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Shinwakamatsu

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On 2021年11月22日

In 日吉本町 ( Hiyoshihoncho ), 横浜（ Yokohama ）, 神奈川（ Kanagawa ）

This shop is 5 minutes’ walk from Hiyoshihoncho station.

The shop is shown by white arrow in the following picture.

Inside the shop, beautiful sweets are displayed.

Domyoji also looks delicious.

Domyoji a Japanese confection consisting of sweet, pink-colored rice cake (mochi) with a red bean paste (anko) center and wrapped in a pickled cherry blossom (sakura) leaf.
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I bought “Kinako dango” as follow. It looks cute !　

This was chewy and I enjoyed the taste of kinako that I like.

This was very delicious !!

Kinako is roasted soybean flour.
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I also bought “Ohagi” as follow. I enjoyed red bean paste feeling.

Ohagi is a Japanese confection made with glutinous rice / regular rice and sweet azuki paste (red bean paste). A thick azuki paste is hand-packed around pre-formed balls of rice.
Another name for this kind of confection is Botamochi.
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Location:

Address: 4-11-8 Hiyoshihoncho, kohoku-ku, Yokohama

( Google plus code : GJXP+5C Yokohama, Kanagawa )

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Senshinan

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On 2021年11月2日

In 川崎（ Kawasaki ）, 武蔵小杉 ( Musashikosugi ), 神奈川（ Kanagawa ）

This shop is located along the Hosei street. The famous ramen shop “Marusen” is near this shop.

This shop also makes low calorie confections for diabetic patients.

I bought “Coffee Daifuku” and “Fu manju”.

The above picture is “Coffee daifuku”. It looks cute and it was 185 yen (as of Sept. 2021).

Coffee daifuku is a confection consisting of a small round mochi (glutinous rice cake) stuffed with coffee flavored sweetfilling.
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This coffee daifuku was very delicious !! It was excellent in the balance of bitter taste and sweet taste (^0^).

The above picture is “Fu manju”, it was 185 yen (as of Sept. 2021).

When I opened a package, I smelled a nice flagrance of bamboo leaves. It was chewy and the filling is mildly sweet.

Fu manju is a round wheat gluten cake filled with a sweet red bean filling.
Fu is wheat gluten.
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Fu is sometimes used as an ingredient in soup dishes as follow. ( Fu is white columned one. )

Sometimes, Fu is used as a bait for carps.

Location：

Address : 66 Ichinotsubo, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa

( Google plus code : HMF4+6Q Kawasaki, Kanagawa )

Dango no Miyoshi

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On 2021年9月18日

In 元住吉（ Motosumiyoshi ）, 川崎（ Kawasaki ）, 神奈川（ Kanagawa ）

When you get out of ” Motosumiyoshi ” station (west exit), walk Bremen street. You will find this shop. This shop is located approx. 400 meters from the station.

I think it is worth visiting.

When I visited, many students bought dango at this shop. Therefore this shop had a friendly atmosphere.

Yaki-dango was sold for 70 yen (as of Sept.2021), it’s an affordable price !!

I bought Lemon-Dango (90 yen: as of Sept.2021) and Ohagi-Tsubu (110 yen: as of Sept.2021). Lemon-Dango is in the right side of picture.

It was the first time for me to eat Lemon-Dango. This dango was exceeding my expectation and it was very delicious !!!

It has a moderate sweetness and you can enjoy the texture of lemon peel. It also has a slight bitterness and this increases deliciousness.

Dango is a made from rice flour mixed with uruchi rice flour and glutinous rice flour.
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The above picture is Ohagi (Tsubu). It’s slightly sweet and nice!

Ohagi is made with rice and sweet azuki paste (red bean paste). It’s believed that red color (red bean) could dispel evil sprits. Therefore Ohagi is sometimes eaten as a sacred food.
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Location:

Address: 3-8-16, Kizuki, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa

( Google plus code : HJ8X+5V Kawasaki, Kanagawa )

Hachi no ya – motosumiyoshi

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On 2021年9月8日

In 元住吉（ Motosumiyoshi ）, 川崎（ Kawasaki ）, 神奈川（ Kanagawa ）

The “Hachi no ya” has its main shop in Jiyugaoka. In motosumiyoshi shop, there are original products which are sold only in this shop. “Hachi no ya” means a house of bee.

The appearance and interior of this shop are very elegant !

There is a special product which is sold only on 8th of every month. (*8 is pronounced “Hachi” in Japanese. Therefore, it might rhymes with “Hachi”as a shop name.)

When I visited this shop on Sept. 8th, the special product was already sold out (>_<).

So I bought “Bremen Dorayaki” which is the original product in this shop. This shop is located in “Bremen street” in Motosumiyoshi.

When I opened this, the fragrant smell of toasted sweet was floating in the air.

The animals of the tale “Town Musicians of Bremen” were branded on top face.

Dorayaki is a type of Japanese confection. It consists of two small pancake-like patties made from castella wrapped around a filling of sweet azuki bean paste.
The Japanese manga and anime character Doraemon loves dorayaki and so it is depicted as his favorite food.
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The pancake of this “Bremen Dorayaki” was soft and I could enjoyed the azuki bean paste sufficiently.

There are various stories about the origin of the name “Dorayaki”.

Let me introduce one story -> “Dora” means “gong (Please refer to the following illustrations)”. The shape of this sweet looks like the shape of “gong” called “Dora”.