Description

‘Ukishima’ is steamed type of Wagashi (Mushi-gashi). On the first glance it looks like European Sponge Cake, however it’s fully made by bean paste. Ukishima is a mixture between European technology of making Sponge cake and Japanese traditional ingredient – bean paste. It has fluffy texture and the taste of bean paste is completely unnoticable.

‘Yuki-doke’ which means ‘snow thaw’ shows the scene in the early Spring where the Winter is coming to an end, and the Spring is on its way. Green grass, plants are starting to show up under the thawing snow. ‘Yuki-doke’ has 3 layers: white (snow), green (grass, plants) and brown (soil).