In my previous blog article, I wrote about Bekomochi that is the confection to celebrate Children's Day in Hokkaido.
In the same article, I mentioned about Kashiwamochi that corresponds to Bekomochi in other areas of Japan.
Although Bekomochi is dominant, Kashiwamochi is also available here in Hokkaido.
Kashiwamochi is a rice cake wrapped in an oak leaf.
As oak is called "Kasiwa" in Japanese, it is called Kashiwamochi.
It comes in two types of bean paste. One is ordinary azuki bean paste, and the other is white bean paste with miso(soy bean paste) flavor.
Sakuramochi, Bekomochi, Kashiwamochi and so on, mochi or rice cake is a fundamental food for the Japanese on happy occasions.
Two kinds of Kashiwamochi; miso-flavored ones are in the green leaves.
