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Daifuku — Mochi-Wrapped Wagashi (大福)
Daifuku (大福, 'great luck') are soft mochi rice cakes stuffed with sweet red bean paste (anko) — amon…
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Dorayaki — Japanese Red Bean Pancake Wagashi (どら焼き)
Dorayaki (どら焼き) are Japanese wagashi consisting of two small, fluffy pancakes (made with honey, eggs…
Japan — dorayaki in its c
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Mitarashi Dango — Skewered Mochi with Caramelised Soy Glaze (みたらし団子)
Mitarashi dango (みたらし団子) are skewered balls of mochi rice cake coated in a sweet-soy caramel glaze —…
Kyoto, Japan — mitarashi
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Mizu-Yokan — Cold-Set Summer Bean Jelly (水羊羹)
Mizu-yokan (水羊羹, water yokan) is a summer wagashi — a softer, higher-water-content version of yokan …
Japan — yokan (originally
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Namagashi — Fresh Seasonal Wagashi (生菓子)
Namagashi (生菓子, raw/fresh wagashi) are the most perishable and most revered category of Japanese con…
Kyoto and Kanazawa, Japan
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Wagashi Annual Calendar — The Four Seasons in Confectionery (和菓子歳時記)
The Japanese wagashi calendar is a complete annual system of confectionery design organised around t…
Japan — the wagashi seaso
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Warabi Mochi — The Bracken Starch Confection (わらび餅)
Warabi mochi (わらび餅) is a Japanese sweet made from warabiko (わらびこ, bracken fern starch) — a starch ex…
Japan — bracken fern has
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Zenzai and Shiruko — Sweet Red Bean Soup (善哉・汁粉)
Zenzai (善哉) and shiruko (汁粉) are Japanese sweet soups of azuki red beans and mochi or dango, eaten a…
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