Oiri Sweets

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Sweets for the Bride (oiri　おいり, o-iri　お入り)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation




They are made from small round mochi pieces fluffed round in a heater and then colored.
They are given to a bride of the area, so that the newly wedded life will be round and round all over (maruku naru yoo ni).
yomeiri

Speciality of West-Sanuki area, Shikoku.

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The balls made from mochigome rice have a diameter of only one centimeter and the inside is air. When you blow on them slightly, they roll around. They have a light sweet taste.

This custom started in the Edo period around 1587 when the first lord of Sanuki, Ikoma Chikamasa 生駒親正公, had them made for the bride, using five colors, pink, yellow, orange, white and light blue. Since then they became a special in Marugame. The name comes from "yomeiri" to get married. O-iri can also mean : to need or to roast slightly.

They also say:
If the Oiri balls are nice and round, the bride will be nice and round.



© PHOTO :　tadanocafe
Mister Yamashita makes "Oiri" balls.



. Ikoma Chikamasa 生駒 親正 .
(1526 – March 25, 1603)


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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


. yome-iri, yomeiri 　嫁入り人形　 bridal dolls, wedding dolls .

人形の肌の縮緬さくら冷え
ningyoo no hada no chirimen sakurabie

Yasome Aiko 八染藍子


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HAIKU



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Related words

***** WASHOKU : Regional Japanese Dishes


***** WAGASHI ... Sweets SAIJIKI


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