#suvenir

SHIMOBASHIRA, Confectionery by Tamazawa, Miyagi

About a year ago on a TV show I saw a famous comedian from Miyagi introduced this as a popular confectionery in Miyagi. It is so popular that usually sold out and not easy to get. Plus I had heard it is quite sensitive for being transported so I thought I would not get it until the time I could go to Sendai. Today while I was just browsing in some shops in Morioka station I accidentally found them hitting in a souvenir shop and finally could get it!!

Shimobashira means a frost column in Japanese. It is a sweet made of thousands of fibrous thin sugar. When I bite it made a crunchy sound and that exactly remaind me the sound of stepping on shimobashira on the ground when I was a child.

食べるたびにらくがん粉を出したり戻したりするのですが、細かさの感じがまさにパスダースノー。雪国生まれの人にはわかってもらえるでしょう。