There is a Japanese song that says, ``Bean paste bread has bean paste in them, Jam bread has jam in them, But nightingale bread doesn't have nightingale in them.''
In spring, a Japanese sweet called Ugusu (nightingale) Mochi is sold. The rice cake is covered with green bean powder. That's why Japanese people mistakenly think that nightingales are green.
Japanese sweets inspired by spring in Japan.
An image of fields and mountains with young leaves sprouting.
The top left is mugwort mochi. There is red bean paste inside.
Sakuramochi topped with salted cherry blossom petals. Both flowers and leaves can be eaten. There is red bean paste inside.
You don't see it much outside of spring, so if you're in Japan in spring, be sure to try it.
