Botamochi (牡丹餅) feature in a lovely little proverb (ことわざ 'kotowaza').
'Tana kara botamochi' (棚からぼたもち), lit. 'a botamochi falls down from the shelf'.
It means to 'receive a windfall' or get 'a lucky break'.
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@camelliakyoto.bsky.socialBotamochi (牡丹餅) feature in a lovely little proverb (ことわざ 'kotowaza').
'Tana kara botamochi' (棚からぼたもち), lit. 'a botamochi falls down from the shelf'.
It means to 'receive a windfall' or get 'a lucky break'.
@camelliakyoto.bsky.socialBotamochi (牡丹餅) started life as a similar dish called 'kaimochi' (かいもち). It's unclear when this sweet appeared, but it is first mentioned in the work 'Uji Shūi Monogatari' (宇治拾遺物語), likely written at the beginning of the 13thC.
