Confectionery with a fish motif
Confectionery with a fish motif
1. Nobori-ayu
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Gifu's original confectionery "Ayu-Gashi"
"Tamaiya Honpo" a long-established Japanese confectionery established in 1908 in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, is famous for making "Nobori-ayu" the original sweetfish confectionery. It won the grand prize at the National Confectionary Exposition in 1954, and is now a very famous confectionary in Gifu. The package design is also delicate and beautiful. This so-called "sweetfish confectionary" is made in the shape of a sweetfish and wrapped in gyuhi (a sweet bean paste),...
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2. Katsuo-tsubu
The fun of cracking and eating with candy that imitates dried bonito
"Katsuo-tsubu" is made by "Yamanishi-Kinryodo" in Kochi Prefecture. At first glance, the package with the fish "katsuo(bonito)" on it does not look like a candy. It seems to be a candy confection that imitates "Katsuobushi (dried bonito)", but it is so heavy that one can feel its stiff mass through the bag. This candy has been made since 1887, when Yamanishi-Kinryodo was founded, and has a history of more than 130 years....
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3. Kashiwazaki Tai sable
Luxurious Sea bream-shaped sablefish with coarse salt
”Kashiwazaki Tai Sable" made by Mogamiya, a confectionery store in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, is a butter sable shaped like a sea bream. The round shape of the sea bream is very cute. The shape of the tai sable is round, but the pattern used to represent the tai is quite elaborate, and the scales are well drawn. The eyes and mouth are well formed, expressing the snapper's character. When zoomed in,...
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4. Koi-Guruma
Two cute Koi carp in a round shape in a sponge cake bun.
Izumiya, a confectionery shop in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture, was founded in Saku-daira, which once prospered as a strategic location on the Nakasendō Highway, and has long been a favorite of the local people. The "Koi-Guruma" made by Izumiya is a cute sponge cake bun shaped like two carp swimming close together. Two sponge cake buns are paired and assembled in a circular paper cup. Two koi carp combined in a beautiful...
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5. Ayu（Furyūdō）
Elegant ayu that conveys the care with which it is hand-baked.
Matsue in Shimane Prefecture is famous as one of the three major confectionery areas in Japan, and we would like to have "Ayu" made by "Furyūdō" a long-established confectionery shop in Matsue. "Ayu" is also seen in many places as a major confectionery, but it has a good hand-baked and handmade feel that is unique to Furyūdō. When break it in half, it is filled with beautiful Gyuhi and already looks delicious....
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6. Setouchi Lemon Taiyaki
”Taiyaki" appear out of the lemon-appealing package.
bought "Lemon Taiyaki" made by Kamei Seika in Ehime Prefecture. I had never thought of "lemon" for taiyaki, but I feel that they are trying to utilize the lemon, a specialty of the Seto-Inland Sea, in a variety of sweets. The package does not depict a taiyaki, but an illustration of a lemon below the word "taiyaki. It even has the logo of Hakata no Shio (salt from the Seto Inland Sea)...
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7. Genki-koi
Too cute to look at for a moment.
"Genki Koi" made by Nishikawa-ya, a long-established confectioner in Kochi Prefecture that is also famous for producing "Kempi" is a sweet made of sweet red bean paste wrapped in a dough-like batter, but first and foremost, its cute appearance will blow your mind. Look at this lovely form. These sweets are made in the shape of a carp, and the round, plump carp is just too cute. From the side, the red...
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