is a Japanese banana-shaped

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with cream filling. It is the official souvenir sweet of

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and is manufactured and sold by . Tokyo Bananas come in many different flavors and are usually packaged individually in plastic. The original flavor is known as Tokyo Banana , and is filled with a banana custard cream. The cream filling uses strained banana puree. After baking, the sponge cake is steamed to bring out a soft texture. Tokyo Banana Miitsuketa is manufactured at MASDAC Corporation's factory in

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. Tokyo Bananas are sold across stores in Tokyo and in several major Japanese airports.

History

Tokyo Banana , the original banana custard flavor, first went on sale in 1991. Even before Tokyo Banana, there were a large number of souvenir cakes in Tokyo, but Tokyo Banana was the first to include "Tokyo" in its product name. As of 2016, the yearly sales are roughly 4 billion yen. The first store selling Tokyo Banana outside of Tokyo was established in Osaka by Grapestone in April 2020 as travel slumped during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, a new flagship store dedicated solely to Tokyo Banana products was opened in

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Tokyo Banana Series

* Tokyo Banana Miitsuketa : A banana shaped sweet full of banana custard wrapped in a fluffy sponge. Best consumed within 7 days of purchase, though refrigeration can stretch this a bit. * Tokyo Banana Miitsuketa caramel flavour : Caramel banana custard cream wrapped up in a caramel coloured and flavoured sponge. Went on sale on August 10th 2011 celebrating 20 years of sales of Tokyo Banana. * Tokyo Choco Banana : Banana cream inside chocolate. It becomes banana mint flavour "Summer Choco" in the summer season (mid May - mid September). * Tokyo Banana Pie : Folded up banana flavoured biscuit dough and pastry. * Fresh Cream Puff :

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and banana custard

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. * Tokyo Banana Raisin Sandwich :

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banana

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sandwiched between banana scented cookies. *

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Tokyo Banana : Banana anko in a moist outer layer. * Moist Baumkuchen : 3 layers of cake mixture layered atop one another and moistly baked

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* Tokyo Banana Fresh Moist Baumkuchen * Tokyo Banana Baumkuchen Brule * Tokyo Banana Roll Cake * Tokyo Banana Miitsuketa Gaufrette * Tokyo Banana Ai to Sachi (new product August 2008) * Ice Monaka

Products sold in the past

Kuro Bei

* Tokyo Banana Kuro Bei (jp:黒ベエ) : Ample banana custard wrapped in a bitter-sweet cocoa sponge cake. * Chocolate Pie : Chocolate rolled up in cocoa flavoured pastry folded into 328 layers. * Moist Baumkuchen : Consisting of 2 layers of chocolate banana mixture and

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mixture. * Dorayaki : Japanese dessert consisting of two slices of sponge cake with red bean jam in between * Black Sesame Seed Pie Kuro Bei * Kuro Bei Raisin

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