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Delights of Japan’s four seasons packed in Monaka wafers
Ohigashi

Wagashi, full of unexpected pleasures

Opening Monaka wafers reveals dainty seasonal Ohigashi and your fortune on a slip of paper.
A delightful treat for your eyes, taste buds and heart.

The Sotto Hirakuto series is offered in four different seasonal assortments of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The Wonder 500TM - A certified product within the Japan's Finest Goods collection, Foods and Travel Experiences (The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).
The 2016 Omiyage Grand Prix second place winner.

Skilful artisans handcraft every piece of Sotto Hirakuto with careful attention to detail.
It is a wonderful conversation piece that will bring pleasure to those who receive it as a gift.

Find a joyous surprise when you open the Monaka wafers. Dainty pieces of Ohigashi and your fortune on a slip of paper tucked inside the Monaka sparks conversation and plenty of smiles.

Ohigashi

Ohigashi

Ohigashi

Sotto Hirakuto

Sotto Hirakuto - haruhonoka

Fiddlehead, cherry blossom, butterfly, violet, sushi roll, green leaf, konpeito, fortune
Sales period: March to April
Food allergens: mountain yam, soybeans, eggs
Best before 60 days after the date of manufacture

Sotto Hirakuto - natsukirari

Nadeshiko flower, watermelon slice, gourd, green maple leaf, star, swirling water, konpeito, fortune
Sales period: May to August
Food allergens: mountain yam, soybeans, eggs
Best before 60 days after the date of manufacture

Sotto Hirakuto - akiyurara

Pine needles, autumn foliage, cosmos, bellflower, chestnut, gingko leaf, konpeito, fortune
Sales period: September to November
Food allergens: mountain yam, soybeans, eggs
Best before 60 days after the manufacturing date

Sotto Hirakuto - yukifuwari

A mitten, yuzu citrus, snowflake, plum blossom, holly, Rikyu-style pine needles. konpeito, fortune
Sales period: December to February
Food allergens: mountain yam, soybeans, eggs
Best before 60 days after the date of manufacture

Fukumaneki - Beckoning Luck

Cute beckoning cat Monaka enclosing symbols of prosperity within; toffee shaped into a lucky knot and pine needle-shaped Ohigashi.
Best before 60 days after the date of manufacture

Fukukaoru - Everlasting Prosperity

Monaka wafers shaped like the Umebachi-mon (the house crest of the Maeda clan of Kaga) containing the three auspicious symbols of pine, bamboo, and plum.
White Plum: pine needles, bamboo leaf, pink plum blossom, konpeito, fortune
Pink Plum: pinecone, bamboo leaf, white plum blossom, konpeito, fortune
Food allergens: mountain yam
Best before 60 days after the date of manufacture

Making of Ohigashi

Making of Autumn Foliage in Akiyurara

The dough for Ohigashi is made from sugar and sticky rice cake flour. It is first coloured with yellow and crimson red pigments and then thinly rolled, folded, and then rolled out again until the two colours are seamlessly merged. Small leaves are cut from the dough using a leaf-shaped cutter to create a piece of beautiful autumn foliage. As a finishing touch, the veins of the leaves are drawn by hand with a homemade bamboo spatula.

How the mittens in Yukifuwari are made

A dough is made by mixing sugar and starch with mountain yam as a binder. The dough is separated in two and coloured with crimson and purple pigments. The pieces of dough are rolled into rods, placed side by side, and then rolled out into a single layer. Using a mitten-shaped cutter, small mittens are cut out from the dough. After pressing the centre of the mitten with a finger, a small snowball-shaped piece of dough is placed within it.

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