A soft rice cake filled with sweet bean paste and wrapped in a fragrant oak leaf, traditionally enjoyed on May 5th for Children’s Day in Japan.
Because oak leaves do not fall until new leaves have grown, they have long symbolized the prosperity of descendants and the continuity of the family line.
(Photo: smooth red bean paste on the left, sweet miso bean paste on the right.)

[ Ogura Red Bean Filling ]
Rice flour, sugar, smooth red bean paste, oak leaves
[ Sweet miso Bean Filling ]
Rice flour, sugar, sweet miso bean paste, oak leaves