Do you know this? The golf ball-shaped monaka was created in 1926!
The third item in our series of articles introducing "secret masterpieces" hidden behind the scenes of well-known specialties is the "Golf Monaka Hole-in-One" from the Japanese confectionery store Toraya. Toraya is a long-established Japanese confectionery founded in Kyoto in the late Muromachi period (1336-1573). Especially its yokan (sweet bean curd) is famous as "Toraya's yokan" and is popular as a gift.