This is the Year of the Rat. It comes around every twelve years. Little Brother was born in the year of the rat. He will be twelve in February. For a snack one day, we ate these manju with an imprint of a rat. Manju is a wheat cake that is filled with sweet bean paste called an or anko.
For another snack time, Aunt bought this butter roll shaped like a rat at a bakery. Its eyes are raisins. It is filled with sweet bean paste, too.
Best Wishes for the Year of the Rat!
Kids Web Japan--other sweet bean cakes
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