As well as any other human nations, the Japanese have own national dessert dishes. First of all it can be traditional sweets. The main difference between Japanese and European sweets is that Japanese ones are made from red beans mainly, called azuki. The most popular are the following:

1. Oshiruko is a sweet dessert soup, which is made from azuki beans fried in sugar syrup with addition of fried pieces of mochi - rice flat cake. Oshiruko is served hot and thus is considered an ideal dish during a cold season. Sweet soup Oshiruko is served in many cafes and tearooms.
2. Yokan is a harden dessert like jelly. It is traditionally consumed as a tea-dessert. It is widely spread. It might have different tastes depending on condiments. Yokan is frequently used as a gift. It can be stored for a long time.
3. Manju is a sweet rice flat cake filling with azuki. Manju is frequently offered to guests as a sweet dessert in the traditional Japanese hotels called ryokan, located at hot springs. It even refers to onsen-manju (manju near spring).

Also, there are some other types of desserts in Japan, which are difficult to recognize as desserts for Europeans. These are various rice cookies called sembei. Sembei may have salty taste as well as spicy or seafood taste like sea kale. Vegetables, nuts, sea kale, fish can be added to these cakes. Sembei is favorite dish for children and adults.

Desserts dishes:

• Kuri manju

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