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Fresh texture and simple sweetnessIkinari Dango

This steamed flattened kneaded flour filled with mashed sweet potato and Azuki red bean paste (boiled Azuki beans with sugar) is a specialty dish of Kumamoto. In Kumamoto, this dish is known as a traditional local dessert that has been prepared by ordinary families for a long time. This dish is perfect as a souvenir to be enjoyed cold as it is, microwaved, steamed, or even baked in the oven.

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Ikinari Dango (sweet potato and red bean dumplings) shop

  • Chojuan

    A restaurant specializing in Kumamoto's specialty "Ikinari Dango".  You can enjoy different types of original "Ikinari Dango", such as black dango, g…

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  • Ikkyu Honpo

    Ikkyu Honpo is a long-established Japanese sweets shop offering various sweets such as Amazake(Sweet sake)-manju(steamed bun) and Ikinaridango, a ste…

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  • Hanamarudo

    Hanamarudo specializes in Ikinaridango, Kumamoto's local sweets. Their Ikinaridango are carefully handmade one by one by skilled confectioners, using…

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  • Ikinariya Watanabe

    Ikinariya Watanabe specializes in Ikinari Dango, Kumamoto's local specialty. Ikinari Dango is a steamed dumpling filled with sweet potato and red bea…

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