Do you know Sakuramochi? I think non-Japanese people have never seen it.
It’s a Japanese confectionery (confectionery means something sweet like candy, cake or something.), and it’s a kind of Japanese traditional confectionery.
Look at the picture above. The Sakuramochi is sweet azuki been paste in a rice cake (glutinous rice jelly) wrapped the body with cherry leaf. The leaf can also be eaten.
We eat it in March 3rd, the day of Hinamaturi. Dolls wearing traditional Kimono are displayed to pray for the happiness of girls. These dolls are called Hinaningyo, and the custom is also known as momo no sekku.
I like it very much!! And also other Japanese,too. If you come to Japane, try it. I think it is sold in Japanese-style confection store in any time.
2 comments:
oh man it looks good!! and i would never thought of eating cherry leaves. i bet they taste good! is the day of hinamaturi celebrated all over japan? is it a holiday or just a celebration?
I promiis its taste! it's delicious! and of course, cherry leaf, too!!
It's a just a celebration. and it's whole country's celebration, too. But there are boy's celeblation on May 5 while March 3 is a celeblation for girl's happynes. It's called TANGO NO SEKKU and at the day, we took a holiday.
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