KANAZAWA -- A couple dries colorful arare bite-size rice crackers in the town of Shiga, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Monday. Food coloring is used to dye the snacks various shades, including pink, yellow and green, though some are left uncolored. To make the tidbits, farmer Kunio Shirayama, 78, and his wife, Fusako, 79, cut mochi rice cakes into 1-centimeter cubes and dry them in wooden boxes, turning them once every three days. After about six weeks, the rice is fully dry and is then baked. The crackers, called Noto-Shiga Arare, are popular for their salty-sweet taste derived from sugar and soy sauce, and will go on sale from March.
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