Today, I went to Fujinomiya city near Mt.Fuji. And I found this cute candy.
This candy is a kind of candy called 'Kintaroame'. Kintaroame is a bar of candy that is produced using a special technique. It is a cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced. As for this, Mt. Fuji was made in place of Kintaro.
You can buy it at Fujinomiya-Omiya-yokocho.
Kurizenzai is sweet made with soft beans (e.g. adzuki) and chestnuts. These are types of bean paste made by boiling azuki and chestnut with sugar. Zenzai has some variations. For example, that are served in a bowl with mochi (sticky rice cake), shiratama dango (dumplings made of sticky rice flour called shiratamako), and with icecream and fruits.
The etymology of zenzai seems to be a Buddhism word, or it's said to come from the words of the Ikkyu reverend. All mean, "I feel that it is good and praise it" in Kanji.
I got this Kurizenzai from one of the relatives. Before eating, it should be heated using a microwave oven or hot water.
This is the bean-jam-filled wafers which did the model of the wild boar. And this is a famous sweet of the Izu district.
In this district, there is a theme park where the show of the wild boar is seen in, and there is a restaurant serving the meat of the wild boar.
The meat of the wild boar tastes wild seems to be delicious. I have never try that before.
And this bean-jam-filled wafers are normal taste. Because a wild boar is a too unfamiliar animal, I enjoyed this bean-jam-filled wafers.
This is a baked confectionery of a pistachio and the taste of franc boise. Madeleine and Financier are small French cake. But this cakes are made in Kobe-city. Kobe-shi adopted Western stylish culture for a long time. It is not exaggeration even if I say the most refined town in Japan.
The taste is very orthodox. But how to use material is luxurious and thinks that it is delicious.
Monaka a wafer cake filled with red (or white) bean jam. This monaka uses peanut with white bean. The flavor of the peanut was fragrant and was delicious.
The peanut is regarded as lucky food in Japan. Because two beans are in one sheath. It is like a happy couple. I think this sweet is so conceptual.
And this box has a shape of the peanut. This is very cute. I think to keep it without throwing it away.
Red and the white combination are said to be lucky in Japan. We can find these color pattern in a traditional wedding ceremony and a festival.
You can buy this monaka in Chiba. Chiba's famous produce is peanut.
Yoneya "Peanut Monaka"This is a jelly cake as the hydrangea. Hydrangea is beautiful flower that is originally from Asia. It is typical flower that blooms in the season of baiu (June) in Japan.
Though the taste are not so delicious, they are look cute.
The Japanese pear has a shape of the apple.The texture is Chari Chari. The Japanese pear is different from the pear in both the form and the texture. But the fragrance that is good almost as same as a pear.
This is the sherbet which was in the container of the form such as the Japanese pear. It is refreshing sweetness and looks fan.
