Zenzai and the day of Kagami biraki

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

It was the day of Kagami biraki, yesterday.
Kagami biraki means the custom of cutting and eating round rice cake.
We thank the gods and pray for perfect states of health and eat round rice cakes.

I ate a Japanese confectionery in the day of Kagami biraki on January 11.

This is the Japanese confectionery,"Zenzai."
Zenzai is the red bean soup with rice cake.

It is sweet and delicious !!
The hot Zenzai made my body warm.

Suzukake : Amaimo

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced the high-class Japanese confectionery shop in Fukuoka, Suzukake, before.
Today I'd like to introduce one of delicious foods.

This is it, Amaimo.
It is sold at Suzukake store of Japanese confectionery.
This is a time-limited Japanese confectionery.

Amaimo means sweet potato.
It is a Japanese-style sweet potato, containing sweet potato, sugar and white beans paste.

It is not too sweet and delicious !!

Kuri Mushi by Kogetsudo

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced the famous confectionary in Kitakyusyu-city, Kogetsudo, before.
Today I'd like to introduce my favorite Japanese confectionery of Kogetsudo.

This is "Kuri Mushi".
The price is 360 yen.

Kuri means chestnut.
Mushi means steam.

This is a kind of Japanese confectionery, the chestnut steamed adzuki-bean jelly.
It is so sticky.
It is not too sweet and delicious !!

A souvenir : Monaka by Taneya

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I received a souvenir from my friend.
Today I'd like to introduce the souvenir.

This is "Monaka by Taneya".
This is a souvenir from Kanagawa prefecture.
My friend lives in Yokohama city.
Taneya is a high-quality Japanese sweet shop.

Monaka is a wafer cake filled with bean jam.
The bean jam usually has been already wrapped in a wafer cake beforehand, but this Monaka is made by doing it yourself.

The wafer cake is crispy.
The bean jam is sweet and smooth.

It is super delicious !
I love it !!

A souvenir : Mizu Yokan by Taneya

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I received a souvenir from my friend.
Today I'd like to introduce the souvenir.

This is "Mizu Yokan by Taneya".
This is a souvenir from Kanagawa prefecture.
My friend lives in Yokohama city.
Taneya is a high-quality Japanese sweet shop.

Mizu Yokan is a soft red bean jelly.
It is so smooth.
It is not too sweet and super delicious !!

Chestnut bean jam Manju

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce the new product of Japanese confectionery.

This is it, "Chestnut bean jam Manju ."
It is a new product released on September 23, 2019.
It is sold only at Seven-Eleven.

There are 3 of sweets in this 1 bag.
The price is 300 yen.

It is a Japanese and Western style steamed bun.
This is a steamed bun with a bean jam of chestnut filling.
The bean jam of chestnut is made by chestnuts from Italy.

It has the rich flavor of chestnut.
This is sweet and delicious.

Shoratama Zenzai by Kogetsudo

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce the Japanese confectionery shop in Kitakyusyu.

This is the shop, "Kogetsudo."
The head office of Kogetsudo is located in Uomachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyusyu City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Kogetsudo is the famous confectionary in Kitakyusyu-city.
Kuri Manju of Kogetsudo is a famous confection.

The head office has a restaurant.

I ordered the menu, "Shiratama Zenzai".
The price is 760yen.
Shiratama Zenzai is the red bean soup with rice-flour dumplings and agar.
Shiratama means rice-flour dumplings, Zenzai means red bean soup.

I ordered Shiratama Zenzai with agar, because I could choose agar or shaved ice.

The red bean is soft and sweet.
The rice-flour dumplings are sticky.
The agar matches the red bean well.

It is so delicious !!!!!

Speaking of spring, it is Dango !!!

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce one of the Japanese-style confectioneries.

This is it, Dango.
Dango means sweet rice dumpling.
This is the sweet rice dumpling coated with strained bean jam.
There are a variety of styles depending upon ingredients included.

The season of the flower viewing came !!
The cherry-trees blossom in spring.

It is thought that flower viewing is not complete without dango !!
Japanese people love dango !!

Japanese confectionery: Ishigaki Mochi

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce Ishigaki Mochi.



Ishigaki Mochi is one of Japanese confections and a local sweet of Oita Prefecture.
We need flour, sugar, sweet potato and salt to make this Ishigaki Mochi.
All ingredients are mixed and steamed.

Ishigaki means the stone wall.
This shape looks like stone wall, so we call it "Ishigaki Mochi."



It has the natural sweetness of sweet potato.
It is delicious with simplicity.

My Favorite : Dorayaki of Suzukake

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced the high-class Japanese confectionery shop in Fukuoka, Suzukake, before.
Today I'd like to introduce my favorite Japanese confectionery of Suzukake.



This is "Dorayaki".
The price is 162 yen.
It is reasonable.



It has two small pancakes with white kidney beans jam in between.

The white kidney beans jam is not too sweet.
It is so delicious !!

The melty and rich matcha tart

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce the new product of desserts.

This is it, "The melty and rich matcha tart ".
It is a new product released on August 7, 2018.
It is sold only at Family Mart and Circle K Sunkus.


This is the tart of green tea. 

The tart is made by Uji matcha from Kyoto.

It has the flavor of green tea.
It is not so sweet. 

It is smooth and delicious !!!

Japanese confectionery: Mizu-Daifuku

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce a Japanese confectionery shop in Kitakyusyu.

The Japanese confectionery shop is , "Masuya".
It is located in Uo-machi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyusyu City, Fukuoka Prefecture.
I love the Japanese confectionery of Masuya.

This is the popular confectionery, "Mizu-Daifuku".
The price is 120 yen each.

The mizu-daifuku is a ball of bean paste covered with a rice cake.
That is delicious and not too sweet.

Japanese confectionery: Kuri mushi yokan

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce Kuri mushi yokan.

This is Kuri mushi yokan.
It is sold by Yamazaki.
The price is around 120 yen.

Kuri means chestnut.
Mushi yokan means steamed bean jelly.

This is sweet and delicious.

I ate Ichigo daifuku of Suzukake !!

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I ate Ichigo daifuku of Suzukake for the first time this year.

I introduced the high-class Japanese confectionery,Ichigo daifuku of Suzukake" before.
(The blog article, please click here →My Favorite : Ichigo daifuku of Suzukake )

I could eat Ichigo daifuku this year, too.

That was very delicious !!
I felt very happy.

Japanese desserts : Kurikinton made with chestnuts and sugar

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce a good dessert.

This is it, "Kurikinton made with chestnuts and sugar".
The price is 245 yen.

This is an original product of LAWSON.
It is a new product released on September 20, 2016.

Kurikinton is a kind of Japanese confectionery which made with mashed sweetened chestnuts.
The raw materials are only chestnuts and sugar.

It seems to eat chestnut.
It has the refined sweetness.

It is very delicious !!
I really love it !!

My Favorite : Ichigo daifuku of Suzukake

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced the high-class Japanese confectionery shop in Fukuoka, Suzukake, last time.
Today I'd like to introduce my favorite Japanese confectionery of Suzukake.

This is "Ichigo daifuku".
The price is aound 350 yen.
It is so expensive !!

Ichigo means strawberry,Daifuku means rice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam.
It is the rice cake stuffed with strawberry.

The sweetness of bean jam matches the acidity of strawberry !!
It is wonderfully and delicious !!

This Ichigo daifuku is  limited sale only in spring.
II can't wait for next spring !!

The high-class Japanese confectionery shop : Suzukake

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce the high-class Japanese confectionery shop in Fukuoka.

This is the shop, "Suzukake."
The head office of Suzukake is located in Kamikawabatamachi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Suzukake has 5 branch shops in Fukuoka prefecture.
The only head office has a café.

This is the popular sweets of the café, "Suzu no parfait".
The price is 970 yen.

The parfait is containing red bean jelly, beans, lots of fruits, fresh cream, 3 kinds of homemade ice creams.
You can choose 3 kinds of ice creams, from vanilla, green tea, a caramel, black sesame.

It is the luxurious parfait !!!
Everything is perfect !!
It is super delicious !!!

New Dorayaki : Matcha-butter-dora

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced "Kabocha-butter-dora" before.
The blog article, please click this →Unusual products of Dorayaki : Kabocha-butter-dora

Today I'd like to introduce the new Dorayaki "Matcha-butter-dora".

This is the new Dorayaki,"Matcha-butter-dora".
It is also sold at Sakaeya's shop where I introduced before.
The blog article, please click this → The famous confection of Fukuoka,"Nanban Orai"

This product is limited sale from spring to summer.

This Dorayaki filled with sweet red beans paste and butter cream of green tea.
The butter cream of green tea is very tasty.
It is sweet and delicious !!

A Japanese traditional sweets shop : Choju

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Last month, I went to Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

I found a Japanese traditional sweets shop in Yamaguchi.
Today I'd like to introduce the sweets shop.

This is the sweets shop, "Choju ".
That sweets shop is near Shin-yamaguchi Station.
This is an old house, it's so traditional.

This was "Cream Zenzai" which I ate.
Cream Zenzai is the red bean soup with ice cream and rice-flour dumplings.

It was very sweet and delicious.
That is my favorite !!

Kashiwa-mochi

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

It was Children's Day yesterday.
We eat a Japanese confectionery in the Boy's Festival on May 5.

This is the Japanese confectionery,"Kashiwa-mochi."

It is a rice cake containing bean jam wrapped in an oak leaf.
It has a smooth and pleasant taste, it's so delicious.

Most people don't eat the oak leaf, but some people eat it.
I love  Kashiwa-mochi, but I don't eat the oak leaf.