Wagashi Pix

This is Hachinoya’s summer wagashi only offered in this season.
Not only it looks like a broad bean or a soybean, but it’s also made of sweetened red bean paste covered with white bean paste. (Bean lovers have got to try this.)

Beans inside a basket. So cute!

Ingredients:
Sugar, azuki-bean(red), otebo-bean(white), egg, glutinous starch syrup, butter, fresh cream, rice flour, sweet sake

Shop’s website:
Hachinoya’s homepage (Japanese)
Hachinoya’s homepage (English translated by Google)

This manju is a well-known souvenir confection of Miyajima, an island in Western Japan.
Miyajima has long been famous for its beautiful tinted autumnal leaves, and the manju was originally created as a souvenir in the Meiji period.
It is known as “Momiji-Manju” which was shaped in the image of a momiji (Japanese maple) leaf.

On top of this manju, it has a print of two deers looking at a fallen leaf.

Shop location:
1-13-12 Hikarimachi
Higashi-ku, Hiroshima 732-0052
（Other chain stores）

Shop’s website:
Nishikido’s homepage (Japanese)
Nishikido’s homepage (English)

This is Hachinoya’s special manju for Halloween.
Inside the manju is filled with pumpkin paste which tastes similar to anko.

Happy Halloween!

Shop location:
2-10-6, Jiyugaoka,
Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0035
（Other chain stores）

Shop’s website:
Hachinoya’s homepage (Japanese)
Hachinoya’s homepage (English translated by Google)

Another usagi-manju from Kamakuragoro.

Shop location:
2-9-2, Komachi,
Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa 248-0006
（Other chain stores）

Shop’s website:
Kamakuragoro’s homepage (Japanese)
Kamakuragoro’s homepage (English translated by Google)

Manju is a baked or steamed cake stuffed with anko. Its outside is made from flour, rice powder or buckwheat.

Usagi-manju is an occasional manju served for a traditional event called Tsukimi. The word “usagi” means  “rabbit”, and the manju is shaped after the Moon rabbit.

Shop location:
5-16-15, Shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
（Other chain stores）

Shop’s website:
Hanazono-Manju’s homepage (Japanese)
Hanazono-Manju’s homepage (English translated by Google)