To be released in the middle of December

To mark the 10th-year milestone since the start of Okashimaru, we have released a publication showcasing 30 confections that have been created to date. Believing in the expressive potential within the act of eating through which the consumed vanishes, Sayoko Sugiyama considers the eating process a particular experience and has been making confections that embody memorable moments. In recent years, she has incorporated seasonal ingredients including wild herbs, and explored tastes encompassing discoveries and surprises with also, visual enjoyment – both only achievable by Okashimaru.

With newly photographed images by Takeru Koroda, the book composition is centered around the descriptions of the confections written by Sugiyama. Ideas behind Okashimaru and essays are included at the end. From the beautiful shapes to its philosophy, the essence of confectionery making is condensed into one book and Okashimaru’s unwavering attitude towards creativity emerges. With a Swiss binding, we deliver you a refreshing and exquisite publication.

Through sophisticated compositions, these confections give shape to what is impossible to represent—in this sense, Okashimaru’s confectionary is precisely wagashi. However, if these confections, made with the intention of being “something that crumbles,” convey that conceptual ideas—and by extension, natural phenomena—are eternal, then Okashimaru may have created a kind of wagashi that has never existed before.

Shu Fujita (from the text ‘Okashimaru: Wagashi that shapes what doesn’t exist’ in this book)