Sunday, July 12, 2009

Kuya Monaka in Ginza 銀座の空也




Kuuya 空也
Chuo-ku, Ginza 6-7-19
03-3571-3304
10:00 – 17:00, Saturdays 10:00 – 16:00, closed Sundays and holidays
www.wagashi.or.jp/tokyo/shop/0337.htm (Japanese)

Started in Meiji 17 (1884), Kuya is a 4th generation shop selling only one item, monaka. The outer shell is a crispy, delicate, toasty wafer surrounding slightly sweet, crushed azuki beans (tsubuan).

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