Japanese Wagashi
Japanese Wagashi is a structured food & drink dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Wagashi, Category, Main Ingredient. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Not provided
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Wagashi, Category, Main Ingredient, Texture, Season, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Category groups
- 7 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
- Season groups
- 9 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Wagashi, Category, and Main Ingredient across food & drink entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Wagashi↕ | Category↕ | Main Ingredient↕ | Texture↕ | Season↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mochi | Mochimono | Glutinous rice (mochigome) | Chewy, soft, stretchy | Year-round, New Year | Pounded rice cakes, backbone of wagashi, eaten for New Year kagami mochi |
Daifuku | Mochimono | Mochi wrapping anko | Soft chewy skin, smooth filling | Year-round | Round mochi stuffed with red bean paste, ichigo daifuku adds strawberry |
Dorayaki | Yakimono | Castella pancakes, red bean paste | Fluffy, moist | Year-round | Doraemon's favorite, two pancakes sandwiching sweet azuki |
Dango | Mochimono | Rice flour balls on skewer | Chewy, dense | Year-round, hanami | Skewered dumplings, hanami dango tricolor pink-white-green for cherry blossom |
Manju | Mushimono | Wheat/rice flour, anko | Soft steamed bun | Year-round | Steamed sweet buns, came from China centuries ago, now deeply Japanese |
Yokan | Nagashimono | Red bean paste, agar, sugar | Firm jelly, dense | Year-round, summer | Block-shaped jellied sweet, sliced thinly, long shelf life |
Monaka | Dry Higashi-style | Crisp mochi wafers, anko | Crisp shell, soft filling | Year-round | Two thin rice crackers sandwiching bean paste, assembled just before eating |
Taiyaki | Yakimono | Batter, filling | Crisp outside, soft inside | Year-round, winter street food | Fish-shaped cake filled with azuki, custard or cheese, Japanese street food icon |
Castella (Kasutera) | Yakimono | Eggs, flour, sugar, mizuame | Moist, spongy, fine crumb | Year-round | Nagasaki Portuguese-origin sponge cake, honey-gold crust |
Warabimochi | Nagashimono | Bracken starch, kinako | Jelly-soft, translucent, cool | Summer | Served chilled with kinako soybean flour and kuromitsu syrup |
Kuzumochi | Nagashimono | Kuzu root starch | Translucent jelly, firm | Summer | Kyoto summer sweet, topped with black sugar syrup |
Nerikiri | Namagashi | White bean paste, gyuhi | Smooth, malleable | Seasonal, tea ceremony | Sculpted to depict seasons - sakura, maple leaves, chrysanthemum, tea ceremony star |
Higashi | Dry sweets | Wasanbon sugar | Dry, crumbly, melts on tongue | Year-round, tea ceremony | Pressed sugar sweets in seasonal motifs, paired with matcha |
Uiro | Mushimono | Rice flour, sugar, hot water | Chewy, jelly-like | Year-round | Nagoya specialty, steamed and sliced, subtly sweet |
Ohagi/Botamochi | Mochimono | Glutinous rice coated in anko | Soft rice, rough-mashed bean | Spring/autumn equinox | Equinox offering to ancestors, named botamochi in spring and ohagi in autumn |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Japanese Wagashi organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 15 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 15 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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