A vivid blue jelly with white interior designed to mimic clouds in the sky.

A real slice of lemon is suspended in this jelly, the finished design likened to lace.

A tiny rice paddy in jelly form.

A yokan (jelly) flavoured with coffee, raspberry and mint layers.

Eating sweets on this day slowly spread to the masses.

A particular custom emerged, in a call-back to the original celebration, of eating 16 types of sweets (costing 16 文 'mon'). As the act of eating was a prayer of sorts, they were consumed in silence!

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