fubuki-manjyuu(吹雪饅頭) :
steamed bean paste bun. It's called "snowstorm" from its resemblance to a light fall of snow.
kangori(寒氷:cold ice)
Of course ice is cold. Although they look cool, are not actually.
saka-manjyu(酒饅頭) (left):
They are often sold as souvenirs at hot-spring spa resorts. Steamed bean paste buns with sake lees. I recommend to eat them soon after steaming.
tsubaki-mochi(椿餅):
These are sandwiched buns between two leaves of camellia. This confection come into the story "The Tale of Genji" that had written about 1,000 years ago. However, it was not sweet because of sugar-free.
ichigo-fukusa(苺袱紗）:
Many strawberries are in the marketplace now. it is shaped into a small silk wrapper(袱紗) used in tea ceremony.
ichigo-awayukikan(苺泡雪羹):
awayuki(泡雪) means "a light snowfall in spring".
awayukikan(泡雪羹) is a mixture of whipped egg whites, sugar and kanten(vegetable gelatin). It's like firmer jelly.
ichigo-daifuku(苺大福):
This is an article on the market.
rice cake stuffed with bean paste and a strawberry.
kaichu-shiruko(懐中汁粉):
This is sort of like soup stock cube.
This confection uses wafers of monaka. Monaka are bean-paste-filled wafers that are made of rice cakes pressed into shapes.
This is wafers filled with powdered bean paste and sugar. It's ready after putting this in the soup bowl, adding boiling water to it and stiring it well after wafers become soft.
Shiruko(汁粉) is a sweet bean paste soup.
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