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Fresno Family Keeps the Art of Japanese Manju Alive

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Now, the best part of the meal: dessert. One tradition for many Japanese-Americans is to bring Manju, or Japanese pastries, to family gatherings. But making the pastry is considered a dying art. There's one manju bakery in the Central Valley that draws customers from all over the state. It's in Fresno's Chinatown -- and it's been run by the same family for nearly a century.

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