みなさんは、和菓子を食べたことがありますか？🍡

和菓子は、日本の昔からあるお菓子です！スーパーやコンビニ、お菓子屋さんなどで買うことができます。和菓子には、いろいろな種類があります😊

有名な和菓子の一つは「だんご」です。だんごは、お米から作ります。小さい丸いだんごを、三つや四つ、くしに刺して食べます。しょうゆの甘いたれをつけた「みたらしだんご」も人気があります！(好きです💛)

「大福」も人気です。大福は、やわらかいもちの中に、あんこが入っています。あんこは、小豆と砂糖から作ります。いちごが入った「いちご大福」もあります🍓

「どら焼き」も日本でよく食べる和菓子です。二つの丸いパンケーキの間に、あんこが入っています！日本の有名なアニメ「ドラえもん」を知っていますか？ドラえもんは、どら焼きが大好きです！だから、どら焼きを見てドラえもんを思い出す人も多いです😂

最近日本では、自分で和菓子を作る体験もできると聞きました！食べるだけじゃなくて自分で作るのは日本人もしたことがない特別な経験になると思います🥰

日本に来たら、ぜひいろいろな和菓子を食べたり、作ったりしてみてください！みなさんは、どの和菓子を食べてみたいですか？

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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