BIJOUU Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, CEO: Hiroaki Sakai, hereinafter "BIJOUU"), which manufactures and sells Kyoto's specialty confectionery "Nama Yatsuhashi with Tsubuan (Red Bean Paste)" and "Kyo Baum," will begin distributing the original picture book "Azuki-chan's Adventure" for free from July 1, 2026 (Adzuki Bean Day). The book aims to convey the thoughts of safety and deliciousness embedded in Otabe's manufacturing process. This work, created to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Otabe's launch, features "Azuki-chan," an adzuki bean from Tokachi, Hokkaido, essential for Otabe's tsubuan, as the protagonist. It tells the story of adzuki beans, carefully grown by contract farmers, embarking on an adventure to become "Otabe" and meeting smiling customers. "Nama Yatsuhashi with Tsubuan Otabe," celebrating its 60th anniversary "Momiji Paradise" (Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture), where "Nama Yatsuhashi with Tsubuan Otabe" was first sold. BIJOUU (then Sakaeya), which entered the Yatsuhashi market in 1949, was the last manufacturer to enter the Yatsuhashi industry, which boasts over 300 years of history. Therefore, to develop new business partners, a unique and unprecedented new product was necessary. It was known at the time that the raw dough before baking Yatsuhashi was delicious, but a confectionary wrapped with bean paste required artisanal skill. Anticipating the expansion of travel demand during the period of high economic growth, the company devised and launched "Nama Yatsuhashi with Tsubuan Otabe," which was simply folded into a triangle, with the aim of making it "easy for part-time workers to make, not just for Japanese confectionary artisans." This confection, named "Otabe" by shortening the elegant Kyoto dialect "Otabeyasu" (Please enjoy) to a memorable and friendly three-character word, celebrated its 60th anniversary this year since its launch in 1966. Otabe at the time of its launch Currently sold Otabe (Assortment of Nikkei and Ma