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April 4th is Anpan's Day [Ginza Kimura Family (Ginza Main Store)]

[Dimini ☆ Cricket] April 3, 2015 14:00

I got a thankful information from a friend who sometimes provides tips for blog stories saying, "April 4 is like" Anpan's Day "." Also, I visited the Ginza Kimura family (Ginza main store) in Ginza 4-chome because of the nostalgia that I hadn't eaten anpan for a while.

The storefront was decorated with cherry blossoms.

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Certainly, "April 4th was Anpan's Day."

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Moreover, it is said that it was derived from the fact that Kimura parent and child, the founder of Kimuraya, presented Anpan to Emperor Meiji on April 4, 1875, 140 years ago.

It is said that the Majesties were served as tea confectionery when they had a cherry blossom viewing at the lower house of the Mito Domain on Mukaijima.

In order to express the sense of the season, Kimura parent and child ordered salted Yae cherry blossom petals from Mt. Yoshino in Nara and embedded them in Anpan. It seems that he received the word "(this is a purveyor of the Ministry of the Imperial Household).

Since then, salted cherry blossoms have been naveled on the anpan at the store, and "Sakura Anpan" has been seen. Hey~

That said, right is "Sakura Anpan" and right is "Sakura Anpan" and the left is "Sake kind Sakura Domyoji".

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"Sakura Anpan" is an exquisite balance between the sweetness of the bean paste and the salted cherry blossoms, and the sake-type bread dough that wraps it imitates the method of making sake buns. It has a flavor and is delicious "Sake-type Sakura Domyoji" is a sticky feeling of Domyoji bean paste and the scent of cherry blossoms.

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While enjoying "Sakura Anpan" and "Sakuradomyoji", the Japanese are really amazing and impressed in the first place, all started with ideas for Anpan as a cherry-blossom tea confectionery for cherry blossom viewing. I thought about my passion for manufacturing.

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The Ginza Kimura family is currently holding the Sakura Anpan Festival (March 1-April 12)

Click here for the website of Sakura Anpan Festival. ⇒

http://www.ginzakimuraya.jp/bakery/sakura/