Making Wagashi(Japanese confectionery) workshop !!

2014-07-01 | with CIEE
Akihabara is the place well known as a mecca of animated culture and AKB. There in Akihabara、 the CIEE  international students had an experience of the traditional Japanese culture, “Wagashi (Japanese confectionery) making “!! It took place at the Izumibashi Kuminkan in the afternoon, June 25th, with 30 student participants. From US. University.  We invited Sakamoto-San, the Wagashi artisan, from Eitaro with more than 70 year history, at Asagaya.   He very earnestly taught the Students how to make wagashi representing the motif of the seasonal flowers. . . . Read more