{"id":7384,"date":"2025-07-17T15:08:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T06:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/?post_type=en_blog&#038;p=7384"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T06:08:11","slug":"wagashi-the-sweets-sereved-at-tea-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"en_blog","link":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/en\/blog\/2025\/07\/17\/wagashi-the-sweets-sereved-at-tea-ceremonies\/","title":{"rendered":"Wagashi, the sweets sereved at tea ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\uff5e\uff5e\u2606\u2606\ud83d\udc97\ud83d\udc9a\u2606\u2606\uff5e\uff5eHello, this is Tea ceremony \uff06 Calligraphy shop Waplus Nara\uff5e\uff5e\u2606\u2606\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc97\u2606\u2606\uff5e\uff5e<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I would like to tell you about the sweets served at tea ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Japanese sweets are called wagashi in Japansese.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There are two main types of wagashi: dry confections(higashi) and main confections(omogashi).<br \/>\nHigashi is usually served with thin tea(usucha), while omogashi is typically served with thick tea(koicha).\u00a0 \u00a0However, omogashi is sometimes served with usucha.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7387\" src=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/furusato-jyounama1450-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1450\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/furusato-jyounama1450-1200.jpg 1450w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/furusato-jyounama1450-1200-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/furusato-jyounama1450-1200-1024x847.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/furusato-jyounama1450-1200-768x636.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1450px) 100vw, 1450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Since we are serving usucha, we will serve higashi.<br \/>\nThe important role of wagashi is to enhance the flavor of the tea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7386\" src=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/49_20170731114817.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/49_20170731114817.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/49_20170731114817-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/49_20170731114817-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/49_20170731114817-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/49_20170731114817-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/49_20170731114817-1568x1041.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At a tea ceremony, matcha is the main attraction, and the sweets play a supporting role.<br \/>\nAll sweets are eaten before matcha.<br \/>\nThe most important consideration in a tea ceremony is how to make a tasty cup of matcha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Next, I will discuss the different types of higashi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\uff5e\u2606\ud83d\udc97\u2606The Tea Ceremony and Calligraphy Shop Waplus Nara looks forward to serving you delicious matcha and sweets.\u2606\ud83d\udc97\u2606\uff5e<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7385,"template":"","en_blog_cat":[57,18],"class_list":["post-7384","en_blog","type-en_blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","en_blog_cat-voice","en_blog_cat-staffblog","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/en_blog\/7384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/en_blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/en_blog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"en_blog_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waplus-kimono.com\/nara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/en_blog_cat?post=7384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}