I bought only pudding at the Toyoken Park Street main store, but I wished I had also bought some Japanese sweets. Then I remembered that there is a shop in Nishijo, so I stopped by. I bought plain and grape-flavored kuzumochi, as well as two pieces of Piyashiri Zansetsu. The kuzumochi is a transparent type that you eat with black honey and soybean flour. The taste is pretty standard, with the black honey being light. The grape-flavored kuzumochi uses syrup instead of black honey, but the combination with soybean flour is a bit subtle. The Piyashiri Zansetsu is made with wasanbon sugar and looks like rakugan. When you eat it, it melts in your mouth. It has a refined taste using wasanbon sugar, making it a good match for tea sweets. The size is small, with two layers, making it convenient to eat.

The day after the supermoon total lunar eclipse, I had to work in Nayoro. After finishing work, I stopped by "Saijo Q Mart" and found an unopened dessert in the local sweets section. I bought East Yoken's "Kuzumochi (Mountain Grape) @260" and took it home. Despite the instructions saying "please eat chilled," it was at room temperature. They should print the instructions in a more noticeable place. The enclosed manual on how to eat it is as follows: ① Open the pack that has been chilled in the fridge and transfer the kuzumochi to a plate. ② Pour on the syrup. ③ Sprinkle on the soybean flour. ④ Cut it with a toothpick and enjoy the taste of the fruit in the nostalgic beauty of the kuzumochi. I enjoyed it, but I think it would have been better if it was chilled. I will try chilling it next time. Thank you for the meal.