EP10 - The Sweet Shop That Has Been Open for 300 Years — A Story from Tokyo, Japan

What if a snack shop was so old that your great-great-great-great-grandparents might have eaten there too? This episode tells the true story of Oiwake Dango, a tiny rice-ball sweet shop in Tokyo, Japan, that has been open for three hundred years — run by the same family, with the same secret recipe, for twelve generations. 🍡 What dango are and why they are so loved in Japan. 🏮 How one family has kept a 300-year-old recipe alive through twelve generations. 🌏 Why family food traditions are like little time machines connecting us to the past. 💬 Ask your child: if you could pass one recipe down for 300 years, what would it be?