Monaka is a kind of Japanese traditional sweets.
Sweet beans paste(an, anko, 餡) is sandwiched by two pieces of thin crispy crust made of rice powder.
It can be seen in many places across Japan. Each traditional confectionery house produces own shape and size of monaka as a local speciality of town.
The crust is delicate as it is thin. We can imagine how hard it is to make and to keep fresh small crust in unique shape over and under beans paste. Finally it delights the eye as well as the tongue of people who encounter hold the sweets.
Today's sweets: Suzume monaka (sparrow monaka) in shape of the bird
A piece of monaka is finely wrapped as below and the sweets.
Suzume monaka is available at a traditional Japanese confectionery on the old "Tokaido" (main avenue connects East and West Japan).
Shop name: Torinoko
Address: 3-5-12 Minami-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
I have never understood the Left's harted of firearms.I don't mind registration. I love the idea of a proficiency/safety test before being allowed to own a firearm (heck, the NRA can run the program!). I particularly approve of making people 100% responsible for the misuse of their firearms. And I am 200% behind mandatory sentencing for firearm related crimes.To me, it is obvious that making firearms illegal doesn't much faze criminals. Unless the goal is to take away ALL firearms, no matter what, everywhere. Until you do that, the only result of such laws will be criminals with firearms and citizens without.But saying that it will make the world safer to take away firearms...well, sure. But why stop *there* in particular? Let's make everyone travel by mass transit. Let's truly make alcohol illegal. Car accidents and alcohol-related deaths tote up to what number, per year? Much more than firearms.The list of endless...and it is all predicated that Government, not the individual, knows best.Personally, I think the Left hates firearms because they hate individualism. Just my belief, of course. But a government that doesn't trust its own citizens to have the ability to defend itself....well, that isn't much of a government.The evil within our souls is always there---it doesn't flow out of a firearm or a knife or a baseball bat. It seems that we are blaming the weapon, instead of who wields the weapon.Again, just my opinion. The Leftists don't like my opinions for obvious reasons, the Rightists don't think I go far enough, and the Libertarians think I go too far. Oh well."Eric Blair"
Posted by: Amisha | 10 July 2012 at 14:48