Manju (MAHN-jew) are Japanese dough buns — often sweet — made from pounded rice flour dough and flavored fillings. In Japanese culture, a box of manju is what you'd take to someone's house on ...

"Baking is where I feel most comfortable. One of my favorite baked goods is manju, a traditional Japanese steamed cake that’s typically filled with red bean paste. We make them a little ...

Artists, writers and craftsmen have long been inspired by Japanese legends, and down in the town of Oe in Kyoto Prefecture, a local legend has given birth to a giant sweet. Known as Oni Manju (“Demon ...

The generational gap stretches into the food preparation for Obonfest ... mild pressure from the younger members not to make manju and other Japanese foods," Gibbs said. "They feel it's too ...

Author Gil Asakawa, whose history of Japanese food in America, Tabemasho ... many of the shops in San Jose’s Japantown seem frozen in time. Shuei-Do Manju, a tiny storefront on Jackson Street, sells ...

You have to see to believe these surprising treats stuffed with fruit and sweet bean paste, and topped with gold flakes. Tech trick: How to tell who’s calling when you don’t recognize the ...

More recently, the emergence of Hawaiʻi food has become popular in this tight-knit community, going beyond the more common Japanese fare ... long-standing Shuei-do Manju Shop.