Demachi Futaba was founded the year 1823 and has been making Japanese confections (wagashi) using traditional methods ever since.

There are many restaurants and cafés in Gion. This one however, I think is special. First of all, although it is inside an old, traditional

As some of you might already know, I looove wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets). Not only are they super delicious but often also...

I love Japanese traditional sweets (wagashi), especially everything that has to do with mochi and dango. In fact, dango is the first...

Last Sunday, on Februrary 23rd I visited a kofun (ancient burial mound) in Kyoto together with four Japanese people. One of them had been...

About Ichiwa and Aburi-Mochi Ichiwa is a over 1000 years old shop right next to the Imamiya Shrine and therefore the oldest sweets shop...