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WAGASHI

LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 28, 2021
Top 5: The sweetest of Tokyo¡¯s wagashi offerings
A traditional confectionery, sweet Japanese ¡®wagashi¡¯ pair exquisitely with green tea and are definitely a sight to behold.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Oct 31, 2020
These convenience store snacks are here to ¡®slay¡¯
Head to Lawson and you¡¯ll find a range of limited-edition snacks tied to the recent record-breaking movie, ¡°Demon Slayer.¡±
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 28, 2020
Shiho Sakamoto: Designing wagashi for the 21st century
Wagashi designer Shiho Sakamoto is embracing technology, using Instagram, video and even 3D printing to introduce wagashi sweets to new generations around the world.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 31, 2019
Sendai Dango Ichifuku: Sushi rice gives classic sweets a twist
Sendai Dango Ichifuku, a sushi shop-turned-sweets purveyor, has been making its dango dumplings with Sasanishiki sushi rice since the 1980s, but recently its online presence has been attracting new fans to the small Tohoku shop.
Japan Times
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Aug 4, 2018
Takashi Ochiai¡¯s patisserie is no cookie cutter
From the rice fields of Niigata Prefecture to the Catalonian culture of Barcelona, Ochiai¡¯s experience is reflected in his pastries and cakes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / 51³Ô¹ÏÍøESE KITCHEN
Apr 14, 2018
Celebrating the spring with homemade Japanese sweets
Spring is a great time for fans of wagashi, traditional Japanese sweets. While many wagashi reflect the seasons all year long visually ¡ª especially the colorful, beautifully formed nerikiri created by skilled artisans ¡ª this is the time of year when you can taste, as well as see, the season as it...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 10, 2018
Artisan Junichi Mitsubori presents his new art of wagashi
A rapt audience watches in silence as a delicate confection in the shape of a flower blooms in the experienced hands of a wagashi master. Junichi Mitsubori, a third-generation wagashi (Japanese dessert) artisan hailing from Yokosuka City, Kanagawa, does not embellish his movements as he crafts the sugary...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Jan 9, 2016
Workshops to keep the children sweet
You and I can talk all day about differences between this country and that, and we can detail any number of parenting strategies and discuss how they differ from one culture to the next, but there are more similarities than differences, and one of the biggest common denominators is this: Kids want sweets....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Sep 11, 2015
Sasaya Iori: Kyoto¡¯s 300-year-old sweets shop
The area around Kyoto Station seems to lack the cultural and culinary charms found elsewhere in the city, but this might be changing. A massive restoration of the nearby Higashi Honganji Temple complex will soon be completed and Umekoji Locomotive Museum will be combined into the new Kyoto Railway Museum,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 17, 2015
Kuriya Kashi Kurogi: Tokyo¡¯s sweet shop in the shade of Kengo Kuma
The instant you see Kuriya Kashi Kurogi you know it¡¯s special. The hidden location, verdant setting and striking architecture are more than remarkable ¡ª they are one of a kind. With the Kurogi name, you expect nothing less.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 2, 2013
Sweet times beside a scary Kyoto mound
¡°You have big hands, so make it a little larger,¡± Kataoka-san said, referring to the piece of sweet mochi (glutinous rice cake) I¡¯d been shaping as dexterously as I could manage.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / SWEET INSPIRATIONS
Oct 3, 2013
A modern twist to traditional snacks
Nowhere is the intersection of Japanese food culture and style more obvious than in the genteel, refined world of wagashi. For centuries, Japanese confectioners, especially those associated with Kyoto and the rituals of the tea ceremony, have produced sweets of astounding intricacy and beauty.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / SWEET INSPIRATIONS
Jul 4, 2013
Takemura: as traditional as it gets
Sweetshops don¡¯t get much more traditional than Takemura; inside and out it is a classic. Founded in 1930, this handsome two-story wooden building has stood untouched in the backstreets of Kanda-Sudacho, with its stone lantern, shrubs, the little palisade of bamboo and verge of greenery.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 26, 2013
Sample a sweet Golden Week experience at the National Confectionary Expo
Sweets mean different things to different people. Some say such treats are their perfect stress release, while others say they bring back childhood memories.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / SWEET INSPIRATIONS
Apr 5, 2013
Springtime sweets come into bloom
The petals may have dropped from the cherry trees, at least in the Tokyo area, but there are plenty of leaves to be seen ¡ª and not just on the trees. Look around any shop selling traditional wagashi sweets at this time of year and you¡¯ll find cherry leaves in evidence, wrapped around sakura-mochi....
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