Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Yesterday, when I shopped at a 7 Eleven convenience store, a small packaged Wagashi sweet caught my eye because I had never seen the product before, and from its name, the confection seemed delicious....
Product introduction / Sweets and Candies
by Tomo · Published September 12, 2020 · Last modified September 13, 2020
The other day, I introduced Japanese salt candies and tablets to prevent heatstroke in the hot summer months. In fact, in recent years in Japan, such salt-contained sweet treats have become a kind of...
The historic city in Japan, Kyoto had been a center of politics and culture in the old days where various crafts and foods were created, and many of them have been specialties of the...
Last time when I went shopping at a supermarket, together with other foodstuffs, I bought a casual Wagashi sweet for the first time in a while that brings back memories of my childhood, for...
Product introduction / Sweets and Candies
by Tomo · Published June 15, 2020 · Last modified July 1, 2020
“Yokan (羊羹)” is one of the most common Wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets) whose origin is said to date back to about 700 years ago. It is a simple jelly-like dessert made by solidifying sweet...
Product introduction / Recipes / Snacks / Sweets and Candies
by Tomo · Published June 3, 2020 · Last modified June 24, 2020
Have you ever heard of “Karinto (かりんとう)”? Karinto is a type of Wagashi confection consisting of deep-fried wheat flour dough candied with brown sugar. Since a long time ago, in Japan the brown candied...
In the previous entry, I wrote about Kinako Mochi. Actually, after posting the article, the sweet Mochi dish reminded me of Shizuoka’s specialty wagashi sweet called “Abekawa Mochi (安倍川もち)”. Abekawa Mochi (安倍川もち) Abekawa Mochi...
Product introduction / Sweets and Candies
by Tomo · Published May 15, 2020 · Last modified July 1, 2020
Like the squid cracker I introduced the other day called Ika Mirin Age, there are some good and old Japanese snack foods whose origin about which most people don’t know. In addition to Ika...
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I'm Tomo, a Japanese blogger living in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. For the purpose of enriching your life, I would like to introduce things about Japan on this blog, especially unique Japanese products, cooking recipes, cultures, and facts and trivia.
