Uiro is a steamed cake made from non-glutinous rice, 筑後 ランチ 人気 water and sugar. Candy and chewy, uiro will be made in a variety of colours and flavors, together with adzuki, matcha, yuzu citrus, strawberry and chestnut. These delightful sweets are a specialty of Nagoya.
The origin of uiro is usually traced to the town of Yamaguchi, although the circumstances are unclear, and some theories suggest that they had been initially eaten as an antidote to an identically named, terrible-tasting throat drugs. The primary known reference to uiro as a confection seems in the Wakan Sansai Zue, an illustrated, 105-volume encyclopedia printed in 1712.