―Yoko Takeoka（Representative of Mikamon, a homemade confectionery factory)―
（Higashi-Miyoshi Town）

Mrs. Takeoka makes "Awanowakka Inoko cookies" modeled after the Nishi-Awa region's traditional "Inoko sweets" confectionery.

"Awanowakka" was created in cooperation with "Sora no Sato," which promotes tourism in the western part of Tokushima prefecture.

The moist "Inoko sweets" are rearranged into crispy cookies in a modern style under the supervision of chef Mr.Naoya Higuchi.

There are four flavors: hattaiko, green tea, strawberry, and cocoa.

Ingredients are used for their products, certified as a globally important agricultural heritage system, the "Nishi-Awa Steep Slope Land Agriculture System."

They are sold at " roadside station Mikamo" and other places and are so popular that they are sometimes sold out.

The roots of "Inoko sweets" are a harvest festival on the day of the boar in October of the lunar calendar.

Children who visited houses to pray for good health were given "Inoko sweets" as a token of appreciation.

The round shape of the sweetness was intended to be hung around the neck with a string.

Children in the western part of Tokushima Prefecture fill their mouths with sweet treats as a reward for traditional events.

It might be a good idea to compare the traditional "Inoko sweets," which contain red and blue decorations, with "Awanowakka."

The "Awanowakka Inoko Cookies" includes Mrs.Takeoka's desire to pass on the customs of the region where she was born and raised.