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unusual facts about Azuki bean


Azuki bean

The earliest known archaeological evidence of the bean comes from the Awazu-kotei Ruin (Shiga prefecture) of the Japanese mid-Jōmon period of 4000 BC, and later occurs commonly in many Jomon sites of between 4000 BC and 2000 BC in Japan.


Bakpia

Azuki-bean hopia is a cake-dough type type hopia usually filled with sweet azuki bean paste and when formed into round cakes look similar to small mooncakes served for the Chinese Autumn Festival.


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