Planting Azuki beans
Naoko Okada I often received the inquiries about when we harvest those beans. Some customers even ask us to send new beans around August, which is not feasible at all. In ...
Kagami-mochi
The Kagami-mochi first appeared in around 14th. The name Kagami is said to have originated from its resemblance to a mirror that people offered to God named Sai...
Nourishment and effectiveness
About Azuki It has low calorie … Koshi-Ann(red beans paste) has half as much calorie as shortcake. You may think that Anko is sweet and therefore you wi...
“ Dorayaki “ Bean Jam pancake
This pancake was named after the musical instrument, Dora (Gong in English), which has the rounded shape and just looks like it. The origin of this cake goes ba...
What is NI-O?
NI-O is the way farmers pile up the reaped beans to dry them up. This word. “ NI-O” is named after the old Japanese language, which has the same pronunciation a...
Azuki traditional menu “sekihan”
Sekihan is a Japanese traditional dish. It is sticky rice( mochi-gome) steamed with red beans. They get mochi-gome permeated with the water used to boil red bea...
Why Tokachi is the top producer of Azuki?
Azuki prefers the warm climate and they are very susceptible. However, as strange as it may sound, the top producers of Azuki are Tokachi and Tanba( in Hokkaido...
How should azuki(red beans) be stored?
Azuki is susceptible to humidity and can stand aridity susceptible to the heat and can stand cold susceptible to insects and mice In this regard, azuki(red ...
Azuki calms you down
The book in Edo period; Honchou-Shokkan says that Azuki has fallowing effects. ・Calms you down ・Increase urination ・Reduce pain and inflammation ・Detox ・Increas...
Anmitsu
It is made of small translucent cubes of agar jelly and served in a bowl with sweet azuki(red beans paste), boiled green peas and mitsu( sweet black syrup). Wit...
