Mochi and dango are both wonderfully chewy, rice-based Japanese treats that can be found in various delightful flavors and beautiful colors. Both fall under the category of wagashi, which are ...

You can’t visit Japan without trying some dainty sweets. These tiny, intricately-decorated desserts, called wagashi, are actually traditional delicacies with a long history. Learn how to make these ...

A rapt audience watches in silence as a delicate confection in the shape of a flower blooms in the experienced hands of a wagashi master. Junichi Mitsubori, a third-generation wagashi (Japanese ...

The high end Japanese sweets shop sells their authentic wares to curious connoisseurs on the Peninsula From left: A shopper at Stanford Shopping Center takes a peek into K. Minamoto, a Japanese sweets ...

This week, we’ve decided to stray far from the all-American cookies, cakes, and ice cream we so love and venture instead to Minamoto Kitchoan, one of the city’s foremost purveyors of wagashi, or ...

Traditional Japanese teatime sweets, commonly known as wagashi, are a year-round favourite, with different variations available for different seasons. Most often, you’ll find wagashi at depachika food ...

SAN FRANCISCO - For decades, Ricky and Bobby Okamura have started their days in the early morning darkness before most of the city is awake, making Japanese wagashi confections at their family's ...

The line between dessert and drink seems to get blurrier as time goes on. With bubble tea inspired by traditional Japanese sweets, and frappes getting more and more elaborate, who can say how far this ...