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Nagai Kujiramochi Store - Kujiramochi
"Kujiramochi" is the signature product of Nagai Kujiramochi Store, founded in Asamushi Onsen in 1907. It was created as a souvenir in this hot spring resort, which soldiers wounded in the Russo-Japanese War visited for recuperation. It is a lightly sweetened mochi confection made by milling Tsugaru rice and steaming it in a bamboo steamer with smooth red bean paste, sugar, and peeled walnuts. The name embodies the wish: "May it be a good mochi that is loved for a long time (iku-hisashiku kujira-remasu)." With its addictive combination of fragrant walnuts and chewy texture, it has been loved for over 100 years as a representative souvenir of Asamushi Onsen. Please enjoy it alongside your hot spring tour.
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Nagai Kujiramochi Store - Kujiramochi
Born in 1907 for wounded soldiers and hot spring guests at Asamushi Onsen, Kujiramochi. The name embodies the wish for a 'good mochi that will be loved for a long time' (iku-shiku-itadaku). It is made by steaming rice flour and smooth red bean paste with walnuts inside. It carries on the lineage of steamed confectionery said to have been brought from Kyoto via the Kitamaebune shipping route.
Kikuya Kujira-mochi
Kujira-mochi from Kikuya Mochi-ten, which has operated in Asamushi Onsen since before the war, is characterized by its use of glutinous rice and fresh red bean paste. As one of the two major Kujira-mochi producers in Asamuna alongside Nagai Kujira-mochi-ten, its specialty is a more chewy texture. Both shops continue to compete to preserve the tradition of this steamed confection, which was brought from Kyoto via the Kitamaebune shipping route.
