Hoshigaki is a kind of dried fruit made by drying Japanese persimmons. When I bark an astringent persimmon produced in autumn and air it outside for 1-2weeks, it is in sweet dried fruit. The surface becomes white by itself when it dries up. It is not covered with sugar. The taste is sweet of nature, it is very delicious. I like it.
Sakuramochi is a variety of wagashi, or Japanese confectionery, covered with a leaf of sakura. The style that dumplings wrapped with plant leaves like Sakuramochi is unique to Japan.
Sakuramochi can be eaten with or without the sakura leaf. In addition, form and the thickness of the rice cake seem to vary according to a district. This sakuramochi is thin that this rice cake is white and is transparent. The rice cake smelled the cherry tree and was unique taste. I am not sure that this taste s liked by a foreigner.
This is a cheese cake of the mouthful size. I like cheese, much more cheese cake.
This cheescake has rich feeling of unbaked cheese cake, very delicious!
This cake seems to use the good-quality cream cheese. The taste was not too much sweet that has some taste of lemon. As for three, I ate this.
Fujiya is the confectionery company which is famous for candy called Milkey. It is a confection of cream such as Milkey coated with chocolate, very sweet and delicious. A lot of delicious chocolate is in Japan. Above all, this chocolate is cheap (only 100yen) and can buy it anywhere.
12 chocolate is in this package. And, Each one has its own character's face. Very cute...
Omochi means rice cake. In the house of my parents, we make rice cake every year-end. The handmade rice cake is delicious very sticky. This picture is sliced and dried rice cake. It was called 'kiri-mochi'.
It becomes the zoni when we stew this in vegetables and soup stock. Or, just bake it while it is hot and attach soy flour (Kinako) or wrapping it with a sheet of seaweed and putting soybean source on it. I think this is food necessary for Japanese life.
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.
