Japanese wagashi

We went to a lecture about Japanese Wagashi, traditional sweets. After the lecture a sweets company provided some cups of tea and colorful sweets. 

The above one is named Hanagoromo, flower suit, likes kimono. Images of Ume, plum flowers, stamped on it. It was made with bean paste. The below one images a pine tree.

Traditional tea ceremony needs the sweets. When I was a child I thought the traditional way of tea is hard to get relax, but the colorful sweets entertain us.

 

Comments

[Katarna Koskivaara]

Thank you, Kazumi! This is very interesting. We googeled for more images and found wagashi in many different styles.

Will you try to make them?