Wagashi is Japanese traditional confectionary like “nerikiri*” as a representative and many others such as yokan, dango, manju, etc. wagashi is mostly expressing four season; cherry blossom in spring, clearness of cool in summer, autumn leaves in fall and snow in winter. There are also wagashi cooking classes by professionals.
*Neriki; Made by mixing shiro-an (white bean paste) and gyuhi (a kind of mochi, which is made from mochi rice powder steamed or boiled, added sugar or mizuame, a Japanese sweetener, and kneaded) or tsukuneimo (Japanese yam).
Travel agency offering a tour of wagashi workshop
Tabisuke
Regular lesson of wagashi cooking
Okashi-dokoro Marumiya
| Address | 8-8-35 Konakano, Hachnohe-shi, Aomori 031-0802 |
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| Tel | 0178-22-6105 |
| Fax | 0178-47-3553 |
| URL | (Japanese)http://www.marumiya.jp/index-2.html |
Kashisho Shoeido
| Basic course | February, April, June, August and October |
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| Advance course | March, May, July, September and November |
| Fixed number | 10 – 15 (2 to 3 per table) |
| Admission | ¥2000 Payment of the admission fee should be done when applying. Cancelation is accepted by the day before of lesson only on the phone. Admission fee will be paid back. Apply should be done before. Not acceptable on the lesson day. Bring your own apron and scarf to cover your hair for the class. |
| Address | 1-5-4 Sakaemachi, Aomori-shi, Aomori 030-0903 |
| Tel | 017-743-1863 |
| Fax | 017-742-2420 |
| URL | (Japanese)http://www.syoeido.co.jp/publics/index/204 |
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