- 2009-08-09 (Sun) 18:50
- food/drink

Warabimochi: a bracken-starch dumpling. a typical Wagashi in summer.
“Wagashi” is a traditional Japanese confectionery. It’s made of mochi, wheat, azuki bean paste(”an”), starch syrup, sugar and so on, but fruit is rarely used. It has a history of 1000 years or more, and developed greatly with the tea ceremony.

A dorayaki by Taneya. It is very noted for Doraemon.
There are many kinds of Wagashi. They are divided by moisture content into “Hi-Gashi”, “Nama-Gashi” and “Han-Nama-Gashi”. “Nama-Gashi” contains a lot of moisture, and “Hi-gashi” contains the least moisture. “Han-Nama-Gashi” are those in the middle.
Higashi by Toraya. "Jinger", "Mint" and "Plum" from the left.
All Wagashi are made of natural ingredients, additives are rarely used. and they are not too sweet or fatty. Some Wagashi are very beautiful as art. They make you happy not only because of the taste but also the way they look.
l introduce Wagashi separately because it becomes too long if I write about Wagashi.
You can ask me anything about Wagashi.:-)
Taneya Dorayaki; http://taneya.jp/okashi/tsunen_dorayaki.html
Toraya Higashi “Goshiki-ito” serise ; http://www.toraya-group.co.jp/products/pro04/pro04_001.html
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