Greetings from New York!! It's pretty sensational to have watched a young woman interested in WAGASHI, one of the old traditional confection!!! Many young women.... including me are ALSO interested in WAGASHI....to just enjoy looking at & TASTING them but when she is not even Japanese....& being interested in MAKING "WAGASHI", she certainly made this video worth watching!! She was only 18 when she first visited Japan but obviously it must have made a huge impact on her...to come back here 2 years later to pursue studying & being trained to be "WAGASHI" chef! I'm so glad the owner of the store decided to give this young German woman a chance! I assume her Japanese was already pretty good back then & that must have been a big deciding factor for the owner to hire her. I'm totally impressed with her Japanese as well as her hand writing & the illustration! She writes much better than most of Japanese young people I've known!(^^)(^^) Her Japanese is also beautiful & expressive, unlike the speech patterns of many young people with tons of weired slangs & "WASEI EIGO" that saddens me, as I really think Japanese is one of the most beautiful, exquisite languages in the world!(^^) Anyway, I wish the video was a lot longer so I could learn more about her.(^^) I wish her all the best, lots of happiness, good health & lots of success in her career to be a "WAGASHI" master! They said it could take 12 long years to master WAGASHI making but I have a feeling that she'd accomplish her goal with her strong determination!(^^)(^^). This was filmed 8 years ago.....so I hope to see other video with updates on her but mean time, I'd be rooting for her from New York!! (^^)^_^
i had watched a Japanese movie about a girl and wagashi when i was young! i don't remember the movie's name but the wonderful wagashi always in my mind! i had wished that i could try it once time! How amazing Japan and Japanese!