What you can eat in Kyoto - Miso dango (miso flavoured Japanese dumpling) in Gion

We are in Japan right now. Ever since we arrived here, we are constantly eating. Japanese people are foodies - people cue for hours to eat, there are lots of restaurants and varieties of foods to choose from, everything looks delectable.

We went to Kyoto today as Emily and Maria did Maiko experience (dressing up as maiko, an apprentice Geiko, a traditional Japanese entertainer), wearing kimono with white make-up on face and wigs, etc) in Gion, Kyoto. 

After this experience, we walked around Gion area and had miso dango (miso flavoured dango), which is a Japanese dumpling made from mochi (gooey rice flour cake), on a skewer at Tanbaya on Shijo Minamiza-mae (240 Gionmachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto).

A Japanese lady is busily making miso dango on skewers. It's 130 yen per stick. People are cueing up to eat this on street. 

Two big dangos covered with tasty miso flavoured sauce ... mmmmm, really delectable!

My sister, Mariko had Amayaki (see green one below), which is yomogi-mochi or kusa kochi (literally means 'grass kochi') made from kochi (rice cake) and leaves of Japanese mugwort, filled with red bean paste. She said it was tasty but a little bit hard so she would eat miso dango next time.

Sweet red bean paste inside

Tanbaya also has shops in Osaka but it's rather nice to eat this in Kyoto, walking towards Yasaka-shirine, which is at the end of the same street, although we did the opposite and ate this on the way to catch a train to go back to Osaka.  Dango on the go!

That's all forks!