Emotions, kneaded into form.
Nerikiri wagashi for inner transformation
What my wagashi offers
When you eat my wagashi,
you are not only tasting sweetness.
You are meeting a part of yourself
that was once difficult to accept.
You see it.
You touch it with your senses.
You chew, you swallow, you digest.
And slowly,
what was heavy inside you
becomes something you can hold with kindness.
“A sweet that softens the heart and brings you back to yourself.”
How I arrived here
I did not grow up dreaming of making wagashi.
For a long time,
I was more interested in understanding my inner world
than learning a traditional craft.
Facing my own anger, shame, and grief
was not beautiful work.
But kneading —
touching, shaping, staying with what is there —
became a way to transform what I could not escape.
What you may experience
When you eat my wagashi,
nothing dramatic happens.
But something subtle shifts.
You allow yourself
to meet what you usually avoid.
You taste it,
take it in,
and let it pass through you.
There is no lesson to learn.
Only a moment
where your breath
finds a little more space.
This work did not begin with wagashi.
For several years, I explored inner states through meditation
and expressive writing,
listening closely to what moved beneath the surface.
Only later did my hands arrive at nerikiri.In 2025,
I studied traditional wagashi in Kyoto
and received certification from my teacher.
My work is contemporary in form,
yet grounded in the quiet foundation
of Japanese tea culture —
where wagashi exists
to support a single bowl of tea,
and a single, unrepeatable moment.
If this resonates with you, you may want to experience wagashi not only as food,
but as a quiet inner journey.