetened Azuki red bean paste called Anko (餡子), water, and agar Kanten (寒天)....
Kinakobo: Classic Japanese Kinako Candy Sticks
Our country Japan has various treats made with Kinako (きなこ/きな粉) roasted soybean flour, which includes Genkotsu Ame and Kinako Mochi snacks. And that also applies to Dagashi (駄菓子), the snack genre of cheap, unique, and relatively...
Potapota Yaki: Kameda’s Classic Sweet Senbei Cracker
“Senbei (煎餅)” is a traditional Japanese cracker made from non-glutinous rice called “Uruchimai(うるち米)”, the staple of the Japanese diet. The snack typically has a biggish round shape and is seasoned with soy sauce or...
