Ryobo mochi

About Ryobo mochi

It is a typical confectionery of Kagoshima with plenty of thick sugar and soy sauce sauce on dumplings made with glutinous rice flour stabbed on two skewers. The etymology of “janbo” is said to be “both sticks”, and two skewers, which are likened to samurai swords and wakizashi, are always used. The history of both bo-mochi is very old, and it is said that it was born in Taniyama in present-day Kagoshima City during the Northern and Southern Courts period, and it was presented from Taniyama to the Shimazu clan, the lord of the Satsuma Domain in the Edo period, and from there it is said that “ryobo mochi” spread in the Iso area It's there.

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