Instructors: Larry Sokyo Tiscornia and Kimika Soko Takechi
$25 Center Members, $30 General Public
Connect via Zoom; Meeting ID and password to be issued upon registration

Join us for our next virtual Zoom Wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets) Workshop! Our instructors Larry Sokyo Tiscornia and Kimika Soko Taekchi will show you step by step how to make these unique, delectable and beautiful handmade treats over Zoom. This early summer wagashi workshop will feature aoume konashi and kingyokukan. Aoume are the small green plums used to make umeboshi, salty red pickled plums. Konashi is a Kyoto style kneaded smooth sweet bean paste that can be colored and shaped in many seasonal forms like the aoume. Kingyokukan is a refreshing summer sweet made with kanten (agar agar) as the gelling agent. Traditionally daitokuji natto, fermented black beans, are placed in the sweet to give a nice salty contrast. Chinese fermented black beans can be substituted. There will also be a demonstration creating aokaede, green maple konashi, formed in a traditional wooden mold.

Easy to follow recipes for the workshop will be provided in advance to all registrants. The workshop will be recorded and made available for registrants following the live session. Sign up for this virtual workshop and give making your own wagashi a try!