Hina matsuri (March 3) is the Festival of Dolls. Also called Girls' Day Festival, this is the day on which wishes are expressed for the future happiness of girls.
A sweets called Sakuramochi which is steamed sticky rice filled with sweet bean paste and wrapped in cherry blossom leaves, is partaken on this day. The leaves are salted, so it tastes sweet and salt, two at a time. Green tea would be good matching with it.
But there are two kinds of shapes, One is called Doumyoji from Osaka area (left on the pic) and the other one is from Tokyo area.
I realized that Japanese people like sweets very much.
On the day of Hinamatsuri, I saw people were making long lines in front of sweets store... Each events have a special seasonal sweets. however ancient people were making those by themselves, maybe we should try that sometimes. so that way, we feel more seasons and culture !!
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