2010年7月15日木曜日

Dango


These are Japanese sweets, dango. It's made from glutinous rice.
The green one has a green tea fravour.
There is a proverb, 花より団子, Better eat dango than view blossoms (Better fill a man's belly than his eye.)
We usually eat them when we go to see cherry blossoms.
In Japan, we eat seasonal sweets. We eat this, Hanami dango and Sakuramochi, Kusamochi, Kashiwamochi etc. in spring, Minazuki and Chimaki in summer.
Dango is my favourite sweets. Please try eating when you come to Japan!

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