As the cherry blossoms or sakura blooms in Japan, the country is transformed into a scenery featuring pink and white hues. But do you know that many tasty treats can be prepared with these blooms?

and this year they’ve dialed up the chewiness to better resemble the texture of sakura mochi, a pink rice cake confection wrapped in a pickled sakura leaf. Sakura mochi, as it appears in the Kanto ...