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Taneya's Kodosampo Kodobuki meaning walking in lake east, luxury in lake est. Thank you to Yasushi San and Hiromi San for this beautiful box of Higashi. The country house with pine trees in the background and camelia and daffodils on the route. Very poetic!

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Yuzu Mochi from Kamesuehiro, I totally eaten everything in Kyoto! So nice and soft and full of flavour!

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In front of Kurama Station in Kyoto up in the mountain of Kurama is a small wagashi store called Tomondo. They have seasonal wagashi like Yuzu Kohaku and Yuzu Mochi. This is the mochi.

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Fruit Juice Jellies: apple, peach, grape, plum, nectarine, tangerine flavours, given by my friends in Tokyo.

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Egg Noodles lookalike! This is a Portuguese candies of Namban tradition brought to Japan some 400 years ago, made of egg york and sugar. Now only made by Turuya Hatiman.
www.turuyahatiman.co.jp

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This is Guimsuve Marshmallow made of honey and fruit juice, so not really a Japanese candy but a french one but I got it from Takashimaya of Kyoto.
white: passion fruit
red: framboise
yellow: mango
blue: lime
green: green apple
purple: blueberry
www.boulmich.co.jp

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This is the beautiful box my friend from Tokyo gave me. Thank you Yasushi and Hiromi San.
The candies are dried confection from Kamakura called Kamakura no irodori.