Today (15th) is strawberry day. In this season when strawberries are in season, the sweets you want to eat are "Ichigo Daifuku"! At the Daifuku shop "Tsukiji Soratsuki" in the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, a little rare white strawberry Daifuku is on sale.

Compared to the ordinary bright red ichigo daifuku, it is a winter-like dish that is white and pale like powder snow. It looks cute and the strawberries are surprisingly sweet and superb, so if you go to Tsukiji, you should definitely try it!

◆ Various flavors of "Tsukiji Daifuku"

The signature product "Tsukiji Daifuku" with soratsuki is Daifuku made from "highest grade" Shiga Habutae Mochi and wrapped in bean paste. We have a lineup of more than 10 different flavors, from standard bean paste to kuri-kinton, ripe mango, strawberry yogurt, and chocolate bean paste.


For a limited time, "Tsukiji Ichigo Daifuku" (300 yen per piece) is made by placing carefully selected large strawberries on top of Tsukiji Daifuku. And among them, "White Chigo Daifuku" (500 yen per piece) is on sale as a "limited product"!


There are two colors of toys, red and white. Pink contains smooth red bean paste, and white contains red bean paste. The soft white toys and white strawberries are very cute as a whole.



When the strawberries are white, the taste seems to be light, but when I try to eat them, they are surprisingly sweet! It wasn't sour at all, and I felt it was sweeter than red strawberries. The fruit is soft and juicy, and the melty sweet juice fills your mouth. Hmmm, good!


The plump and thick mochi is finely textured and gently strokes the tongue. It has a chewy and crispy texture. The bean paste that is stuck inside is well balanced.

◆ Daifuku with "strawberry yogurt flavor"

In addition, I bought and ate a slightly unusual "strawberry bean paste yogurt sauce" from the strawberry daifuku made from ordinary red strawberries.


Strawberry daifuku with pink toys wrapped in pink strawberry bean paste and white yogurt sauce. If you cut it and look at the cross section, you can see that the yogurt sauce is slightly conservative in the core part.


When you stretch it, the refreshing scent of strawberries will come out of your nose. And the sweetness of strawberries and the acidity of yogurt. It's like a snack I ate when I was a kid ... It's delicious to remember some nostalgia. It's not a royal road, so it seems that my tastes are different, but I really liked it.

There are other varieties of ichigo daifuku such as "Matcha" and "rich custard" on sale (the stock may vary depending on the day), so why not take some of them while walking around Tsukiji? It is also recommended as a souvenir!