List of Japanese desserts and sweets

Imagawayaki (gozasōrō) being prepared in a store in Sannomiya, Kobe, Japan

Coffee jelly is a popular gelatin dessert in Japan

• Amezaiku
• Anmitsu
• Anpan
• Castella
• Chinsuko
• Coffee jelly
• Green tea ice cream
• Hakuto jelly
• Imagawayaki
• Melonpan
• Mochi ice cream [2]
• Momiji manjū [3]
• Purin
• Raindrop cake
• Sata andagi
• Tokyo banana

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  Hakuto jelly is a seasonal dessert in Japanese cuisine available in the summer.
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  Mochi ice cream is a Japanese confection made from mochi (pounded sticky rice) with an ice cream filling.
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  Sata andagi are sweet, deep fried buns of dough similar to doughnuts

Peanut Amanattō. Amanattō is a traditional Japanese confectionery that is made of azuki or other beans, covered with refined sugar after simmering with sugar syrup and drying.

Wagashi (和菓子) is a traditional Japanese confectionery which is often served with tea, especially the types made of mochi, anko (azuki bean paste), and fruits. Wagashi is typically made from plant ingredients.[4] Wagashi are made in a wide variety of shapes and consistencies and with diverse ingredients and preparation methods. Wagashi are popular across the country japan but are only available regionally or seasonally. [5]

A

• Akumaki
• Amanattō
• Arare (food)

B

• Botamochi
• Beika

C

• Chitoseame

D

• Daifuku
• Dango
• Dorayaki

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  Daifuku is a glutinous rice cake stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly anko, sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans.
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  Dango is a dumpling and sweet made from mochiko (rice flour), related to mochi. It is often served with green tea.

G

• Gionbō
• Gyūhi

H

Higashi is dry and contains very little moisture, and thus keeps relatively longer than other kinds of wagashi.

• Hanabiramochi
• Higashi
• Hishi mochi

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  Arare is a type of bite-sized Japanese cracker made from glutinous rice and flavored with soy sauce. Sweet and savory varieties are prepared.
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  Hanabiramochi is a Japanese sweet usually eaten at the beginning of the year.

I

• Imagawayaki

K

Kuzumochi are mochi cakes made of kuzuko

• Kanten
• Karintō
• Karukan
• Konpeitō
• Kusa mochi
• Kuzumochi
• Keiran Soumen

M

• Manjū
• Mizuame
• Monaka

N

• Namagashi

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  Manjū is a popular traditional Japanese confection; most have an outside made from flour, rice powder and buckwheat and a filling of anko (red bean paste), made from boiled azuki beans and sugar.
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  Mizuame is a sweetener from Japan which is translated literally to "water candy". A clear, thick, sticky liquid, it is made by converting starch to sugars.
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  Monaka is prepared with azuki bean jam filling sandwiched between two thin crisp wafers made from mochi.
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  Namagashi are a type of wagashi, which is a general term for snacks used in the Japanese tea ceremony. Namagashi may contain fruit jellies, other gelatines such as Kanten or sweetened bean paste.

R

• Red bean paste

S

Suama (right) and orange gyūhi (left)

• Sakuramochi
• Senbei
• Shiruko (red bean soup)
• Suama

T

• Taiyaki
• Tokoroten

U

• Uirō

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  Sakuramochi consists of a sweet pink mochi (rice cake) and red bean paste, covered with a leaf of sakura (cherry blossom).
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  Taiyaki, literally "baked sea bream," is a Japanese fish-shaped cake.
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  Tokoroten is prepared with jelly extracted from seaweeds such as tengusa (Gelidiaceae) and ogonori (Gracilaria) by boiling. Pressed against a device, jelly is shaped into noodles.
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  Uirō is a traditional Japanese steamed cake made of rice flour and sugar.[6]

W

Warabimochi is a jelly-like confection made from bracken starch and covered or dipped in kinako (sweet toasted soybean flour)

• Warabimochi
• Wasanbon

Y

• Yatsuhashi
• Yōkan
• Yubeshi

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  Assorted Yatsuhashi. The flavors, from top to bottom, are tofu, cinnamon, sesame.
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  Yōkan is a thick, jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form, and eaten in slices.

• Black Thunder
• Fusen gum
• Hyōroku mochi
• Shiroi Koibito

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