This time, a tea party under the cherry blossoms with bracken-starch cake on handmade lacquerware. Woodturner Kawakami Ken-ichi is making plates for Hida Shunkei lacquerware Kawakami-san's plates ...
People found the common Japanese summer snack – made with bracken starch, cut into squares and coated with kinako (roasted soya bean powder) or matcha – irresistible. They slurped up the brand ...