Yatsuhashi

Yatsuhashi (八ツ橋 or 八橋^?) is a Japanese confectionery sold mainly as a souvenir sweet (miyagegashi). It is one of the best known meibutsu (famous regional products) of Kyoto. It is made from rice flour (上新粉 jōshinko^?), sugar and cinnamon. Baked, it is similar to senbei. Raw, unbaked yatsuhashi (Nama yatsuhashi) has a soft, mochi-like texture and is often eaten wrapped around red bean paste (餡 an^?), and may come in a variety of different flavours. Most notable^{[dubious – discuss]} to the Kyoto area is the black version of this. The addition of black bean powder to the wrapper gives a distinctive black color.^{[citation needed]}