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. From its name, the confection from 7 Eleven’s...
The other day, I talked about Japanese salt candies and tablets to prevent heatstroke on hot summer days. In recent years in Japan, such salt-contained sweet treats have become a fad and are available in...
Azuki (小豆), also spelled Adzuki, is a small red bean native to East Asia, which is an essential ingredient for Wagashi (和菓子) or traditional Japanese confections. That is because Anko (餡子), the red bean...
Kyoto was a center of politics and culture in the old days where various crafts and foods were created. Today, many of those items have been specialties of the city. For example, when it...
The last time when I went shopping at a supermarket, together with other foodstuffs, I bought a Wagashi sweet called “Anko Dama (あんこ玉)” for the first time in a while. The confection brings back...
Yokan (羊羹), also spelled Youkan, is one of the most common Wagashi (和菓子: traditional Japanese sweets) varieties, whose origin can be traced back to the late 1300s. It is a simple jelly-like dessert made...
Have you ever heard of “Karinto (かりんとう)”? Karinto is a Wagashi confection made from wheat flour dough deep-fried in oil and candied with brown sugar. The fried dough stick is regarded as a Dagashi...
In the previous entry, I wrote about Kinako Mochi. But after posting the article, the sweet Mochi dish reminded me of Shizuoka’s specialty Wagashi confection called Abekawa Mochi (安倍川もち). Abekawa Mochi (安倍川もち) Abekawa Mochi...
