noun
loach-catching steamed bun
A novelty manjū shaped like a person catching loaches with a basket, often sold as a souvenir in Shimane Prefecture, especially associated with Yasugi City and the local comical folk dance どじょう掬い.
See also: どじょう掬い (どじょうすくい)
安来市のお土産にどじょう掬いまんじゅうを買った。
I bought some loach-catching steamed buns as a souvenir from Yasugi City.
どじょう掬いまんじゅうは、ひょっとこ面をかぶった人の形をしている。
The loach-catching steamed bun is shaped like a person wearing a hyottoko mask.
Compound of どじょう掬い (loach catching, also a comical folk dance) and まんじゅう (steamed bun). The sweet is named after its shape, which mimics a dancer performing the loach-catching dance.