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Nagasaki

Heritage House

Hirado Tsutaya

Nagasaki · Japan

Casdous and Nanban sweets

What you’ll find

What Hirado Tsutaya is known for

Founded in 1502, Hirado Tsutaya has made Casdous, castella dipped in egg yolk and simmered in sugar syrup, since Portuguese traders brought sugar to the port and once supplied the ruling Matsuura family. The Kihikida-cho shop also makes gobo-mochi, a burdock-imprinted rice cracker, from its Hirado kitchens.

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