The video below is “how to make eyeball like jelly” from a Japanese video sharing website, Niconico Douga. The eyeballs are made from agar and edible.   How to…

Four weeks to Valentine’s Day! In Japan, it is a day when women give chocolates to men. But in recent years, it is also common that women give chocolate to…

In Japan, people celebrate Christmas as a winter fun event, and many households order Christmas cakes before Christmas Eve. Strawberry shortcake, chocolate cake, bûche de Noël, ice cream cake…while there…

  Doughnuts are delicious! But they are also deep fried, and most people care about the calories (T_T). Recently in Japan, baked and cold doughnuts have been popular as healthier…

Japanese people love custard pudding! We call it “purin,” and have a wide variety of purin in Japan. Pastry shops and bakeries often have their original flavored purin that are…

  The other day I wrote an article about taiyaki, a Japanese fish shaped sweet. This time, I’d like to tell you about  a unique taiyaki shop called Nazeya in…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Originality comes after the accumulation of basic knowledge” Today’s story teller is a world class chocolatier, Jean-Paul Hevin. He is French but he…

Colorful and cute French sweet, macaron has been very popular in Japan in the past few years. To explain simply, a macaron is a meringue cookie sandwich filled with cream…

The classic Japanese winter sweet, Taiyaki. It’s a fish shaped cake made from waffle batter and has filling inside, usually sweet red bean paste.  

Wagashi (Japanese traditional sweets) are beautiful, healthy and delicious! You can enjoy wagashi with all the five senses; they look beautiful, smell good, feel smooth, tastes delicious, some of them…