The beautiful hydrangea made of agar!
My aunt living near subway Kuramaguchi station in Kyoto often buy sweets made by Ko-rakuya for my family. I think tourists won’t visit this quiet residential ar...
If you bring this Japanese sweets, you can be rich at last!?
In Kitanotenmanbu shrine in Kyoto, the beautiful fresh green garden of maple leaves is exhibited now. It’s more famous for plum blossoms and red maple leaves, b...
It’s difficult to say who is the most beautiful! ~ Iris in May in Japan~
Aoi festival was held in May 15th the day before yesterday, so the best season for iris passed, but still we can see beautiful purple flowers in O-ta shrine, th...
Special mushroom made of sweet beans and sugar!
”Sho-ro” means white mushroom which appear around pine tree forests in April and May. In Kyoto, the name “sho-ro” is famous as the traditional sweets made by Ni...
We were filmed for NHK world channel “Core Kyoto”! Please don’t miss it.
Hello, I’m an owner of Tea Ceremony Koto, just a 1 minute walk from Kinkakuji temple in Kyoto. We will be on the NHK world channel “Core Kyoto” in June 4th. It’...
Japanese summer sweets made from lotus. Healthy and delicious!
Have you ever heard of the sweets made from lotus? I guess maybe you haven’t. It’s very rare and the original sweets made by Wakuden, which is one of the tradit...
How beautiful it is! The Japanese confectionary art!
Nijo-Wakasaya main shop is on Nijo-Ogawa, near the Nijo castle. Entering the shop, I was surprised to see the big confectionary arts in the show cases. What a g...
The Tasty Japanese café owned by a confectionary craftsman
“Kanraku Hanago” is the small Japanese café we can have delicious Japanese fresh sweets made of beans, rice powder or Japanese taro with powdered green tea. It’...
Effective for your skin! Japanese sweets made from wheat gluten.
“Fumanju” is the healthy sweat made from wheat gluten wrapped by bamboo leaves we often have for Japanese traditional meal or lunch box. It’s much more healthie...
What a curious festival in Kyoto Imamiya shrine！
Imamiya shrine is a small local shrine which is famous with Japanese traditional rice cake with white miso called “Abueimochi”, the amulet for the women getting...
The traditional & modern Sweets for spring in Kyoto Japan
Kyoto sweets ! traditional ＆ Modern I dropped in the traditional sweets shop in Shijo Horikawa in Kyoto after visiting the travel company near Shijo area today....
Delicious Japanese cookies in Teramachi Oike, Kyoto
Delicious Japanese handmade cookies! Kameyayoshinaga is famous and popular with Japanese cookie called “Oike-senbei”. It’s on Oike Street, and the entrance of T...