A signature sweet from a wagashi (traditional Japanese confectionery) shop in Izumi, Osaka, has come out in a limited edition wrapped in chocolate and strawberry. “Tabisuru Yo ni Wagashi to Deau” (Tabiwaga for short), an online select store devoted to wagashi, has launched the second installment of its collaboration series “Weekend Treat Wagashi”: “Chocolate-Coated Kaminari Donuts” made by Ankitaki-ya Nakai (餡焚き屋中井) in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture. Together with the third installment, the “Revived Sanbai-mochi Tora-gawa Roll” from Kashitsukasa Tsujiya (菓子司つじや) in Akita, both items are sold on the Tabiwaga website in limited quantities of 100 each.
Kaminari Donuts: mochi and bean paste in fried dough, now with chocolate and strawberry fillings
Kaminari Donuts are Ankitaki-ya Nakai’s signature item: mochi (rice cake) and sweet bean paste wrapped in light dough and fried. They are described as a new kind of donut that is crisp and chewy at once. For this collaboration, two Tabiwaga-exclusive flavors have been added: chocolate bean paste and strawberry bean paste.
The chocolate bean paste mixes plenty of chocolate into house-made smooth bean paste (koshi-an), with just a touch of rum for a grown-up flavor. The surface is coated in chocolate and topped with cacao nibs for accent.
The strawberry bean paste combines house-made white adzuki smooth bean paste with house-made jam from Benihoppe strawberries. It is coated in white chocolate and finished with tart freeze-dried strawberries.
The set contains six pieces: three chocolate and three white chocolate. It works as a weekend treat for yourself, and since there are two flavors you could also share and compare them with family or friends. Orders are accepted only until Tuesday, October 27, 2026, so keep the deadline in mind.
Also on sale: the Revived Sanbai-mochi Tora-gawa Roll, from Akita’s Omagari
The third installment, the “Revived Sanbai-mochi Tora-gawa Roll,” comes from Kashitsukasa Tsujiya in Daisen, Akita Prefecture. Tora-gawa roll (“tiger-skin roll”) was made until the mid-1980s as a gift sweet for weddings and funerals. As gift sweets chosen at ceremony halls shifted to items with a longer shelf life and a showier look, or to catalog gifts, it stopped being made.
Kashitsukasa Tsujiya has revived it by wrapping “sanbai-mochi,” a local sweet of Omagari, Akita, in sponge-cake skin baked by hand one sheet at a time. Today’s craftspeople brought back the once-lost method so that it can be passed on. Ingredients and basic methods are unchanged from the old days. The pattern on the surface comes from the baking mold, so no two are alike. After rolling, the product is frozen in a rapid freezer that preserves freshness, to keep its flavor.
Tsujiya is a 160-year-old shop in Daisen, Akita, known for the Omagari fireworks. It uses no preservatives or additives, keeps to the original methods, and still makes its sweets with the wish to “keep passing them on as part of Akita’s food culture.” Orders for this item are accepted until Friday, November 6.
Product information
- Sold at: the official online store of “Tabisuru Yo ni Wagashi to Deau” (Japanese)
- Quantity: 100 pieces each, exclusive to Tabiwaga (while supplies last)
- [2nd installment] Chocolate-Coated Kaminari Donuts, 6 pieces (3 chocolate, 3 white chocolate): ¥2,463 (tax included). Orders accepted until Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- Product page (Kaminari Donuts, Japanese): https://www.tabisuruwagashi.com/view/item/000000001559
- [3rd installment] Revived Sanbai-mochi Tora-gawa Roll, 1 roll: ¥2,200 (tax included). Orders accepted until Friday, November 6, 2026
- Product page (tora-gawa roll, Japanese): https://www.tabisuruwagashi.com/view/item/000000001635
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabisuruwagashi/
