Wagashi Dialogues“Does Ohagi change from region to region—or is it always made with the same hands?” Wagashi Dialogues
Ohagi is one of those sweets that feels universal—and yet deeply personal.Across Japan, it changes shape, name, sweetnes...
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Wagashi Dialogues Wagashi Dialogues“Is Ohagi a sweet—or a seasonal offering for the souls we miss?” Wagashi Dialogues
Ohagi is soft, sweet, and made with love—but its purpose goes beyond flavor.It appears twice a year, during the equinoxe...
Chaos Roundtable🌀 Chaos Roundtable #16 “Do measuring cups ever feel like they’re never enough?”
▶ This Article in a NutshellMain Question:Do measuring cups ever feel like they’re never enough?Key Insights:Measuring c...
Wagashi DialoguesKuzumochi East vs West: How We Taste and Enjoy Them【Wagashi Dialogues】
Two kuzumochi. Two textures.One clings softly to kinako and kuromitsu; the other shines clear and melts like spring wate...
Wagashi DialoguesKuzumochi East vs West: Traditional Craft and Artisanal Techniques【Wagashi Dialogues】
Two sweets. One name.Kanto kneads months of fermentation into its kuzumochi. Kansai polishes mountain roots into crystal...
Wagashi DialoguesKuzumochi East vs West: Same Name, Different Sweet 【Wagashi Dialogues】
In Japan, “kuzumochi” means two completely different things.Tokyo serves fermented starch. Kyoto serves pure mountain ro...
Wagashi Dialogues“Can you master tea without making tea?” Chaos Roundtable: Wild
Someone asked, “Is tea ceremony just making tea in a fancy way?”We started listing tools, movements, timing, charcoal, s...
AI Lab: Experiments & InsightsHow to Restore ChatGPT-4o – For Those Who Found It Missing from the Model List
Hello, I’m Mochi.This post is for anyone who suddenly found that ChatGPT-4o had disappeared from the model list (and bec...
Wagashi Dialogues“Is making dango more like sculpting than cooking?” Wagashi Dialogues
There’s something quietly intense about the making of dango. It looks so simple—white balls on a skewer—but behind each ...
Wagashi Dialogues“Chaos Roundtable: “Is the shape of a dango a regional dialect?” Wagashi Dialogues
In Japan, dango isn’t just a sweet—it’s a signal of local identity, changing from region to region like dialects. But ho...