sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form(suhama)
Soybeans or green soybeans are roasted and ground into flour, which is then mixed with sugar and starch syrup, kneaded into a stick shape, and cut into a “suhama-gata” (a shape of a small island floating in the sea, with a sandbar on three sides at low tide. The cut end is shaped like a “suhama-gata” (a small island in the sea with a sandbar on three sides at low tide, a lucky charm displayed at weddings and other ceremonies). It is said to have originated from a Japanese confectionery in Kyoto, and the first owner of the store made it based on a local delicacy from the southeastern part of Omi Province (present-day Shiga Prefecture). The same ingredients are rolled into dumplings called suhama dumplings, which are also a specialty confectionery of Kyoto.
