岐阜県·銘菓
Ayu Kashi (Sweetfish Confection)
When you break open the fluffy baked castella dough, a chewy gyuhi appears from within. With its gentle sweetness and the adorable appearance of a sweetfish swimming in a river, it is a famous confection that heralds the early summer of Gifu. By wrapping gyuhi—made from rice flour and starch syrup—in castella dough and using branding irons to add eyes and mouths, the sweetfish shape is completed. The original is said to be 'Nobori Ayu' by Tamaiya Honpo, a long-established shop founded in 1908. While it is believed that the first Ayu Kashi was created in 1908, today, Japanese confectionery shops throughout Gifu bake their own versions of these sweetfish. It is an item that has been long chosen as a souvenir during the season when the sweetfish begin to swim in the Nagara River.
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