The great world of Japanese style sweets: Wagashi

“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.

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.

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

Related posts

• The medieval Portuguese cake remains in Japan?! : Castella in Nagasaki. (0)
• How to wash tasty rice for real. : The knacks for washing rice. (0)
• Happy and healthy new year food from Japan! : Osechi, Ozoni, Kagami-mochi (0)
• Do Japanese really eat whales? The true eating habits of the Japanese. (2)
• YOKAI PARADISE NIPPON.: Kyoto International Manga Museum (0)