八橋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	橋
や(つ) Grade: 1	はし Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 八ツ橋
• 八ッ橋

Etymology

The name is thought to either derive from the shape, resembling a koto in memory of Yatsuhashi Kengyō, an early-Edo period musician who started the modern tradition of koto music; or from the location where it was first prepared, which was close to Mikawa-no-kuni Yatsuhashi, an area in modern-day Chiba Prefecture.

Noun

八(やつ)橋(はし) • (yatsuhashi) 

1. a Japanese confectionery which is a famous regional food of Kyoto