Wasanbon
Wasanbon (Japanese 和 三 盆) is a traditional Japanese type of sugar made from sugar cane .
Wasanbon is pale yellow in color and has a mild taste.
The origin of the name Wasanbon is not certain .
It is widely believed that wasanbon could literally mean "process the sugar three times on the tray".
The word " Wasanbon " is made up of the Japanese words Wa（和）, for "Japanese origin", san（三） for the number "3", and bon（盆）, for the Japanese tray .
This sugar is mainly produced in Tokushima and Kagawa prefectures .
During the Edo period , sugar cane was increasingly grown in Okinawa , and both low-quality brown sugar and highly refined white sugar became available.
Wasanbon was perfected during this time and is still used exclusively for Wagashi today.