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Sakuramochi (桜餅): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Sakuramochi (桜餅) is a Japanese food classified as mochi, wagashi. Ingredients listed for it include Sakuraba zuke, flour, mochi, red bean paste, rice cake.

Name in Japanese桜餅
Typemochi, wagashi
Main ingredientsSakuraba zuke, flour, mochi, red bean paste, rice cake
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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