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Ume plum blossoms for an early Spring tea (via Gourmande in Osaka)

Ume plum blossoms for an early Spring tea  Ume (Japanese sour plum) trees are blossoming in Osaka. Their fragrance is like in a dream. Old style yatsuhashi sweets (from a shop, not home-made). They are a specialty tea cake of Kyoto, whose production started in Yatsuhashi (8 bridge street) in 17th Century. The oldest ones were yaki yatsuhashi that are cookies, shape in half cylinder, like the bridge that gave the name. Today, it's nama yatsuhashi (fresh time), a more recent type. My green … Read More

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