sakuramochi
thumb|right|Kansai-style sakuramochi is a Japanese confection (wagashi) consisting of sweet, pink-colored rice cake (mochi) with red bean paste (anko) filling, wrapped in a pickled cherry blossom (sakura) leaf, which may or may not be eaten depending on individual preference. Traditionally, the sweet is eaten during the spring season, especially at the annual Hinamatsuri celebration on March 3 and flower viewing (hanami) parties. thumb|right|The interior of a sakuramochi, showing the red-bean paste inside
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- A rice cake filled with sweet bean paste and wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf,katori-city,japan.JPG
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- Sakuramochi (Kanto-style)
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- Japan
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- Sweet pink-colored rice cake, red bean paste, pickled cherry blossom leaf
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- Traditionally consumed on Hinamatsuri and at Hanami
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thumb|right|Kansai-style sakuramochi is a Japanese confection (wagashi) consisting of sweet, pink-colored rice cake (mochi) with red bean paste (anko) filling, wrapped in a pickled cherry blossom (sakura) leaf, which may or may not be eaten depending on individual preference. Traditionally, the sweet is eaten during the spring season, especially at the annual Hinamatsuri celebration on March 3 and flower viewing (hanami) parties. thumb|right|The interior of a sakuramochi, showing the red-bean paste inside
== History == The invention of sakuramochi is traditionally attributed to the Mukōjima neighborhood of Edo (today Tokyo) in the second year of the Kyōhō era (1717 AD), when Shinroku Yamamoto, who had worked as a gatekeeper at Chōmei-ji Temple since 1691, established a teahouse named Yamamoto-ya in front of the temple.