What I Ate in Asakusa, Tokyo - New Year's Japan Travel Day 4

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

What I Ate in Asakusa, Tokyo - New Year's Japan Travel Day 4

My husband and I traveled Japan during this New Year's holidays. As I mentioned in my previous entry, after walking around Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market, we decided to go to Asakusa (浅草).

We got on a train at Higashi Ginza station and headed toward Asakusa station.

At the Asakusa station, there was the beautiful wall art. The some traditional festivals held in Asakusa are pictured on the huge wall in the station.

Asakusa Station

This wall had picture of Setsubun (節分). In this picture, these men are throwing dried soy beans from Senso-ji (浅草寺), a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa.

Asakusa Station

After getting off the train, we had some traditional Japanese sweets on our way to Senso-ji (浅草寺). I'm going to share what I ate there with you.

Taiyaki (鯛焼き)

Kuriko An

Kuriko An (くりこ庵)
1−32−2 Asakusa
Taito,
Tokyo, Japan
Hours : 10 a.m. through 8 p.m.

Kuriko An

We decided to purchase some taiyaki at Kuriko An.

Kuriko An

As you can see the photos below, taiyaki (鯛焼き) is a Japanese fish-shaped cake. A traditional taiyaki has sweetened azuki bean pastes. My husband purchased taiyaki with koshian (こしあん), sweetened azuki bean pastes for 187 yen, and I purchased custard one (クリーム) for 154 yen. :)

Taiyaki

Tai (鯛, たい) means a red snapper, sea bream, in Japanese. People in Japan eat a broiled red snapper on happy events such as on a wedding day, baby's 100th day, New Year's day and etc. Auspicious is called medetai (めでたい) in Japanese. "Tai ha medetai (鯛はめでたい)" means tai is a good luck fish. That's why taiyaki is a kind of a good luck fish-shaped cake and can be eaten all year round. :)