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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)

Karukan is a steamed rice cake which is mixed with grated yam and whipped egg white. It is one of the famous regional souvenir sweets of Kyushu. Originally it was served without anko, but recently karukan manju (anko inside) has become popular in Japan.

Karukan cut in half.

Shop location:
6-8-14, Ishigaki Higashi,
Beppu-shi, Oita 874-0919

Shop’s website:
Oita Confectionery Industrial Association (Japanese)
Oita Confectionery Industrial Association (English translated by Google)

Fumanju is a type of manju wrapped with a bamboo leaf. Manju is usually made from flour, but fumanju is made from flour gluten instead. It’s sticky just like mochi, but more fluffy. The bamboo leaf adds fragrance to the fumanju. Just like manju, fumanju also has a filling of anko.

Fumanju cut in half.

Shop location:
5-8-1, Nakazato,
Kiyose-shi, Tokyo 204-0003
（Other chain stores）

Shop’s website:
Shinkine’s homepage (Japanese)
Shinkine’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.
Kuri-manju is a manju filled with shiro-an(white bean paste) and chopped chestnuts.

Shop location:
3-26-13, Shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
（Other chain stores）

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