Wajima's traditional Japanese confectionery "Maruyuzu Mochiko" to reduce production due to the influence of the new corona

Wajima's traditional Japanese confectionery "Maruyuzu Mochiko" to reduce production due to the influence of the new corona November 17, 8:07

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In Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, the traditional Japanese confectionery "Maruyuzu Mochiko", which is made by stuffing and steaming hollowed out "Yuzu" with mochi, is being manufactured. We plan to reduce production due to the decrease in customers.

"Maruyuzu Mochiko" is a preserved food carried by Wajima-nuri hawkers when traveling around the country, and is a traditional Japanese sweet from Wajima that has a history of more than 800 years.

At a long-established Japanese confectionery store in Kawaimachi, Wajima City, "Maruyuzu Mochiko" has been manufactured since the 12th of this month, and on the 16th, three employees will work with "Yuzu" from Kochi Prefecture. I did.

At the factory, where the sweet and sour scent of "Yuzu" is scented, the employees stuffed rice cakes with hollowed out contents, kneaded with skin and soy sauce, and steamed them with a machine.

When the steamed product is dried indoors for about half a year, a deep candy-colored "Maruyuzu Mochiko" is completed.

According to the Japanese confectionery store, this year the number of tourists has decreased due to the spread of the new corona infection, so we have inventory and we plan to produce only about 5,000, which is one-third of the average year. ..

Mari Okizaki, a Japanese confectionery store, said, "I was hurt by the new Corona, which caused me to temporarily close the store. Maruyuzu Mochiko is making it with all my heart as usual."