Wagashi Pix

Ichigo (strawberry) daifuku is a new variation of daifuku, containing strawberry and sweet filling, most commonly anko, inside a small round rice cake. It is often eaten during winter or spring season.

Daifuku is well-known traditional Japanese sweet, but strawberry daifuku is kind of like a newcomer which was just invented in the 1980s. Although few people tend to take it as ‘improper’ wagashi, but it has already come to be very popular sweet for most of Japanese people.

Many patisseries claim to have invented the confection, so its exact origin is vague.

Ingredients:
Sugar, red bean, rice flour, strawberry

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