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福南瓜
ふくかぼちゃ 冬至のお菓子
Fukukabocha (The pumpkin of fortune)
Confection for the winter solstice
A baked confection that combines East and West made of sweet pumpkin paste and puff pastry
Recently pumpkins have become famous because of Halloween, but originally in Japan it was customary to eat pumpkins on the day of the winter solstice. Since pumpkins can be preserved for a long time after harvesting, they were considered an important fruit during the winter season, when vitamin deficiency can occur. Taneya’s fukukabocha is a bite-sized confection, made by putting some sweet pumpkin paste into a puff pastry and baking it. It enhances the typical sweetness of pumpkin, combining the deliciousness of Western and Japanese confectionery.
菱はなびら
ひしはなびら お正月のお菓子
Hishihanabira
Confection for Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year)
A slightly sweet confection eaten at court in the Heian period
Hanabiramochi (flower petal mochi) have accompanied the celebrations at the court since the Heian period, and even today they are essential for the New Year celebrated at the imperial court. Since hishimochi (diamond-shaped mochi), colored red with azuki beans, burdock and miso are wrapped in a thin round mochi, they have also been called “wrapped zoni soup”. Modeled after hanabiramochi, Taneya’s hishihanabira uses Shiga habutae glutinous rice harvested in Omi and is characterized by a sweet scent and a thin dough. Inside, it contains miso paste with a refined sweetness.
七草餅
ななくさもち 人日の節供のお菓子
Nanakusamochi (Seven herbs mochi)
Confection for the recurrence of January 7th
The first of the five seasonal recurrences of the year begins by collecting young greens from under the snow
January 7th of the lunar calendar, called Jinjitsu no sekku, is one of the five seasonal recurrences of the year. Even in ancient Japan, on this day people went out into the fields to collect the young herbs from under the snow, chop them finely, and enjoy them in a soup. Named after the seven spring herbs, nanakusamochi are sold in Taneya shops only on January 7 of the Western calendar. This confection is made by chopping and kneading the seven herbs into a domyoji mochi (glutinous rice steamed rice cake), wrapping it in red bean paste and red-dyed puréed white-bean paste, and giving it the shape of an auspicious gourd. Nanakusamochi represents the strength of spring, which is invoked in wishing to spend the year in good health.
富久豆
ふくまめ 節分のお菓子
Fukumame
Confection for Setsubun (the day before the beginning of spring)
Roasted sweet beans and an edible otafuku mask
Setsubun is the day that families throw beans while shouting “Demons out! Fortune inside!”. It is also fun to challenge each other in paper-stone-scissors to decide who should play the part of the demon. Taneya’s fukumame consists of sugared roasted beans, and an edible otafuku mask made of tsukuneimo potato and rice flour. The happy-looking otafuku are hand painted one by one, using sepia ink and red food coloring. The package is decorated with the ideogram of luck (fuku), so that many fortunes can come. So many Japanese traditions in a single package.
Confectionsfor All Seasons
