“One of the memorable dishes served during the feast was ‘kuri-dago’ (chestnut dumpling) made by our family friends,” she recalled. In the Kumamoto dialect, “dago” means “dango ...

while dango is a dumpling made with rice flour. As a result, dango is usually chewier, smaller, and denser than mochi. Additionally, dango is typically served as a sweet street food in sets of ...