Japanese Wood Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Takenoko Bamboo Shoot Kg749 Kobayashi Issa Item weight: 301 grams

Item weight: 301 grams

Nagoya Castle is one of the main tourist locations in the city

water pot: blue sometsuke design

and red on the side and the rim

Japanese Wood Kashigata Cake Mold Vtg Sweet Wagashi Takenoko Bamboo Shoot Kg749 Kobayashi Issa Item weight: 301 gramsVintage Japanese Kashigata, Cake and Candy Mold Japanese kashigata are hand carved wooden molds used to make higashi since the Edo period. Higashi is a broad category of wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets) and is a low moisture treat made with soybean flour or rice flour, fine sugar, and other ingredients. These materials are packed tightly into kashigata molds and dried to create beautiful designs and shapes. Many of these sweets can be found in