Recipe: Blue honeysuckle cupcakes | The Japan Occasions

Anybody who works with fruit will agree that the adage about Japan’s distinct 4 seasons lacks nuance. Removed from being in season for broad swaths of time, fruit solely attain their peak flavors for a month or so out of the yr — making it crucial to take pleasure in them whilst you can.

Blue honeysuckle, or haskap because it’s identified within the Ainu language, is an early summer time berry widespread within the north of the nation and is out there throughout a small window in mid-July — although they’re nonetheless scrumptious frozen.