It's Vernal Equinox Day today, which is a national holiday here in jp.
Happy Birthdays, my dearest friends! (You know whom I'm talking about. ;) )
Young Snape thinking of vernal sweets.
Clockwise from the left;
Bota-mochi, a rice ball (more elastic than ordinary ones) covered with anko (sweet red-beans paste).
Also called Ohagi, on the autumn equinox day.
Sanshoku-dango, three-coloured (pink, white, green) small dumplings on a stick.
Sakura mochi, mochi (anko inside) wrapped with a corned cherry leaf.