Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Anko (あんこ) is one of the crucial ingredients of traditional Japanese sweets, “Wagashi (和菓子)“.As you may know, Anko generally refers to sweet red bean paste.When I think of representative wagashi made with the sweet...
Centering on the spring equinox and autumnal equinox, a traditional week-long seasonal event is held in Japan.That is Ohigan (お彼岸). Ohigan is a Buddhist event exclusively held by Japanese sects, during which we have a...
Wagashi (和菓子) is the Japanese word that generally refers to traditional Japanese sweets.Hence, it is somewhat different in meaning from Okashi (お菓子).Typical examples of Japanese Wagashi confections include Manju (饅頭), Daifuku (大福), Yokan (羊羹),...
Mochi (餅) is the traditional Japanese food known as rice cakes.The sticky food is not only used as an ingredient for traditional Japanese cuisine, but also used as an ingredient for confections. Actually there...
There are some traditional Japanese sweets made from Kudzu powder, or arrowroot powder.For example, as I wrote in my past article, Kuzukiri (葛きり) is a noodle-like jelly with a milky-white color that is made...
Mochi (餅) is a traditional Japanese food often eaten in the winter season in Japan.It is a sticky plain rice cake made from glutinous rice and used as a main ingredient for Japanese cuisine,...
The cherry blossom season is just around the corner here in Japan.When we Japanese think of sweets for cherry blossom viewing, that reminds many of us of “Dango (団子)”, or Japanese rice dumplings.In addition,...
Several days ago, I wrote an article about types of Japanese Dango rice dumplings.In the article, I talked about Zunda Dango as a common type of Japanese rice dumpling. Zunda Mochi – Sweet rice...
