Wagashi: Early Summer Loquat (Biwa) Namagashi
Posted in wagashi (和菓子) on Jul 5th, 2008
Wagashi: Early Summer Biwa (Loquat) Namagashi 枇杷 (びわ) 生菓子
As early summer becomes midsummer, the days muggy and the nights no longer cool, the loquat, or biwa in Japanese, is a common sight in Kyoto; both in discount supermarkets and fine fruit boutiques and on the streets and sidewalks, fallen from large leafed trees overhanging a [...]
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