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Fujiya Co. Ltd. (株式会社不二家, Kabushiki Gaisha Fujiya) (TYO: 2211) is a nationwide chain of confectionery stores and restaurants in Japan. Its first shop was founded in 1910 in Yokohama. [2] Fujiya is credited with introducing the Christmas cake to Japan. [3] In 2016, the company opened its first store outside Japan in Taipei, Taiwan. [4]
A cake that may also be served at Christmas time in the United Kingdom, in addition to the traditional Christmas cake, is the cake known as a "Yule Log, or chocolate log". This is a Swiss roll that is coated in chocolate, resembling a log. The Christmas cake largely displaced the previously popular Twelfth-night cake during the Victorian era.
[2] [3] [4] The raindrop cake, created in 2014, was developed by a wagashi shop as a derivative of shingen mochi and is recognized as a wagashi in Japan. [5] [6] In recent years, wagashi shop have developed and marketed many confections that are an eclectic mix of wagashi and Western confections, often referred to as "neo-wagashi". [7]
Boots are a style of footwear that came to Japan from the West during the Meiji period (1868–1912); worn by women while wearing a hakama, optional footwear worn by young women, students and teachers at high-school and university graduation ceremonies, and by young women out celebrating their Coming of Age at shrines, often with a hakama with ...
In 2021, reports emerged about a woman who almost lost her eye during a cake smash. When her head was pushed into her birthday cake, she was impaled by a sharp wooden dowel which narrowly missed ...
Shoppers can purchase the delicious looking cake for $17.99 and at a whopping 2-pounds, the price is a steal. Related: Costco's Vibrant 8-Piece Stoneware Ramekin Set Is Just $10, and Shoppers Are ...
To suit the tastes of Japanese people, mizuame syrup was added to the sponge cake to make it more moist, and zarame (coarse sugar) was added to the bottom to give it a coarser texture. [5] Castella is usually baked in square or rectangular molds, then cut and sold in long boxes, with the cake inside being approximately 27 cm (11 in) long.
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