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<\/a><\/br>\nThis package arrived on Saturday and I was very excited to receive it as I already knew what was going to be inside. About a month or two ago I was chatting with my friend Felix, who lives in Hong Kong, over msn. I was feeling very down at that point in time and to cheer me up, he asked if he could get me anything from Tokyo as he was going there on a business trip soon.
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<\/a><\/br>\nAn elegantly wrapped black and grey package – typical of sleek and tasteful Japanese design – with a gold band and the word \u9ed1 (black) lay before me.
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<\/a><\/br>\nI love the back of the box, too, with its round red sticker that’s similar to the red round circle on the Japanese flag. A deft and aesthetically good touch to hold the gold band down.
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<\/a><\/br>\nA black embossed box lay before me after tearing off the first wrapping and my anticipation builds…
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<\/a><\/br>\nAnd oh, the treasure lies beneath!
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<\/a><\/br>\nTwo boxes of goma (black sesame) mochi were sitting prettily in their plastic wrapping.
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<\/a><\/br>\nEach box has five pieces of triangular pillow-like goma mochi speckled with the gold-coloured flour. A close-up of it as shown in the previous post certainly makes it look like small pebbles on a beach that are kissed by sand.
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<\/a><\/br>\nA bite into it reveals the black sesame paste wrapped inside. I love this type of thin-skinned mochi which are slightly less chewy than the round ones which are more common. In Japan, it’s a joy to see them freshly made in shops or department stores that sell them. But I’m only a fan of goma mochi; I don’t like the other flavours.
\nAnyway, I’m enjoying my goma mochi and I am so fortunate to have friends who will do such things for me. Thanks Felix!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"