With the exam season approaching, junior high schools in Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture, presented students with butter mochi, a special product that is soft and stretchy, in the hope that their exam scores will improve.
"Butter mochi" is a snack made by kneading butter into mochi, and is popular as a specialty of Kitaakita City.
Every year, a group of manufacturers organizes butter mochi to pray for passing exams to third-year junior high school students in the city who are preparing to take exams. is giving
On the 9th, a presentation ceremony was held at Takanosu Junior High School, and butter rice cakes, which were prayed for passing the exam at the shrine, were handed to student representatives by Keiji Minatoya, chairman of the group.
Two butter mochi were presented to each student, and the students immediately filled their mouths during school lunch, tasting the well-stretched mochi and renewing their determination to pass the exam.
One of the students enthusiastically said, "It was sweet and very delicious. I have less than a month left until the exam, so I want to improve my score like butter rice cakes."