Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Dorayaki (どら焼き) is a traditional Japanese confection that appears in the manga Doraemon, called yummy buns in the English version. The sweet treat consists of two round, moist pancakes sandwiched with sweet red bean...
One of the best-known Japanese delicacies, “natto (納豆)” is a fermented soybean with a slimy consistency and unpleasant smell to it. Because of that, many people don’t like or can’t eat it, even if they were...
Have you ever read the Japanese fairy tale Momotaro (桃太郎), known under the title of Peach Boy in English-speaking countries? In the story, the peach boy Momotaro gives a food called Kibidango (きびだんご) to...
Youkan (羊羹), also spelled Yokan, is a traditional Japanese confection that appears for the first time in a document written in the late 1300s. It is a Wagashi sweet made from Anko (餡子) red...
“Wagashi (和菓子)” is the word for traditional Japanese sweets and comes in many different varieties. The representative type includes “Manju (饅頭)“, “Yokan (羊羹)“, and “Dorayaki (どら焼き)“, all of which are made with sweet Azuki red...
Kuzukiri (葛切り) is a traditional Japanese food like noodles, and those living in the Kansai region around Osaka are familiar with it. For example, if you go on a trip to Kyoto, you may find...
Karinto (かりんとう) is a traditional Japanese snack food with several hundred years of history, and here, let’s take a close look at it. Karinto (かりんとう) Karinto is a stick of deep-fried dough cookie made from...
Last November, I went to Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, to see a live concert by Perfume held at Nagoya Dome. The next day, I did sightseeing in the city and bought a local confection called...
