<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 12, 2015, at 12:47 AM, Satoshi IIDA <<a href="mailto:nyampire@gmail.com" class="">nyampire@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>There are Japanese "non-baked" confectioneries.<br class="">(I believe similar confectioneries in other countries. esp. in Asia)<br class=""></div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagashi" class="">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagashi</a><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If we take only a) plan, I'm afraid of we could not represent cultural variations.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">+1 to Janko's a+b),<br class="">and to express the specialty, moltonel's "confectionery:FOO=yes confectionery:BAR=yes”.<br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br class=""></div><div>I guess there are Wagashi shops, but I never notice them. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>I usually see “desert bakeries” - little cakes and bigger cakes for sale (Mon Cherie?) </div><div><br class=""></div><div>and regular Japanese パンや “bread shops” selling curry-pan, melon-pan, and sliced bread and whatnot, and then “traditional sweets” shops, selling the little mint sticks, star candy, and other old style confectionaries. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>Aren’t the wagashi usually found at the “traditional” sweet shops? </div><div><br class=""></div><div>I have not seen a shop in Japan selling only modern candy (snickers bars, gummy snacks, etc) like you would find in a mall in America. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>my favorite dessert shop in japan is a big chain called “シャトレーゼ” Chateraise which is a cake bakery, Ice Cream Shop, and also sells cookies and their special wine via BYO bottle. </div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="http://www.chateraise.co.jp/products/itemcatelist.php" class="">http://www.chateraise.co.jp/products/itemcatelist.php</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div>If you want to segment up sweets, it might be a good idea to me more inclusive with other “prepared” desert items, like ice cream, ice cream cakes, and such -</div><div><br class=""></div><div>so confectionary would be part of a greater “desserts” category.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>シャトレーゼ:</div><div>desserts:bakery_confections=yes desserts:cakes=yes desserts:sugar_confections=no desserts:gelatin=yes desserts:single_icecream=yes desserts:bulk_icecream=yes desserts:soft_serve=no desserts:shakes=no</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div> </div><br class=""></body></html>