Paired with the matcha, 'peach castella' (桃カステラ) all the way from Kyūshū.

In Nagasaki Prefecture it is tradition for families with daughters celebrating their first Hina Matsuri to gift these sweets to relatives and friends.

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the spring wind
still cold...
with such a scent of plum blossoms
I just cannot close
my windows’ paper sliders

はる風は
まだ寒けれど
梅香に
まどのさうじも
さされざりけり
-Ōtagaki Rengetsu (太田垣蓮月 1791-1875).

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