List of Japanese desserts and sweets

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The Japanese had been making desserts for centuries before sugar was widely available in Japan. Many desserts commonly available in Japan can be traced back hundreds of years.38 Japanese Desserts. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/japanese-desserts In Japanese cuisine, traditional sweets are known as {{transliteration|ja|wagashi}}, and are made using ingredients such as red bean paste and mochi. Though many desserts and sweets date back to the Edo period (1603–1867) and Meiji period (1868–1911), many modern-day sweets and desserts originating from Japan also exist.

However, the definition of wagashi is ambiguous, and the line between wagashi and other types of Japanese confectionery is vague. For example, although the original {{nihongo3|castella||kasutera}} was introduced from Portugal, it has been around for more than 400 years and has been modified to suit Japanese tastes, so it is classified as a wagashi.{{cite web|url=https://www.wagashi.or.jp/monogatari/shiru/syurui/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216105659/https://www.wagashi.or.jp/monogatari/shiru/syurui/|script-title=ja:その2和菓子の種類|language=ja|publisher=Japan Wagashi Association|date=|archive-date=16 February 2024|access-date=22 February 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ndl.go.jp/kaleido/entry/25/1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222142945/https://www.ndl.go.jp/kaleido/entry/25/1.html|script-title=ja:駆け足でたどる和菓子の歴史|language=ja|publisher=National Diet Library|date=|archive-date=22 February 2024|access-date=22 February 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wagashi.or.jp/monogatari/shiru/rekishi/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222142803/https://www.wagashi.or.jp/monogatari/shiru/rekishi/|script-title=ja:その1和菓子の歴史|language=ja|publisher= Japan Wagashi Association|date=|archive-date=22 February 2024|access-date=22 February 2024}} The raindrop cake, created in 2014, was developed by a wagashi shop as a derivative of {{nihongo3|||shingen mochi}} and is recognized as a wagashi in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20190625-singenmochi/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924175050/https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20190625-singenmochi/|title=インスタで話題の「水信玄餅」って? 「天使の涙」との違いも調べてみた|publisher=Mynavi News|date=15 June 2021|archive-date=24 September 2023|access-date=24 February 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://rocketnews24.com/2021/06/23/1505524/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228080534/https://rocketnews24.com/2021/06/23/1505524/|title=賞味期限がたったの30分! 山梨でしか味わえない絶品「水信玄餅」は事前準備をしっかりして挑むべし!|publisher=Rocket news 24|date=23 June 2021|archive-date=28 February 2023|access-date=23 February 2024}} In recent years, wagashi shop have developed and marketed many confections that are an eclectic mix of wagashi and Western confections, often referred to as "neo-wagashi".{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO70529980W3A420C2QM8000/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426223923/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO70529980W3A420C2QM8000/|title=「ネオ和菓子」脚光、小豆高騰|publisher=The Nikkei|date=27 April 2023|archive-date=26 April 2023|access-date=24 February 2024}}

Japanese desserts

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File:Hakuto peach jelly.jpg|Hakuto jelly is a seasonal dessert in Japanese cuisine available in the summer.

File:Mochi Ice Cream.jpg|Mochi ice cream is a Japanese confection made from mochi (pounded sticky rice) with an ice cream filling.

Image:Making sata andagi.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Sata andagi}} are sweet, deep fried buns of dough similar to doughnuts

{{transliteration|ja|Wagashi}}

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{{nihongo||和菓子|Wagashi}} is a traditional Japanese confectionery which is often served with tea, especially the types made of mochi, {{transliteration|ja|anko}} (azuki bean paste), and fruits. {{transliteration|ja|Wagashi}} is typically made from plant ingredients.Gordenker, Alice, "[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20110120wh.html So What the Heck is That?: Wagashi]", Japan Times, 20 January 2011, p. 11. {{transliteration|ja|Wagashi}} are made in a wide variety of shapes and consistencies and with diverse ingredients and preparation methods. {{transliteration|ja|Wagashi}} are popular throughout Japan and each region has its specialties, but many products are regional or seasonal.(n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2312.html

=Types of {{transliteration|ja|wagashi}}=

==A==

  • {{transliteration|ja|Akumaki}}
  • {{transliteration|ja|Amanattō}}
  • {{transliteration|ja|Amezaiku}}
  • {{transliteration|ja|Anmitsu}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20220522010727/https://www.eitarosouhonpo.co.jp/SHOP/9969488.html 榮太樓 和菓子屋のあんみつ 抹茶みつ][https://web.archive.org/web/20240224033952/https://www.wakanet.co.jp/products/139 和菓子屋の角カップあんみつ黒糖]
  • {{transliteration|ja|Arare}}

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  • {{transliteration|ja|Imagawayaki}}{{cite web|url=http://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFE2604E_Q4A310C1000000?channel=DF260120166498&style=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622014505/http://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFE2604E_Q4A310C1000000?channel=DF260120166498&style=1|script-title=ja:今川焼き 生地や中身にこだわり、飽きない和菓子|language=ja|publisher=Nikkei|date=24 April 2014|archive-date=22 June 2017|access-date=24 February 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tokai-tv.com/tokainews/feature/article_20220529_18801|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605072915/https://www.tokai-tv.com/tokainews/feature/article_20220529_18801|script-title=ja:関東は今川焼、関西は大判焼き等・・・生地に餡入れて焼き上げたアレ 全国に100以上名前あった|language=ja|publisher=Tokai Television|date=29 May 2022|archive-date=5 June 2023|access-date=24 February 2024}}

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==M==

  • {{transliteration|ja|Manjū}}
  • {{transliteration|ja|Mizuame}}
  • {{transliteration|ja|Momiji manjū}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/soshiki/19/1171866924385.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109105316/https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/soshiki/19/1171866924385.html|script-title=ja:もみじまんじゅう(廿日市市宮島町)|language=ja|publisher=Hiroshima Prefecture|date=12 July 2022|archive-date=9 November 2022|access-date=22 February 2024}}
  • {{transliteration|ja|Monaka}}

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  • {{transliteration|ja|Uirō}}

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File:Daifuku 1.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Daifuku}} is a glutinous rice cake stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly {{transliteration|ja|anko}}, sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans.

File:Mitarashi dango by denver935.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Dango}} is a dumpling and sweet made from {{transliteration|ja|mochiko}} (rice flour), related to mochi. It is often served with green tea.

File:Higashi.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Higashi}} is dry and contains very little moisture, and thus keeps relatively longer than other kinds of {{transliteration|ja|wagashi}}.

File:Hina arare,katori-city,japan.JPG|{{transliteration|ja|Arare}} is a type of bite-sized Japanese cracker made from glutinous rice and flavored with soy sauce. Sweet and savory varieties are prepared.

File:Hanabiramochi.JPG|{{transliteration|ja|Hanabiramochi}} is a Japanese sweet usually eaten at the beginning of the year.

File:Kudzu starch cake,katori-city,japan.JPG|{{transliteration|ja|Kuzumochi}} are mochi cakes made of {{transliteration|ja|kuzuko}}.

File:Carinto manjyu.JPG|{{transliteration|ja|Manjū}} is a popular traditional Japanese confection; most have an outside made from flour, rice powder and buckwheat and a filling of red bean paste, made from boiled azuki beans and sugar.

File:Mizuame 001.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Mizuame}} is a sweetener from Japan which is translated literally to "water candy". A clear, thick, sticky liquid, it is made by converting starch to sugars.

File:Kimonaka.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Monaka}} is prepared with azuki bean jam filling sandwiched between two thin crisp wafers made from mochi.

File:Namagashi.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Namagashi}} are a type of {{transliteration|ja|wagashi}}, which is a general term for snacks used in the Japanese tea ceremony. {{transliteration|ja|Namagashi}} may contain fruit jellies, other gelatines such as Kanten or sweetened bean paste.

File:Orange gyuhi and suama.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Suama}} (right) and orange {{transliteration|ja|gyūhi}} (left)

File:Sakuramochi.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Dōmyōji}} consists of a sweet pink mochi and red bean paste, covered with a cherry blossom leaf.

File:Taiyaki baking by ope in Tokyo.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Taiyaki}}, literally "baked sea bream", is a Japanese fish-shaped cake.

File:Tokoroten.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Tokoroten}} is prepared with jelly extracted from seaweeds such as {{transliteration|ja|tengusa}} (Gelidiaceae) and {{transliteration|ja|ogonori}} (Gracilaria) by boiling. Pressed against a device, jelly is shaped into noodles.

File:CodazziUiro1.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Uirō}} is a traditional Japanese steamed cake made of rice flour and sugar.{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Dijitaru daijisen |title=ういろう |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |access-date=2012-06-24 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=ja |trans-title=Uirō |oclc=56431036 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archive-date=2007-08-25 }}

File:Kurumi mochi.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Warabimochi}} is a jelly-like confection made from bracken starch and covered or dipped in {{transliteration|ja|kinako}} (sweet toasted soybean flour).

File:Yatsuhashi dish.jpg|Assorted {{transliteration|ja|yatsuhashi}}. The flavors, from top to bottom, are tofu, cinnamon, sesame.

File:Youkan mizuyoukan.jpg|{{transliteration|ja|Yōkan}} is a thick, jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form, and eaten in slices.

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