kintsuba-yaki; sweet bean paste wrapped in wheat dough, shaped like a sword guard
A traditional Japanese confection (wagashi) consisting of sweetened azuki bean paste encased in a thin wheat-flour dough and grilled. The name comes from its resemblance to a sword guard (tsuba).
老舗の和菓子屋で金鍔焼きを買った。
I bought kintsuba-yaki at a long-established Japanese confectionery shop.
金鍔焼きは、あんこがたっぷり入っていて食べごたえがある。
Kintsuba-yaki is filled with plenty of sweet bean paste and is quite satisfying.