What is Yatsuhashi?
[[Image:Yatsuhashi nama.jpg|thumb|Yatsuhashi]] {{Nihongo|'''Yatsuhashi'''|八ツ橋 or 八橋}} is a [[Japan]]ese food. It is sometimes sold as a [[souvenir]] sweet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japansf.net/pe_yatsuhashi.html|title=Yatsuhashi|accessdate=December 19, 2010|archive-date=August 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820085433/http://www.japansf.net/pe_yatsuhashi.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is made from [[rice]], [[sugar]] and [[cinnamon]]. Two types of Yatsuhashi can be bought, either raw or hard Yatsuhashi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.justhungry.com/yatsuhashi-cinnamon-sweets-kyoto|title=Yatsuhashi, Cinnamon sweets from Kyoto|date=20 August 2008|accessdate=December 19, 2010}}</ref> ==History== Yatsuhashi comes from Yatsuhashi Kengyo, the pioneer of making Yatsuhashi. In the Edo era, he saved everything so he could make something from leftover rice. Then Yatsuhashi was created. After he died, Yatsuhashi was loved by people in Kyoto, and now it is a very famous food in Kyoto.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yatsuhashi.co.jp/mind/yatsuhashi.html | title=Izutsu Yatsuhashi Honpo: history | author=Izutsu Yatsuhashi Honpo | accessdate=19 December 2010 | archive-date=2 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202065230/http://www.yatsuhashi.co.jp/mind/yatsuhashi.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Ingredients== Yatsuhashi is made from [[rice flour]], soybean flour, sesame, [[Sugarcane|sugar cane]] and a lot of cinnamon. A special cinnamon called “Nikkei” is part of its unique taste. ==Shop== ===Izutsu Yatsuhashi Honpo=== Izutsu Yatsuhashi was established by Sahei Tsuda in 1805. At one of the Izutsu yatsuhashi shops, Kyogoku Ichibangai, people can make their own yatsuhashi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yatsuhashi.co.jp/index.html |title=Izutsu Yastuhashi Honnpo: history |author=Izutsu Yatsuhashi Honnpo |accessdate=19 December 2010}}</ref> ===Otabe=== In 1946, a confectionery retail store was started at the Kawaramachirokkaku. In1949, the store started to sell yatsuhash