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Local wagashi specialties began to be produced in various regions of Japan, and a wagashi culture blossomed throughout the country. The design of nerikiri ( 練り切り ) , a beautiful fresh confection with various shapes and colors that characterizes wagashi, was created and developed in Kyoto during this period and spread to all parts of Japan.
The Japanese had been making desserts for centuries before sugar was widely available in Japan. Many desserts commonly available in Japan can be traced back hundreds of years. [1] In Japanese cuisine, traditional sweets are known as wagashi, and are made using ingredients such as red bean paste and mochi.
Yatsuhashi (八ツ橋 or 八橋) is a wagashi (Japanese confection) sold mainly as a miyagegashi (souvenir snack). It is one of the best known meibutsu (famous regional products) of Kyoto. It is made from glutinous rice flour (上新粉, jōshinko), sugar, and cinnamon. Baked, it is similar to senbei.
On February 26, 2018, in Washington DC, wagashi master chefs and members of the Matsukawaya Company made a hands-on presentation about the making a wagashi. It was founded in 1862 in Nagoya, Japan. [2] Currently, Yoshitaka Nishino is the CEO. [3] [4]
During the Kamakura period (1185–1333), Japanese Buddhist monks who studied in the Song dynasty brought the tea culture to Japan, and the custom of eating confections with tea began in Japan. The monks also introduced tenshin ( 点心 , dim sum ) , a light meal, and the history book Teikin ōrai ( 庭訓往来 ) mentions udon ( 饂飩 ...
The simplistic, and widely disseminated notion regarding its invention is that it was developed in the early Ansei era (c. 1856) by the confectioner Kōeidō, [2] [3] but a local historian has traced a more elaborate multi-phased history in which the founding of this wagashi shop and the development of the modern recipe is pushed to a number of ...
Daifukumochi (大福餅), or daifuku (大福) (literally "great luck"), is a wagashi, a type of Japanese confection, consisting of a small round mochi stuffed with a sweet filling, most commonly anko, a sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans. Daifuku is often served with green tea. Daifuku (plain type) Daifuku comes in many varieties.
Botamochi (ぼたもち or 牡丹餅) is a wagashi (Japanese confection) made with glutinous rice, white rice (ratio of 7:3, or only glutinous rice), and sweet azuki paste (red bean paste). They are made by soaking the rice for approximately 1 hour. The rice is then cooked, and a thick azuki paste is hand-packed around pre-formed balls of rice.