From mid-December, the Japanese confectionery "Emafuku Shorai" with the 2021 zodiac sign "Ushi" and "Otafukumen", which is perfect for the New Year, will be available from Minamoto Kitchoan. Will be sold. Both are for a limited time until early January 2021.
"Ema Fuku Invitation" is packed with 3 each of 2 kinds of Japanese sweets, half azuki bean yokan and yellow bean paste. Half-red bean yokan is a brightly colored yokan made by mixing red bean paste with red bean paste. Yellow bean paste is a mixture of bean paste and egg yellow, and is a bean paste that melts in your mouth. The price is 1,296 yen per box (tax included, same below).
Invitation of votive tablet
On the other hand, "Otafukumen" is a sweet that has the image of a charming Otafukumen. Milk bean paste that melts in your mouth is wrapped in a moist dough. It is a lucky sweet with a plump taste that makes you smile naturally when you eat it, with the blissful smile of Otafuku. The price is 1,080 yen for 5 pieces.
Both are perfect sweets for New Year's greetings. You can eat it with your family in the hope of happiness, or you can give it to someone special as a souvenir.