群馬県·銘菓
Shima Onsen Manju
In a hot spring town where steam rises into the air, you take a bite of a freshly steamed bun. The thin, brown skin, kneaded with brown sugar, is moist and soft, filled with a generous amount of smooth red bean paste. The paste, carefully cooked using Hokkaido adzuki beans, has a subtle, elegant sweetness. Paired with green tea, it soaks into your body after a soak in the springs. Shima Onsen is a famous mountain hot spring town said to be effective against as many as 40,000 (shiman) different ailments, with a history of over a thousand years. In 1954, it was selected as one of Japan's first National Health Resorts. Scattered throughout this quiet hot spring town are long-established Japanese confectionery shops selling onsen manju, each competing with their own homemade bean paste and brown sugar crust. A classic souvenir from this famous hot spring. It is the gentle sweetness of the hot spring town.
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