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Why that round red bean cake has four names
Imagawayaki, or Εbanyaki: a thick disc griddled to order. Not the fish one, not the pancakes.
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Taiyaki is shaped like a fish. There's no fish in it.
A crisp fish-shaped cake with sweet red bean where the fish should be.
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Ramune: the Japanese soda with a marble stuck in the bottle
A lemon soda with a glass marble sealing the bottle. Pushing it in is the trick.
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Two little pancakes with red bean in the middle: that's dorayaki
Soft, honey-sweet and eaten cold. Cooked as two halves and put together after.
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Those sweet dumplings on a stick are dango, and one of them isn't sweet
Sweet rice dumplings on a skewer. One popular kind isn't sweet at all.
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How to name a Japanese sweet when you don't know the word
Traditional Japanese sweets, from soft mochi to firm bean-paste jellies.
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