Wagashi is a traditional Japanese food culture that has a beautiful shape and incorporates Japan's unique styles, seasonal changes, natural beauties, and transience.The paste used in Japanese sweets are made from plant-based ingredients such as adzuki beans and white beans and is an embodiment of Japan's unique cares for health.
To help anyone easily make authentic wagashi, a plastic wagashi mold was completed after development of many prototypes. The molds have been designed to be microwave-safe and are easier to ghandle than traditrional wooden ones.
Machiko is a cooking artist and researcher working from Tokyo and New York. She has been a lecturer at prestigious culinary schools including William Sonoma in New York, and Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, Chicago, and England.
While researching delicious Japanese sweets that can be made quickly, she devised an easy-to-handle Japanese sweets plastic mold.
The Japanese sweets mold series won an award for excellence at the daily necessities plastic contest.
