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"Ohagi" is a well-loved dish throughout Japan. The red color of azuki beans has …

‘Azuki Battou’ is a dish simmered wide and short ‘udon’ noodle in sweet red bean…

The dish called "Itokoni" refers to a simmered dish with azuki beans and vegetab…

In Tokushima Prefecture, sweet potatoes are extensively cultivated. Particularly…

“Urajiro manjuu” is a traditional Japanese confectionary made using fresh leaves…

“Jubako-iri Botamochi” is not made by rolling each botamochi individually. Inste…

“Botamochi” is an indispensable dish eaten on “Higan” (=equinoctial week). It is…

It is a regional confectionery that has been traditionally made at home. Fukuoka…

‘Oshimon’ is a local sweets made from rice flour kneaded with hot water and put …

Otoyo Town is located in the center of the Shikoku mountain range, about 40 km f…

In Shimane Prefecture, during the Boys' Festival (Tango no Sekku), a snack known…

‘Oiri’ is a snack made at home not to waste left over rice. Long time ago, in In…

"Dengara" is a traditional confection, wrapping sweet bean paste-filled rice cak…

Wakayama Prefecture is one of the top mandarin oranges producing prefecture. Esp…

"Uzumaki Mochi" is a local confectionery of the Hiketa area, made by rolling up …

In Kagawa Prefecture, the farming season begins in May, when wheat is harvested,…

A traditional food handed down in Yamato-cho, Kamimashiki County, in the Uki are…

A traditional confectionery in Hashima City, dumplings made of rice flour dough …

Mitsumeno Botamochi' refers to the large rice cakes eaten three days after the b…

Tango-no Sekku, May 5, is celebrated as Children's Day in modern times. Dependin…

"Kamabuku" is a sweet cake made from boiled and mashed potatoes with glutinous r…

"Anbin" is a local specialty in Kyonan area. It is made by kneading a dough of s…

"Kasha Mochi" is a rice cake made with "yomogi (a kind of Japanese mugwort) " pr…

"Getanha" is one of Kagoshima's local sweets, made to serve tea to people who ga…

"Karukan" is a famous confectionery of Kagoshima Prefecture, made from "karukan …

Fig has been used since antient time. In Japan, it is said that "Fig was introdu…

In Iwate Prefecture, where the climate is cold and unsuitable for rice farming, …

In the northern parts of Iwate Prefecture, where the climate is cold and unsuita…

In regions along the Kumano Sea, where there is limited flat land suitable for r…

The boar, worshipped as the god of agriculture since ancient times, is said to v…