Japan Tourism / Sakura mochi heralds the coming of spring
2023/03/20
With the cherry blossom season approaching, one gets a craving for fragrant sakura mochi, a springtime Japanese wagashi confection consisting of a mochi cake filled with red bean paste that is wrapped in a salted cherry leaf.
The cake -- the part that surrounds the bean paste -- is made of wheat flour in the Kanto region and glutinous rice in the Kansai region. The sweets are roughly classified as Chomeiji sakura mochi and Domyoji sakura mochi.
Availability is usually restricted to February and March, one or two months earlier than the blooming of the cherry blossoms. This allows makers to keep ahead of the season.
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