These Japanese rabbit-shaped confections have sweet azuki bean centers wrapped in tender, gooey, mochi.

A Japanese sweet that is traditionally eaten on May 5, Children’s Day Festival. An-filled, rice-flour dumpling wrapped in an oak leaf.

Transform these miniature citrus fruits into a Japanese-style confection that goes wonderfully with either green tea or coffee.

Cherry blossom-scented Japanese confections.

A colorful confection made from the exotic lily root, just in time for Japan’s Dolls Day Festival on March 3.

Celebrate spring with these plum-shaped, plum-flavored confections in the traditional Japanese wagashi style.

Dried persimmons stuffed with white bean “an” and walnuts makes for a traditional-style Japanese confection that melts in your mouth.