This is a bit over-packaged but not too bad by Japanese standards. (I took out some bubble wrap for this photo.) The paper explains about the Kyogozan. Of course everyone that can afford to shop for this kind of wagashi knows the history. There are also beautifully printed preparation in...
Adzuki is a super common ingredient in Japanese sweets, so it makes sense that the simplest mochi sweet is married with the most ubiquitous ingredient. Yet at the same time, mochi ice cream might be more well-known to many in North America. This was invented by California-born Nisei, ...
Kinakois soybean flour. Soybeans are roasted and then ground into flour. It is very healthy, containing vitamins and protein. The taste is quite similar to peanuts and is common in many dishes in Japanese cuisine. Kinako is often sweetened with sugar. Mochi dangois squired on a stick, thic...
Make your own wagashi for your tea ceremony! Wagashi are traditional Japanese sweets that are best paired with matcha tea during a tea ceremony. Join our sweets-making workshop so you can learn how to … schedule120 min. Best Seller
which are soft rice cakes filled with sweet red bean paste and wrapped in a cherry blossom leaf. You’ll also find sakura-flavored cakes, cookies, and even traditional wagashi (Japanese sweets) decorated with cherry blossom motifs. These delightful confections are not just tasty; they also embod...
Japanese rice cakes, also known as “kagamimochi,” are popular during the celebration of the New Year (starting with Meiji Restoration, Japan switched its New Year to January 1st). They are cooked into a rice cake soup and are white in color with a mild taste. Traditionally, rice cakes ...
Wagashi Wagyu Yakiniku Yakisoba Yakitori 1. Bento To kickstart your tastebuds with Japanese cuisine, the humble bento box is a great place to begin if you enjoy trying different delicious morsels of food. Bento boxes are lunch boxes in Japan that are generally divided up into different compartm...
Wagashi(和 菓子)are traditional Japanese sweets.Unlike Western desserts, they’re not as sweet and are usually filled with red beans, which generates a very different and unique “sweet” taste. There is a long list ofwagashi, so I have followed my criteria to introduce you to some of the...
Make Modern, Beautiful Wagashi With an Artisan in a Kamakura Teahouse At the teahouse Temari in Hase, Kamakura, you can learn to make traditional Japanese sweets, nerikiri, from a skilled wagashi artisan. After crafting your sweets, watch the artisan demonstrate advanced techni… ...
Make Modern, Beautiful Wagashi With an Artisan in a Kamakura Teahouse At the teahouse Temari in Hase, Kamakura, you can learn to make traditional Japanese sweets, nerikiri, from a skilled wagashi artisan. After crafting your sweets, watch the artisan demonstrate advanced techni… View experience...