Keelan

Soft, resilient texture
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Keelan introduction

It is a confectionery made by steaming lightly powdered non-glutinous rice and wrapping bean paste in a thinly pounded skin. There are koshi-an and tsubu-an in bean paste. There are also those with mugwort in the dough. The light and elegant taste has been widely loved for a long time. When you stretch your cheeks, the modest sweetness of koshian spreads in your mouth along with the chewy texture of the surprisingly elastic dough. It is said that it began when a local person presented it to Hideyoshi, who prayed for victory at Suwa Shrine during the Korean invasion of troops. The name “Keiran” seems to have the meaning of not returning until the war is won (keeran). There are many Keiran shops in Hamatama-cho, Karatsu City, and you can enjoy different flavors one by one.

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