Summer Japanese Sweets to Cool You Down

PingMag has a nice article on refreshingly cool wagashi (Japanese sweets).

“Seasonal Japanese sweets” are creative wagashi which express the colors and scents of each individual season. The coming of each new season is celebrated in Japan with special foods, drinks, festivals, and especially sweets.

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During the hot summer months, the sweet shop counters are lined with Japanese sweets containing natural ingredients like kanten (also known as agar, an all-natural plant-based jelly) or kuzu, both in vivid colors like blue and green.

The article introduces a variety of refreshingly sweet summer wagashi and also visits Usagiya in Ueno, Tokyo, where the authors learned how to make “kuzu-zakura.”

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