The history of Wagashi
Mika WadaThere are various kind of Wagashi. You can enjoy luxurious ones with green tea or you can enjoy more casual ones on daily basis, such as Dorayaki or Daihuku, Ea...
Traditional wagashi Botamochi / Ohagi
Naoko OkadaBotamochi and Ohagi are Japanese sweet made with rice and azuki (red beans paste). Japanese people enjoy this sweet in Higan(Buddhist holiday during the Spring ...
Traditonal wagashi “Ohagi”
Ohagi is very popular beans dessert and familiar to all Japanese people. There are various names of it, depending on the season or regions. Just like that every...
What determine the flavor of Anko
What determine the flavor of Anko ― Get to know the flavor besides sweetness and find your favorite Anko Anko sweets are very simple, composed of only Az...
Wagashi(Japanese traditional sweets) was energetic food in Edo period
Don’t you take it for granted that Wagashi is the sweet for women? The truth is, if you look into the history of Wagashi you might notice that Wagashi, such as ...
Taste perception and astringent taste
~ Sent, how to preserve, how to produce can change the flavor~ Contains a lot of starch? Azuki is deeply ingrained in Japanese society and it has been used as m...
Planting Azuki beans
I often received the inquiries about when we harvest those beans. Some customers even ask us to send new beans around August, which is not feasible at all. In ...
Kagami-mochi
The Kagami-mochi first appeared in around 14th. The name Kagami is said to have originated from its resemblance to a mirror that people offered to God named Sai...
Nourishment and effectiveness
About Azuki It has low calorie … Koshi-Ann(red beans paste) has half as much calorie as shortcake. You may think that Anko is sweet and therefore you wi...
Why is Eitaro’s Kintsuba round?
Kintsuba is one of the Wagashi(Japanese traditional sweets). They are made from anko(red bean pastes) which was dipped into the very light batter and cooked. Th...
