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What Is Wagashi? Discover Traditional Japanese Sweets

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💛)

What Is Wagashi? Discover Traditional Japanese Sweets

「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🍓

What Is Wagashi? Discover Traditional Japanese Sweets

「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😂

What Is Wagashi? Discover Traditional Japanese Sweets

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?

What Is Wagashi? Discover Traditional Japanese Sweets

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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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