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Mochi
Sticky rice cakes made from pounded glutinous rice.
💡 Did you know? At New Year they are traditionally pounded fresh.
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Wagashi from Japan: recognise mochi, dorayaki, taiyaki, daifuku, manjū, dango, melonpan, castella, anpan and yōkan. Good to know: Sticky rice cakes made from pounded glutinous rice. At New Year they are traditionally pounded fresh. Two pancake-like layers with sweet bean paste. It is the favourite food of the cartoon character Doraemon. A fish-shaped waffle cake with a sweet filling. The shape represents a sea bream. A mochi ball with a sweet filling, often red bean paste. One variety hides a whole strawberry inside. A steamed bun with a sweet bean filling. It is among the oldest wagashi. Rice-flour dumplings, often several on a skewer. At cherry-blossom time pink-white-green dango are eaten. A sweet bun with a crisp, cracked crust. The name comes from its melon-like pattern, not its taste. A fluffy sponge cake from Nagasaki. Portuguese traders once brought the recipe to Japan. A soft yeast bun filled with red bean paste. A sesame or poppy seed is often pressed on top. A firm, jelly-like sweet of bean paste and agar.
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Foto: A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Mochi
Sticky rice cakes made from pounded glutinous rice.
💡 Did you know? At New Year they are traditionally pounded fresh.
Foto: Ocdp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Dorayaki
Two pancake-like layers with sweet bean paste.
💡 Did you know? It is the favourite food of the cartoon character Doraemon.

Foto: Toto-tarou · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Taiyaki
A fish-shaped waffle cake with a sweet filling.
💡 Did you know? The shape represents a sea bream.
Foto: Ocdp · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Daifuku
A mochi ball with a sweet filling, often red bean paste.
💡 Did you know? One variety hides a whole strawberry inside.
Foto: zisk · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Manjū
A steamed bun with a sweet bean filling.
💡 Did you know? It is among the oldest wagashi.
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