2025年8月

Wagashi

🍡 Dango: A Sweet Japanese Treat!

dango are super cute Japanese sweets made by shaping rice cakes into adorable little balls 🍡✨. If you’ve ever had mochi ice cream, just imagine that chewy “mochi” part—that’s what makes up these delicious treats! If you’re a gamer, you might have even spotted them in Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch 🎮✨. The dango in that game look so real, don’t they? The Secrets of Sanshoku Dango 🌸🤍🌿 There are many types of dango, but this colorful one, which is even a emoji “🍡,” is called Sanshoku Dango (meaning “three-color dango”). It has a history of over 400 years, so it’s a truly classic treat! While there are…

Japanese Culture

Mochi Ice Cream

Today, we’d like to introduce you to the charms of “Mochi Ice Cream,” a unique dessert born in Japan. With its intriguing texture and delicious taste, it’s now capturing the hearts of people worldwide.✨ What Exactly is Mochi? A Traditional Japanese Food First, let’s talk about “Mochi.”Mochi is a traditional food that has been cherished in Japan for centuries. It’s an incredibly soft and chewy dough made from glutinous rice, a special type of short-grain rice. Its unique texture is perfectly described by the Japanese onomatopoeia “mochi-mochi.”While it’s a bit difficult to put into words, you can imagine the pillowy softness of a marshmallow combined with the pleasant chewiness of…