“Neo wagashi,” a modern twist on traditional Japanese sweets, is gaining popularity with its photogenic appearance that is perfectly suited for today's social media era. Long-established shops ...

Rice flour, sweet beans, sugar, and water. These are the humble materials used to make wagashi—painstakingly crafted, bite-size tea snacks once prized by the Japanese imperial court ...

In a process similar to taffy, it's made every day by hand along with a selection of other wagashi, or Japanese ... over with them is this cute little snack, mochi. Now, we're visiting the oldest ...