- October 2, 2020
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Japanese Culture and Traditions: The Reason Why We Can Think Outside the Box
Taiyaki in NYC Have you ever seen the above ice cream (in the thumbnail image)? I’ve heard it’s extremely popular in NY now. When seeing the image, some Japanese people would have mixed feelings. They would be proud of the spread of Japanese culture, while feeling regret for not having had such an idea earlier. Yes, this ice cream is inspired by Taiyaki, a Japanese traditional pastry. Taiyaki ice cream may be re-imported to Japan like a California roll In ancient times, most of the Japanese sweets were made mainly from rice. Rice was very valuable, and so was sugar. General people couldn’t eat sweets. They were something to offer to the gods in the past. It is said pastries (made from eggs and flour) were imported from Portugal in around 1700. Funnily enough, about 300 years later, the Japanese pastry in the shape of fish goes across sea to […]