Dessert is a big deal anywhere, but especially in Japan where it’s considered an art. Learn how to make a dessert called wagashi from Mai Irie, host of the YouTube show “Japanese Kitchen by Miss ...

Rice flour, sweet beans, sugar, and water. These are the humble materials used to make wagashi—painstakingly crafted, ...

Have you ever seen a Raindrop Cake? It’s the clear round transparent “cake” talked about on many food and culture websites last year. That Raindrop Cake — believe it or not- is actually not exactly a ...

A confectioner in Kyoto creates her own recipes for the sweets known as wagashi. By Vivian Morelli KYOTO, Japan — On a recent Saturday morning, Sayoko Sugiyama was busy making some warabi mochi, a ...

A rapt audience watches in silence as a delicate confection in the shape of a flower blooms in the experienced hands of a wagashi master. Junichi Mitsubori, a third-generation wagashi (Japanese ...

Kimiko Gunji is the former director of Japan House and former professor of Japanese Arts and Culture at the University. She taught a variety of courses ranging from tea to Japanese flower arrangements ...

She grew up eating different kinds of wagashi made by her grandmother every year as offerings to ancestors during the spring and fall in Kyoto, Japan, where she was born and raised. CITY OF FOOD: ...