Please help me identify this Mochi :)

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1. The picture that I see has the ichigo daifuku on top of the second container (rather than to its left), so I’m going to comment using that orientation.

   My best guesses for the second container (left to right, top to bottom):

   1. Mame daifuku — daifuku with sweet red beans mixed into mochi
   2. Mame daifuku — looks a bit different from 1, but I think it’s the same kind? Or, maybe there is black sesame seeds (kuro goma) mixed into the mochi?
   3. Kinako mochi (or daifuku, if it contains sweet red beans) — soy flour on the outside
   4. Daifuku — plain kind, with sweet red bean paste inside
   5. Yomogi/kusa daifuku — mochi is kneaded with Japanese yomogi (mugwort) leaves and tea leaves
   6. Yomogi/kusa daifuku — as 5, but without tea leaves
   7. Sakura mochi — wrapped with cherry tree leaf
   8. Ohagi — glutinous rice with sweet re bean paste on the outside

2. I think the brown one is warabi mochi
   White with black spot is kuromame daifuku which is black bean (this one is definitely delicious)
   Dark green one looks like a mugwort daifuku (also good)
   Pink one looks like sakura daifuku (wasnt this seasonal?)

3. Woww

4. Also something I learned the hard way. You DO eat the leaf for the sakura mochi, but you do NOT eat the leaf for kashiwa mochi. That looks like an amazing haul! So jealous, my mouth is watering.

5. Asking for a friend

6. I’m down with red bean, but I tried ichigo daifuku with custard inside instead of anko, and it’s just so delicious, I’d eat it all the time, you gotta try it. I paid like 500¥ for just one though I think, must be because of the fruit. What’d you pay for these?