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• Abekawa Mochi安倍川もちfresh-pounded rice cake dusted in sweetened soybean flour
• Iga Manjuいがまんじゅうa bean-paste bun coated in dyed sticky rice grains
• Aka Mochi赤餅reddish sorghum-flour dumplings coated in sweet bean paste
• Akanekoあかねこsticky rice and wheat mochi dusted with sweet soybean flour for the mid-summer rite
• AsazukeあさづけAkita asazuke — sweet-and-sour rice dessert with fruit and vegetables
• Akita Hoshimochi干し餅freeze-dried mochi crackers
• Akita Oyakiおやきglutinous rice cake filled with sweet red bean
• Akumakiあくまきmochi rice steeped in wood-ash lye, wrapped in bamboo sheath, boiled for hours
• Anbinあんびんa sweet potato flour dumpling filled with bean paste, slapped flat
• Anboあんぼa rice-flour dumpling steamed around sweet or savory fillings
• Bekomochiべこもちa marbled steamed mochi cake for the boys' festival
• Mame Shitogi豆しとぎa soybean and rice-flour offering cake from Nanbu
• Awa Uiro阿波ういろa steamed red bean cake sweetened with Awa wasanbon sugar
• Azuki Batto小豆ばっとうwide wheat noodles served in a sweet red-bean broth
• Bandai Mochi板台餅／ばんだい餅firm rice pounded on a board, from Nikko's Kuriyama district
• Barappa Manjuばらっぱまんじゅうsteamed bun wrapped in catbrier leaf
• Beta Mochiべたもちa flattened wheat-flour cake dusted with kinako or draped in sweet red bean
• Decchi Yokanでっち羊かんa thin, watery winter yokan cut from a shallow tray
• Dengaraでんがらa bean-paste rice cake wrapped in magnolia leaves for Boys' Day
• Ebi Mochiエビ餅mochi studded with paddy shrimp
• Ehime Tarutoタルトa castella roll cake filled with yuzu-scented red bean paste
• Fukure Gashiふくれ菓子baking-soda-leavened black-sugar cake, steamed until it puffs up
• Fusube Mochiふすべ餅mochi with smoke-cured loach and root vegetables
• Futatabi Dangoふたたびだんごmugwort dumplings kneaded twice for an extra-soft, fluffy texture
• Futsu Mochiふつもちmugwort mochi filled with sweet bean paste
• Gamenoha Manjuがめの葉饅頭sweet bean-paste dumplings steamed inside a wild sarsaparilla leaf
• Ganzukiがんづきsteamed black-sugar bread
• Getanhaげたんはa triangular black-sugar cake, its surface dipped glossy in syrup
• Gohei Mochi五平餅skewered rice cakes glazed with walnut or sesame miso
• Goshiki Namagashi五色生菓子five colored mochi sweets for celebrations
• Amanejiあまねじwheat dumplings simmered in sweet red bean soup
• Mayudamaまゆ玉rice-flour dumplings shaped like silkworm cocoons for offerings
• Tansan Manju炭酸まんじゅうbaking-soda steamed buns with sweet red bean filling
• Yaki Manju焼きまんじゅうsteamed buns skewered and grilled with sweet miso glaze
• Hage Dangoはげ団子new-wheat dumplings mottled with sweet red bean paste
• Hangoroshi半ごろしhalf-pounded rice rolled in sweet bean paste or soybean flour
• Hange Dango半夏だんごa wheat dumpling wrapped in myoga leaf, made for the day farm labor gets a rest
• Hangesho Mochi半夏生餅／小麦餅／さなぶり餅cracked wheat pounded with glutinous rice, made at the close of rice planting
• Hatsuuma Dango初午だんごrice-flour dumplings shaped like silkworm cocoons
• Hecchoko Dangoへっちょこだんごdimpled millet dumplings simmered in sweet red-bean soup
• Herahera Dangoへらへら団子flat dumplings coated in sweet bean paste
• Heso Mochiへそもちa dimpled rice dumpling set out for the harvest moon
• Hina Manjuひなまんじゅうrice-dough buns shaped like flowers and rabbits for the Girls' Festival
• Bekomochiべこ餅leaf-shaped two-tone rice cake
• Imomochiいももちpan-fried potato cakes (also called imodango)
• Hoshi Mochi干し餅freeze-dried rice cake cured in the winter cold
• Hota Yokanほたようかんa steamed brown sugar cake with a spongy, airy crumb
• Hoba Makiほう葉巻きsweet rice dumplings steamed in magnolia leaves
• Ibara Mochiいばら餅sweet rice cake wrapped in smilax leaves
• Ibitsu Mochiいびつもちsweet bean-paste rice cake wrapped in catbrier leaves
• Ichijiku no Kanroniいちじくの甘露煮figs simmered in sugar syrup
• Dento Mochi Ryori伝統餅料理Traditional mochi cuisine of Ichinoseki — dozens of toppings for a ceremonial rice-cake course
• Iga Manjuいがまんじゅうsweet bean buns wrapped in red rice, named for their chestnut-burr look
• Igamochiいが餅steamed rice-flour dumplings crowned with colored sticky rice
• Ikinari Dangoいきなり団子steamed dumpling wrapping sweet potato and sweet bean paste
• Imo Manjuいも饅頭a whole taro wrapped in wheat dough and steamed
• Imo Youkanいもようかんsweet potato paste set like yokan
• Imobera Azukiいもべらあずきdried sweet potato slow-simmered soft and folded with sweet red bean
• Imobotaいもぼたa taro-and-rice mochi wrapped around sweet red bean paste
• Inoko Mochiいのこ餅taro-mashed rice balls coated in sweet red bean, offered at harvest
• Iriko Mochiいりこもちa bar of soft mochi made from parched, ground glutinous rice
• Ishigaki Dango石垣団子steamed dumplings of local wheat flour and cubed sweet potato
• Ishigaki Mochi石垣もちsteamed cake of mashed sweet potato kneaded with wheat flour
• Ganzukiがんづきa steamed brown-sugar sponge cake studded with walnut and sesame
• Kamamochiかまもちa half-moon dumpling filled with walnut, miso and brown sugar
• Mame Shitogi豆しとぎa soybean and rice-flour offering cake from northern Iwate
• Janbo Mochiじゃんぼ餅two skewers through soft mochi, glazed in a thick soy-sugar sauce
• June Mochiじゅね餅sliced rice cake dipped in a perilla seed and miso paste
• Juubako-iri Botamochi重箱入りぼたもちlayered rice-cake sweet for a newborn's third day
• Junen Botamochiじゅうねんぼたもちrice balls coated in roasted, sweetened perilla seed
• Kaasaa Muuchiiカーサームーチーleaf-wrapped mochi steamed for a midwinter ward-off-evil rite
• Kaho Dango果報だんごrice dumplings with a lucky twig hidden inside, made for a December rite
• Kaki Mochiかき餅dried, thin-sliced rice crackers
• Kakigoriかき氷shaved ice, a summer sweet with roots in Nara's ice-worship shrine
• Kamabukuかまぶくsteamed potato and mochi flour log shaped like fish cake
• Kankoroかんころdried sweet potato simmered soft and mixed with sweetened red bean
• Kankoro Mochiかんころ餅sun-dried sweet potato slices pounded together with glutinous rice
• Kanrobai甘露梅green plums preserved in sugar and wrapped in salted shiso leaves
• Kanzarashiかんざらしsmall rice-flour dumplings chilled in spring water and drizzled with sweet syrup
• Karaimo Nettaboからいもねったぼfreshly pounded mochi kneaded with steamed sweet potato
• Karasumiからすみa steamed rice-flour sweet shaped like twin peaks
• Karukanかるかんa featherlight steamed cake of grated mountain yam, once served only to lords
• Kasha Mochiかしゃもちmugwort mochi wrapped in a broad, fragrant leaf and steamed
• Kashiwa Mochi柏餅a rice cake filled with sweet bean paste, wrapped in oak leaf
• Kibi Mochi, Awa Mochi, Tochi Mochiきび餅・あわ餅・とち餅Kibi mochi — mochi made with millet, foxtail millet, or horse chestnut instead of rice alone
• Kinkamochiきんかもちa half-moon dumpling filled with walnut and miso caramel
• Kirazu Mochiきらずもちmochi rice stretched with tofu pulp, wrapped around sweet red bean
• Kiriboshi Imo切り干しいもsun-dried sweet potato slices
• Kirisenshoきりせんしょa steamed rice-flour cake with walnut, sesame and soy glaze
• Kofuku Mame幸福豆griddled disks of roasted soybeans and flour
• Komugi Manju小麦まんじゅうsteamed wheat buns filled with sweet bean paste
• Konchinこんちんburdock kneaded into wheat batter and pan-fried into a snack
• Koppa Mochiこっぱもちsun-dried sweet potato pounded together with steamed mochi rice
• Kujira Mochiくじら餅a steamed rice-flour cake with walnuts, named for its old bulk
• Yubeshi柚餅子Kumamoto yubeshi — glutinous rice pounded with miso and yuzu, steamed in bamboo bark
• Kuri Kinton栗きんとんpure chestnut paste twisted into shape with a cloth
• Kuri no Shibukawani栗の渋皮煮chestnuts slow-simmered in sugar with their inner skin on
• Kurumi Mochiくるみ餅mochi wrapped in a sweet green soybean paste, a Sakai confection
• Kusa Mochi草餅pounded rice kneaded with young mugwort
• Kushi Dango串だんごskewered rice dumplings, four to a stick
• Makigaki巻柿dried persimmons layered, rolled in bamboo bark, and bound with straw rope
• Meno Mochi Arareめの餅あられsmall-New-Year rice offerings later fried into crackers
• Mikan Mochiみかん餅mandarin oranges steamed onto sticky rice and pounded together
• Minazuki水無月a triangular ういろう cake topped with sweet red beans for the summer purification rite
• Misogi Dangoみそぎだんごbean-paste dumplings glazed with a sweet miso sauce
• Mitori Manjuみとり饅頭steamed buns leavened with baking soda and filled with summer red bean
• Mitsume no Botamochiみつめのぼたもちan oversized rice cake made to mark a firstborn's birth
• Mizu Manju水まんじゅうa cold, translucent bean-paste bun chilled in well water
• Myogabochiみょうがぼちfava-bean paste wrapped in dough and steamed in a myoga leaf
• Gohei Mochi五平餅skewered rice cakes glazed with walnut miso
• Nagasaki Milk Seeki長崎ミルクセーキNagasaki milk seiki — a spoon-eaten frozen dessert of milk, egg, and crushed ice
• Naisho Mochiないしょ餅half-pounded rice cake made quietly without a mortar
• Natsumikan Gashi夏みかん菓子candied peel from the sour orange that saved a samurai town
• Natto Mochi納豆餅mochi filled with or wrapped around fermented soybeans
• Nerikuriねりくりpounded sweet potato and mochi, rolled in sweetened soybean flour
• Notamochiのたもちpounded rice topped with a sweet mashed edamame paste
• Oae Dangoおあえ団子rice-flour dumplings wrapped in tofu-vegetable shira-ae
• Ocha Mochiお茶もちflattened rice dumplings on a skewer, brushed with sweet walnut sauce
• Ochirashi Ameおちらしあめroasted barley candy pulled into sticks
• Ohagiおはぎrice pounded coarse and wrapped in sweet red bean paste for the equinox
• Oiriおいりleftover rice dried, toasted, and bound with sweet syrup
• Oita Sakemanju酒まんじゅうsteamed bun leavened with fermented rice-koji yeast, filled with sweet red bean paste
• Piinattsu Doufuピーナッツ豆腐Ojika peanut tofu — ground peanuts bound with kudzu starch into a firm, chilled block
• Oni Manju鬼まんじゅうa steamed dumpling studded with cubed sweet potato
• Decchi Yokan丁稚ようかんOsaka decchi yokan — a lightly-sweetened kanten yokan made with thread agar
• Osaka Sakura Mochi桜餅sweet bean paste wrapped in a Domyoji rice-flour mochi
• Oshaka Kogoriおしゃかこごりa lumpy soybean dumpling for the Buddha's birthday
• Oshimonおしもんrice flour dough pressed into floral molds and tinted for the Doll Festival
• Renkon Mochi蓮根餅lotus root stuffed with red-and-white sticky rice and steamed
• Saataa Andaagiiサーターアンダーギーdeep-fried dough that blooms open like a flower
• Sake Manju酒まんじゅうsteamed buns leavened with a rice-koji starter
• Sakura Mochi桜もちbean paste wrapped in salted cherry leaf, Kanto style
• Sanbai Miso三杯みそsteamed sweet rice-flour and red bean cake
• Sasa Dango笹団子sweet bean dumplings wrapped in bamboo grass leaves
• Shidami Dangoしだみだんごdumplings made from leached, dried acorns
• Decchi Yokan丁稚羊羹bamboo-leaf-wrapped azuki yokan thickened with flour
• Shikishikiしきしきa thin wheat-flour griddle cake folded around sweet pea paste
• Kashiwa Mochiかしわ餅Shimane kashiwa mochi — sweet mochi wrapped in smilax leaf
• Sasamaki笹巻きShimane sasamaki — rice-flour dumplings bound in bamboo grass
• Shio Anbin塩あんびんmochi filled with salt-seasoned red bean paste
• Shirokuma白熊shaved ice under condensed milk, ringed with fruit and red bean
• Shusse Imo出世いもsteamed taro or sweet potato wrapped around red bean paste
• Sorakitamochiそらきたもちsweet potato and wheat-dough mochi from Himeshima island
• Tagane Mochiたがね餅a flat, sea-cucumber-shaped rice cake of mochi and non-glutinous rice
• Tamago Kanten卵寒天egg-set agar sweet
• Tanabata Hotoたなばたほうとうwide wheat noodles tossed sweet for the Star Festival
• Tenmondouてんもんどうroot vegetables candied in sugar syrup
• Tobitsuki Dangoとびつき団子mochi dumplings coated in sweetened cowpea beans
• Tochi Mochi栃餅bitter horse chestnuts leached and pounded with sticky rice
• Botamochiぼた餅pounded rice topped with sweet bean paste for equinox and Obon
• Tofu Kasutera豆腐カステラcastella sponge made with tofu
• Tojiko Mameとじこ豆roasted soybeans bound in a sweet wheat-flour dough and steamed in bamboo bark
• Hangoroshi半ごろしTokushima han-goroshi — an ohagi-style rice cake mashed only halfway
• Wakasa no Oyaki若桜のおやきa mochi-rice bun filled with red bean for a shrine festival
• Tsukino Shizuku月の雫a Koshu grape coated whole in hardened sugar glaze
• Ude Manjuうでまんじゅうwheat dumplings boiled rather than steamed, plain or bean-filled
• Uiro外郎Yamaguchi uiro — a bouncy warabi-starch confection unlike Nagoya's rice version
• Uji Kintoki宇治金時shaved ice topped with sweet red beans and Uji matcha syrup
• Urajiro Manjuうらじろまんじゅうa mochi-like bun kneaded with the white-backed leaf of oyamabokuchi
• Uzumaki Mochiうずまきもちsweet red bean paste rolled inside a spiral of dumpling dough
• ImomochiいももちImomochi (Wakayama) — sweet potato pounded with a small measure of sticky rice
• Warabi Mochi蕨餅a soft jelly-like sweet made from bracken-root starch
• Yaki Mochi焼き餅leftover rice pan-fried with flour and miso
• Kashiwa Mochi柏餅Kashiwa mochi wrapped in sarutoriibara leaves, a Boys' Day sweet
• Yaseumaやせうまboiled flat wheat-dough noodles dusted with sweetened soybean flour
• Yoshino Kuzumochi葛餅a jelly-like cake made from Yoshino arrowroot starch
• Yubeshi柚餅子a citron confection kneaded with sticky rice flour
• Yude Dagoゆでだごboiled wheat dough dumplings dusted with brown sugar
• Yudemochiゆでもちflat disc of wheat dough wrapped around red bean paste and boiled
• Yuzu no Kawaniゆずの皮煮candied yuzu peel simmered slowly in sugar
• Yuzukanゆずかんa refreshing yuzu jelly made with the whole fruit
• Zunda Mochiずんだ餅mochi coated in sweet edamame paste