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Hanabiramochi is a Japanese sweetmeat (wagashi), usually eaten at the beginning of the year. Hanabiramochi are also served at the first tea ceremony of the new year. A selection of wagashi to be served during a Japanese tea ceremony. ... A woman wearing a kimono performs a tea ceremony outdoors, while seated in seiza position on tatami. ...


The name "hanabiramochi" literally means "flower petal mochi". Mochi is a Japanese food. ...


It is made by placing a flat red mochi (rice cake) on top of a white one, then folding into a semicircular shape and filling with sweetly flavoured burdock and soybean jam. The red colour showing through the white mochi is not only appropriate to the celebration of the new year but also reminds us of the charms of the Japanese plum (ume) blossom. The original form of Hanabiramochi is Hishihanabira, a dessert that was eaten by the Imperial family at special events coinciding with the beginning of the year. The burdock represents pressed ayu, a fish exclusive to the Asian area, and a prayer for a long life. Hanabiramochi was first made in the Meiji Era (8 September 1868 - 30 July 1912), but it is now a familiar New Year wagashi. Binomial name Prunus mume Siebold & Zucc. ... History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The Meiji period (Japanese: Meiji Jidai 明治時代 ) (1868–1912... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


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Hanabiramochi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (204 words)
Hanabiramochi is a Japanese sweetmeat (wagashi), usually eaten at the beginning of the year.
Hanabiramochi are also served at the first tea ceremony of the new year.
The original form of Hanabiramochi is Hishihanabira, a dessert that was eaten by the Imperial family at special events coinciding with the beginning of the year.
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