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It's beautiful at the time of Kasho
June 16 is a Japanese sweets day. It is said that in the summer of 848 AD (848, 848), Emperor Nimei offered 16 kinds of sweets and rice cakes in front of the shrine and prayed for the eradication of the plague by oracle.
It is said that during the Muromachi period, the samurai performed a bow for coolness, and the loser gave the winner the food he bought with 16 Kadad Treasures.
It is respected by the samurai because Zen Ji and Dori lead to victory.
In the Edo period, the shoguns of the daimyo, who were more than the daimyo, came to Edo Castle under the name of "Kasho Daidai", and worshiped sweets from the general. Even in the private sector, there was a custom of eating 16 rice cake sweets in 16 sentences called "Kasho-ku".
And even today, special Japanese sweets that remind you of the changing seasons are lined up in stores.
By the way, special stamps will be issued based on famous shops such as round kintsuba and Japanese sweets loved by the common people of Edo, and the long-established Nihonbashi area. It is an image of Soroku style that was popular in the Edo period. Why don't you feel the history and tradition with stamp design?
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◆Nihonbashi
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