🌸MOREISH MONAKA🐹
Kicking off cherry blossom season a little early with one of the most adorable snacks!
The spring version of 'Hamster Monaka' (ハムスターモナカ) are filled with lashings of traditional and sakura-flavoured bean paste.
🌸MOREISH MONAKA🐹
Kicking off cherry blossom season a little early with one of the most adorable snacks!
The spring version of 'Hamster Monaka' (ハムスターモナカ) are filled with lashings of traditional and sakura-flavoured bean paste.
😋SAKURAMOCHI🌸
It's that most wonderful time of the year...'sakuramochi' (桜餅) in abundance🙌
'Sakuramochi' (桜餅) begin appearing in stores around the time of Hina Matsuri (雛祭り "Doll's Day" - March 3rd) and are eaten throughout the spring.
#Japan #Kyoto #sakuramochi #桜餅 #cherryblossoms #京都 #wagashi #和菓子
🙌🍮WAGASHI DAY (和菓子の日)!🍡😋
June 16th is a day for celebrating traditional Japanese sweets...something we do a lot in the tearoom.
After a series of epidemics Emperor Ninmyō (仁明天皇) held special prayers on the 16th June 848 for the health and prosperity of the nation.
👣🧘♀️ LOTUS LOVE🪷😇
As rainy season deepens lotus plants emerge from the muddy beds of ponds, reaching above the waters to unfurl giant leaves.
In a few short weeks alien landscapes appear where once there were only bare stretches of water.
In Kyōto 'kanrensetsu' (観蓮節), 'lotus flower viewing', coincides with the culmination of the Gion Matsuri...almost as if the flowers have appeared to welcome the gods of Yasaka-jinja into the city.