Tirol Choco Kyoto Yatsuhashi Flavor Chocolate
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...
Tagged: Wagashi
Anko Dama: Good Old Sweet Azuki Red Bean Paste Balls
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...
Ogura Yokan: A Japanese Sweet Azuki Red Bean Cake
“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...
Imo Karinto: Japanese Candied Sweet Potato Snack
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...
Abekawa Mochi: Shizuoka’s Specialty Wagashi Sweet
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...
Ankiri: Kamado-Stove-Like Shaped Classic Wagashi Cake
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...
What exactly is Anko or An?
Typically made from boiled Azuki red beans sweetened with sugar, “Anko (餡子)” paste is an indispensable part of “Wagashi (和菓子)” traditional Japanese sweets. Sometimes, Anko is simply called “An (餡)”, but until now I...
Mizu Manju: A Traditional Japanese Summer Jelly Dessert
As it is getting warmer day by day in Japan, some supermarkets here in Niigata have started to sell summer desserts at the best place in the store. Among such summer treats, what quickly...
