- Imagawayaki
nihongo|Imagawayaki|今川焼き| is a
Japan esedessert often found at festivals and other places that one might, in America, findfunnel cake . It is made of batter in a special pan (similar to awaffle iron but without the honeycomb pattern), and filled with sweetazuki bean paste, although it is becoming increasingly popular to use a wider variety of fillings such as potato and mayonnaise.Imagawayaki began to be sold near the Kanda Imagawabashi bridge during "
An'ei " years (1772 - 1781) in theEdo period . The name of Imagawayaki originates from this time.Various names
Imagawayaki has various names by areas and eras.
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* — is major in Kansai andKyūshū region .
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* — is different from "oyaki" inNagano Prefecture .
* — is in some ofNiigata Prefecture andFukushima Prefecture , and different from "kintsuba" ofwagashi .By the store or the company
* — is a product name of "Gozasōrō" Inc which was established in 1950 in Himeji. It means "thank you for the purchase" in an archaic style. [
Kobe Shimbun , June 28th, 2003.]
* — is a product name of "Sawai Honpo" Inc in Ehime. It originates in "Higiri jizō" near the Matsuyama station. [Ehime Shimbun, March 5th, 2005.]Historical and inactive
* — The song on the occasion of the revival after the
Great Kantō earthquake in 1923, is mentioned that "imagawayaki" was renamed "fukkōyaki". [Satsuki Soeda and Hakurui Shibuya, nihongo|"Fukkou bushi"|復興節, 1923.JASRAC 074-0605-3.]References
See also
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Taiyaki
*Wagashi External links
* [http://www.maboroshi-ch.com/sun/pha_14.htm "Between "Kaiten'yaki", "Ōban'yaki" and "Imagawayaki"] by Tsutomu Kushima. He is an investigator of the popular culture of
Shōwa period .
* [http://hb2.seikyou.ne.jp/home/my-morita/ni/ni_top2.htm "Nijyūyaki Jōhō"]
* [http://www.gozasoro.co.jp/ "Gozasōrō" Inc.]
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