Dorayaki is a traditional Japanese confection made with two soft pancakes filled with sweet red bean paste. Lightly sweet and fluffy, it's a popular snack or dessert often enjoyed with tea. RECIPE DET ...

Growing up in Nara, Japan, I always loved eating "wagashi," or traditional Japanese sweets. My favorite was pudding and cakes made with "anko," which is sweet red bean paste. But when I moved to ...

Clockwise from top left: Hanaouto, a Japanese sweet made up of a whole Japanese cherry in a sweetened cherry jerry; Baumkuchen cakes sold at K. Minamoto come in matcha green tea, strawberry and ...

Okashi (literally, "fruit" in Japanese) originated around 600 A.D. in the form of dumplings made of kneaded, salted ground grains or soybeans filled with persimmon, nuts or roasted beans.

The company makes 300,000 Daifuku mochi each month. It air-pressure cooks 700 pounds of sweet red bean paste at a time.

Warabimochi is enjoying its limelight as Japanese brands heat up the competition. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.