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As I wrote about Wagashi (和菓子) yesterday, the Japanese word refers to the traditional Japanese sweets that include various different types of confections. Among such Japanese sweets, Manju (饅頭) (Amazon.com) is a representative type...
Wagashi (和菓子) are traditional Japanese sweets that include various different types of confections.Thus, it is different in meaning from Okashi (お菓子). Representative examples of Wagashi sweets include Manju (饅頭), Daifuku (大福), Yokan (羊羹), and...
Have you ever heard that there are 3 different Japanese words for ‘snacks, sweets and candies’? They are Wagashi (和菓子), Okashi (お菓子), and Dagashi (駄菓子).You may know one or two of these Japanese words,...
In Japan there are a wide variety of Japanese sweets,such as Kaminari-Okoshi(雷おこし),Uiro(ういろう), Yatsuhashi(八つ橋) and so on. These three types of Japanese sweets are local speciality goods,often bought as a souvenir. Kaminari-Okoshi Uiro Yatsuhashi...
Japanese wives sometimes call their neighbors over for tea on a holiday.And they have a chat. They generally have tea with Wagashi(和菓子),in other words,Japanese sweets,like this. We Japanese can buy ‘Wagashi’ at a grocery...
