What Is Wagashi? Discover Traditional Japanese Sweets

みなさんは、和菓子わがしを食たべたことがありますか?🍡

和菓子わがしは、日本にほんの昔むかしからあるお菓子かしです!スーパーやコンビニ、お菓子屋かしやさんなどで買かうことができます。和菓子わがしには、いろいろな種類しゅるいがあります😊

有名ゆうめいな和菓子わがしの一ひとつは「だんご」です。だんごは、お米こめから作つくります。小ちいさい丸まるいだんごを、三みっつや四よっつ、くしに刺さして食たべます。しょうゆの甘あまいたれをつけた「みたらしだんご」も人気にんきがあります!(好すきです💛)

「大福だいふく」も人気にんきです。大福だいふくは、やわらかいもちの中なかに、あんこが入はいっています。あんこは、小豆あずきと砂糖さとうから作つくります。いちごが入はいった「いちご大福だいふく」もあります🍓

「どら焼やき」も日本にほんでよく食たべる和菓子わがしです。二ふたつの丸まるいパンケーキの間あいだに、あんこが入はいっています!日本にほんの有名ゆうめいなアニメ「ドラえもん」を知しっていますか?ドラえもんは、どら焼やきが大好だいすきです!だから、どら焼やきを見みてドラえもんを思おもい出だす人ひとも多おおいです😂

最近日本さいきんにほんでは、自分じぶんで和菓子わがしを作つくる体験たいけんもできると聞ききました!食たべるだけじゃなくて自分じぶんで作つくるのは日本人にほんじんもしたことがない特別とくべつな経験けいけんになると思おもいます🥰

日本にほんに来きたら、ぜひいろいろな和菓子わがしを食たべたり、作つくったりしてみてください!みなさんは、どの和菓子わがしを食たべてみたいですか?

English Translation

Have you ever eaten wagashi, traditional Japanese sweets?

Wagashi are traditional sweets that have been enjoyed in Japan for a long time! You can buy them at supermarkets, convenience stores, and Japanese sweet shops. There are many different kinds of wagashi.

One famous type of wagashi is dango. Dango is made from rice. Small, round pieces of dango are put on a skewer, usually three or four at a time, and eaten. Mitarashi dango, which is covered with a sweet soy sauce glaze, is also very popular! (I love it!)

Daifuku is also popular. Daifuku is soft mochi with anko, sweet red bean paste, inside. Anko is made from azuki beans and sugar. There is also ichigo daifuku, which has a strawberry inside.

Dorayaki is another wagashi that is commonly eaten in Japan. Anko is sandwiched between two round pancakes! Do you know the famous Japanese anime Doraemon? Doraemon loves dorayaki! Because of this, many people think of Doraemon when they see dorayaki.

Recently, I heard that there are also experiences in Japan where you can make wagashi yourself! Instead of only eating them, making wagashi yourself can be a special experience that even many Japanese people have never tried.

If you come to Japan, definitely try eating and making different kinds of wagashi! Which wagashi would you like to try?

Vocabulary List

和菓子(わがし)– traditional Japanese sweets
昔(むかし)– long ago / old times
お菓子(おかし)– sweets / snacks
お菓子屋(おかしや)– sweet shop / confectionery shop
種類(しゅるい)– type / kind
有名(ゆうめい)– famous
一つ(ひとつ)– one / one type
だんご – dango / Japanese rice dumpling
お米(おこめ)– rice
丸い(まるい)– round
くし – skewer
刺す(さす)– to stick / pierce
しょうゆ – soy sauce
甘い(あまい)– sweet
たれ – sauce / glaze
人気(にんき)– popular
大福(だいふく)– daifuku / mochi filled with sweet bean paste
やわらかい – soft
もち – mochi / rice cake
あんこ – sweet red bean paste
小豆(あずき)– azuki beans / red beans
砂糖(さとう)– sugar
どら焼き(どらやき)– dorayaki
間(あいだ)– between
思い出す(おもいだす)– to remember / be reminded of
最近(さいきん)– recently
自分(じぶん)– oneself
体験(たいけん)– experience / hands-on activity
特別(とくべつ)– special
経験(けいけん)– experience
食べてみる(たべてみる)– to try eating
作ってみる(つくってみる)– to try making


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