Itsukushima in Hiroshima Part 4 -Itsukushima gourmet Part 2-

There's a lot more Itsukushima original gourmet that you can experience during your walk on the island.

This time, I would like to introduce the 'Age momiji manju' which is a fried sponge cake shaped of Japanese maple leaf filled with different kind of cream. (They have a fryer on all the time from morning to night.)

It comes on a stick, and they have three different flavor.

And, as you can see, you cannot distinguish what kind of flavor you have just by looking at it.

So, what they did was have printing on the stick.

It's not very clear, but on the stick from the left, it says 'koshi an' which is smooth sweet bean paste, and in the middle, you have 'cheese' and on the right 'cream' (it's custard cream).

Just to show how each flavor looks, this is 'koshi an'.
It's the basic filling of the 'momiji manju'.

And here's how the 'cheese' filling looks like.
It's not like pizza, but still, matches well.

Finally the 'cream' (custard).

It's one unique Itsukushima sweets that you may want to try during your visit!!