Wagashiya-san — Japanese Sweets Shop Kit

Four traditional Japanese sweets from one pack, using nothing but water. You colour the dough yourself, shape each sweet in your hands and decorate it — this kit is closer to modelling than to cooking, and it is the only one we stock that copies wagashi, the sweets a Japanese confectioner makes to go with tea.

What you make

• Ichigo daifuku — the strawberry-and-bean-paste mochi, in custard and anko flavours
• Taiyaki — the fish-shaped cake sold at festivals, in strawberry cream and anko flavours
• Usagi manju — a rabbit-shaped bun, strawberry flavour
• Oni manju — the knobbly sweet-potato bun from Japan's Tokai region, custard flavour

Three powders cover all four sweets: you mix the colours, form the shapes and add the decoration. The dough is mochitto — soft and springy — and it does not stick to your hands.

Water only, no microwave and no stove. One pack makes one of each of the four sweets.

Made by Meiji Chewing Gum in Japan and posted from our shop in Tokyo. The packaging is in Japanese — our English instructions library covers the kits in this range.

Allergens

Contains milk and soy. The manufacturer declares no other designated Japanese allergens for this product.

Ingredients

Sugar (produced in Japan), dried bean paste (adzuki), rice flour, fat powder / modified starch, colours (flavonoid, beet red), flavouring, acidulant, sweeteners (acesulfame K, sucralose).

Original Japanese listing: 砂糖（国内製造）、乾燥あん（小豆）、米粉、油脂パウダー／加工デンプン、着色料（フラボノイド、ビートレッド）、香料、酸味料、甘味料（アセスルファムカリウム、スクラロース）、（一部に乳成分・大豆を含む）

Nutrition

Net weight 17 g. Per 17 g bag (estimated): 67 kcal, protein 0.4 g, fat 0.2 g, carbohydrate 16.0 g, salt equivalent 0.02 g.

Allergen, ingredient and nutrition information published by the manufacturer (Meiji Chewing Gum). The printed packaging is the definitive source — please check the pack before eating, especially if you have an allergy.