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Tamaruya's (田丸弥) bite-sized, muscovado flavoured 'hanakuso' (花供曽), take inspiration from a similar sweet sold at Shinnyo-dō (真如堂).
The temple transforms kagami mochi offered at New Year into small rice crackers for Buddha's Birthday (April 8th).
These threads will help explain what exactly kagami mochi (鏡餅) is, and why Buddha's Birthday (花祭り) is important.
🍊Kagami mochi-
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🍚MIRROR RICE CAKES🍊 Kagami mochi (鏡餅) is a New Year decoration, consisting of 2 fat rice cakes...one (smaller) placed upon the other (slightly larger). It's common to adorn the mochi with a bitter orange, and with other auspicious symbols (such as skewered dried persimmons).
A beautiful and interesting 1 hour documentary on Tanizaki Junichiro and "In Praise of Shadows". The film itself has a mindful, almost dream-like quality.
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