You can buy Japanese sweets at supermarkets and convenience stores, but I want you to eat high-quality Japanese sweets.
High-quality sweets shops can be found in the grocery section of department stores (Daimaru, Takashimaya, SOGO, Hankyu, etc.), Piore, and along roads, etc.
You should go there.
Today I will introduce Japanese sweets that are usually only available in summer.
Mizumanju or Kuzumanju
The outside is a transparent Mochi made of starch. The sweet bean paste inside.
Minazuki
Uiro (rice cake) with red bean paste on top.
This represents ice and is eaten on June 30th to beat the heat.
This is sold in June, but is not seen much in other months.
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