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Hishi mochi (菱餅 ひしもち) is a symbolic Japanese sweet associated with the Hinamatsuri Girl’s Day festival which coincides with the calendar date for Xiuxi (上巳). The sweet is rhomboid in shape and typically formed from three layers of red (pink) white and green mochi from top to bottom. Depending on region the red may be substituted with yellow or the sweet may have 5 or 7 layers instead.