岐阜県·銘菓
Karasumi
When you take a bite, you experience a chewy, springy texture. The gentle sweetness unique to rice flour gradually spreads through your mouth as you chew. This is a simple steamed sweet passed down since ancient times in the Tono region of Gifu. Although it shares the same name as the delicacy 'karasumi,' this is not fish roe. It is a taste of home, made by steaming rice flour mixed with sugar. The shape is formed to widen at the base, much like Mount Fuji, to embody the wish that 'children will become the happiest in Japan.' It has long been enjoyed as a standard sweet offered to the Hina dolls during the Peach Festival. There are also varieties kneaded with brown sugar, mugwort, or walnuts, giving each piece a different character. It is a traditional confection of Tono that you'll want to savor during the Hinamatsuri season.
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