Sakuramochi

Dōmyōji sakura mochi, Kansai style West of Tokyo, sakura mochi looks like this: a pink, pebbly ball of bean-filled rice with a cherry leaf around it. The texture comes from dōmyōji flour, glutinous rice that has been steamed, dried and coarsely ground, first made as a preserved food at Dōmyōji, a nunnery in Fujiidera near Osaka. It is the most common style in the Osaka area, so order by region: crepe in Tokyo, rice here.