Tomorrow is the Girl’s festival in Japan. It is not a national holiday but families have girls, they cerebrate today.
It is the traditional Japanese festival held to wish girls both health and growth. This family event originally began 600 years ago. We set up dolls and have a party. We eat ‘chirashi-zushi’ which is unrolled sushi with pieces of raw fish, vegetables and thin strip of egg.
It’s ‘hina-arare’. This is grilled bits of rice cake for this festival.
This is called ‘Hishi-mochi The sweet is rhomboid in shape and typically formed from three layers of red (pink), white, and green mochi, from top to bottom.
