There are two types of Mikasa-yaki in Japan:

It is an alternative name for gongyaki, which is mainly used in the Kansai region centered around Osaka and Kyoto. In the rest of Japan, it is generally referred to as "tongkatsu-yaki".

Legend has it that when Benkei Musashibo, a general under Minamoto no Yoshitsune, was injured and was tended to by a farmer, Benkei added water to wheat flour and rolled it out into a thin layer, which was spread on top of a gong, heated and baked into a layer of red beans, and then made into a confectionary for the farmer to eat. This is why the name "tongluo yaki" was given to it.

The name "Mikasa" has been used in the Kansai region of Japan since ancient times because of its resemblance to Mount Mikasa in Nara Prefecture, "Mikasa-yaki" and "Mikasa manju".

Mikasa-yaki is a confectionary sold at Yokosuka Chuo Station in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and it is an omakase-yaki with a picture of the battleship Mikasa on it.

Taiko-yaki is a famous Japanese sweets for the common people, and is called "Imagawa-yaki," "Koji-yaki," "Taiko-yaki," and many other names in different places. Taiko-yaki" and so on.

Legend has it that after Imagawa Yoshimoto lost to Oda Nobunaga in the Battle of Kakogama, the people made the snack to publicize the scene of Imagawa's defeat, so it was originally called "Imagawa-yaki". Later, the name was changed to "omakase-yaki" because it resembled the Japanese "omakase" (a type of coin).

The city of Yokosuka, on the other hand, created the tourist spot "Mikasa-yaki" by putting the name of the battleship Mikasa, which was a Japanese naval battleship during the World War II, on a piece of omakase-yaki. The "Mikasa-yaki" tourist spot was created by putting the "Mikasa" on the "Otabiyaki" to commemorate the ship.