Dragon's beard candy; Chinese cotton candy
A traditional Chinese sweet made of very fine spun sugar threads wrapped around a filling, similar to Turkish pishmaniye or Persian pashmak. The Japanese name literally means 'dragon's beard'.
See also: リュウノヒゲ
I bought dragon's beard candy in Yokohama's Chinatown.
龍須糖は、細い砂糖の糸でできている。
Dragon's beard candy is made of thin sugar threads.
From Chinese 龍鬚糖 (lóngxūtáng), literally 'dragon beard candy'. The Japanese reading りゅうのひげ is a kun'yomi-based translation of the Chinese characters.