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◆TODAY'S GUESTS◆
Motohiro Inaba and Rio Asano from "Wagashi Asobi" confectionery shop
★今回のゲスト★
「Wagashi Asobi」の稲葉基大と浅野理生
◆PLACES WE WENT TO◆
“Cotonoha” publishing house and “Wagashi Asobi” confectionary shop in Nagahara
★訪れた場所★
コトノハ出版社、和菓子店「和菓子遊び」
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Motohiro Inaba and Rio Asano take us to the publishing house “Cotonoha” situated in the sweet and retro neighborhood of Nagahara.
“Machi no Techo Ikegami-sen” is a magazine published by “Cotonoha”.
Ikegami line is a railway line that runs through Tokyo from Gotanda to Kamata on the south side of Tokyo.
“Machi no Techo Ikegami-sen” is a magazine that introduces culture and shops around the Ikegami line.
It featured the Japanese sweets shop “Wagashi Asobi” in one of their publications.
The particularity of the Ikegami railway train is that contrary to most of Tokyo’s trains that are long, it’s relatively small as it’s a 3-car train.
“Machi no Techo Ikegami-sen” is a magazine that talks about the neighborhood’s history. The Shochiku movie studios were once located in Kamata (end of Ikegami line) where directors such as Ozu Yasujiro used to shoot.
This magazine is sold in shops, bars, and book shops along the train tracks and on “Cotonoha’s website”.
Then, Motohiro Inaba and Rio Asano invite us to their atelier “Wagashi Asobi”. They make two types of sweets: the dry fruit yokan and the herb-aroma rakugan.
DRY FRUIT YOKAN
The dry fruit yokan is made using black sugar from the Iriomote island in Okinawa. It is aromatised with rum and contains dried figs and strawberries with nut chips.
HERB RAKUGAN
The herb rakugan uses fruits like strawberries or yuzu and also contains herbs such as rosemary and plants like hibiscus and chamomile.
It is a confection made solely with sugar and natural ingredients that will melt in your mouth.
Originally, these confections are solely based on sugar, and are eaten before drinking traditional Japanese tea, matcha.
In Japanese the occidental sweets are called “yogashi” (洋菓子). The kanji “洋” (Yo) means occidental, european.
The traditional Japanese sweets are called “wagashi” (和菓子). The kanji “和” meaning Japanese, or peace.
The traditional Japanese confections usually use ingredients such as azuki beans, sesame, roasted soybean flour, soybeans, sticky rice, regular rice or rice flour.
Motohiro Inaba and Rio Asano kindly show us how to make cute little chicks.
"Little chicks” RECIPE
＊rice flour 40g
＊sugar 40g
＊orange juice 48g
Add the rice flour to the sugar. Mix well. Add the orange juice and mix well. Put in the microwave for 90 seconds at 500W.
Knead the dough. Add water on your hands and roll up the dough to form small balls. Then squeeze out the head ad pinch the dough to form the tail. And it’s done!
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☺TOCO TOCO's previous episode: Hima Kawagoe, illustartor and designer
☞ youtu.be/2iGqeFXlMZw
☺TOCO TOCO's next episode: Prof Sakamoto, musician
☞ youtu.be/hran0uhxwPg
▶︎ WAGASHI ASOBI'S WEBSITE
wagashi-asobi.com
▶︎ WAGASHI ASOBI'S TWITTER
twitter.com/wagashiasobi
▶︎ WAGASHI ASOBI'S FACEBOOK
facebook.com/wagashiasobi
▶︎ COTONOHA'S WEBSITE
cotonoha-jp.com/452
▶︎▶︎ FOLLOW US HERE ◀︎◀︎
TWITTER: twitter.com/tocotocotv
FB: fr-fr.facebook.com/tocotocotv
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/tocotocotv
◆TODAY'S GUESTS◆
Motohiro Inaba and Rio Asano from "Wagashi Asobi" confectionery shop
★今回のゲスト★
「Wagashi Asobi」の稲葉基大と浅野理生
◆PLACES WE WENT TO◆
“Cotonoha” publishing house and “Wagashi Asobi” confectionary shop in Nagahara
★訪れた場所★
コトノハ出版社、和菓子店「和菓子遊び」
◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇
Motohiro Inaba and Rio Asano take us to the publishing house “Cotonoha” situated in the sweet and retro neighborhood of Nagahara.
“Machi no Techo Ikegami-sen” is a magazine published by “Cotonoha”.
Ikegami line is a railway line that runs through Tokyo from Gotanda to Kamata on the south side of Tokyo.
“Machi no Techo Ikegami-sen” is a magazine that introduces culture and shops around the Ikegami line.
It featured the Japanese sweets shop “Wagashi Asobi” in one of their publications.
The particularity of the Ikegami railway train is that contrary to most of Tokyo’s trains that are long, it’s relatively small as it’s a 3-car train.
“Machi no Techo Ikegami-sen” is a magazine that talks about the neighborhood’s history. The Shochiku movie studios were once located in Kamata (end of Ikegami line) where directors such as Ozu Yasujiro used to shoot.
This magazine is sold in shops, bars, and book shops along the train tracks and on “Cotonoha’s website”.
Then, Motohiro Inaba and Rio Asano invite us to their atelier “Wagashi Asobi”. They make two types of sweets: the dry fruit yokan and the herb-aroma rakugan.
DRY FRUIT YOKAN
The dry fruit yokan is made using black sugar from the Iriomote island in Okinawa. It is aromatised with rum and contains dried figs and strawberries with nut chips.
HERB RAKUGAN
The herb rakugan uses fruits like strawberries or yuzu and also contains herbs such as rosemary and plants like hibiscus and chamomile.
It is a confection made solely with sugar and natural ingredients that will melt in your mouth.
Originally, these confections are solely based on sugar, and are eaten before drinking traditional Japanese tea, matcha.
In Japanese the occidental sweets are called “yogashi” (洋菓子). The kanji “洋” (Yo) means occidental, european.
The traditional Japanese sweets are called “wagashi” (和菓子). The kanji “和” meaning Japanese, or peace.
The traditional Japanese confections usually use ingredients such as azuki beans, sesame, roasted soybean flour, soybeans, sticky rice, regular rice or rice flour.
Motohiro Inaba and Rio Asano kindly show us how to make cute little chicks.
"Little chicks” RECIPE
＊rice flour 40g
＊sugar 40g
＊orange juice 48g
Add the rice flour to the sugar. Mix well. Add the orange juice and mix well. Put in the microwave for 90 seconds at 500W.
Knead the dough. Add water on your hands and roll up the dough to form small balls. Then squeeze out the head ad pinch the dough to form the tail. And it’s done!
◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇
☺TOCO TOCO's previous episode: Hima Kawagoe, illustartor and designer
☞ youtu.be/2iGqeFXlMZw
☺TOCO TOCO's next episode: Prof Sakamoto, musician
☞ youtu.be/hran0uhxwPg
▶︎ WAGASHI ASOBI'S WEBSITE
wagashi-asobi.com
▶︎ WAGASHI ASOBI'S TWITTER
twitter.com/wagashiasobi
▶︎ WAGASHI ASOBI'S FACEBOOK
facebook.com/wagashiasobi
▶︎ COTONOHA'S WEBSITE
cotonoha-jp.com/452
▶︎▶︎ FOLLOW US HERE ◀︎◀︎
TWITTER: twitter.com/tocotocotv
FB: fr-fr.facebook.com/tocotocotv
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/tocotocotv
