茨城県·銘菓
Hosshii~mo
When you bite through the crispy pastry, you find a dense, chewy dried sweet potato filling inside. The texture of the fragrant baked crust and the moist, sweet potato paste overlap, melting delicately in your mouth. This local dessert encapsulates the entire essence of dried sweet potatoes grown under the Hitachinaka sun. Ibaraki is undeniably Japan's number one producer, accounting for over 90% of the nation's dried sweet potato share. Well-draining soil derived from volcanic ash and mineral-rich sea breezes from the ocean cultivate these intensely sweet, chewy potatoes. Even without added sugar, the natural sweetness of the potato itself is robust. As a flagship product of Okashi no Kikuchi, it is perfect both as an accompaniment to tea and as a gift. You'll find yourself reaching for one piece after another.
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