Japanese confectionery– tag –

Monaka with crispy skin and red bean paste stands out for its elegant sweetness. There are so many types from the famous "seppuku monaka'', which is made of skin and red bean paste, to "ice monaka'' and "ochazuke monaka", "peanut monaka'...

Along with sencha and matcha, Gyokuro is one of the most popular traditional teas in Japan. Do you know that gyokuro is considered as a high-class tea that you usually serve when you have important visitors. This may sound a little bit s...

Senbei has been popular in Japan for many years that attracts many fans from children to the elderly. Senbei is loved by everyone, but it actually has a very long history and there is theory saying that it came from China. It may interes...

Dango is a Japanese sweet that has been loved by Japanese people for a long time, and many people miss it during the cherry blossom and moon viewing seasons. You can easily get dango at supermarkets, but what is the different between the...

Apart from popular dishes such as onigiri, sushi, yakiniku, etc, Japanese food culture is also featured with Wagashi - the traditional sweets with beautiful appearance and gentle sweetness. Which types of wagashi have you ever heard or t...

Ishikawa Prefecture is a place where the culture of eating rice cakes has been rooted since ancient times. For example, various mochi dishes such as "Aburi mochi", "Hippari mochi", "Tobitsuki mochi", and "Tochi mochi'' are eaten througho...

Have you ever heard of Wagashi (和菓子)? It is used to call traditional Japanese confections such as Dorayaki, mochi, dango, etc. Today, we would like to introduce Kibi Dango - popular Japanese sweet which has a very interesting folktale...

If you come to visit Asukusa in Tokyo, Japan, you can find a lot of interesting things from Japanese style decorations or omamori (Japanese good luck charm). However, we recommend you buy Ningyo yaki as souvenir for friends and family as...

If you come to visit Asakusa, there are so many good souvenirssaminari Okoshi is a well-known specialty of Asakusa (Tokyo). In Japanese, Kaminari means "thunder". But why is it called “thunder”? Is it because it makes a crunching sound w...

There are hundreds of matsuri (Japanese traditional festival) all over Japan when summer comes. At matsuri, you can enjoy a lot of Japanese traditional food such as yakisoba, yakitori, ikayaki, etc. Today, we would like to introduce Kaki...