From 1806 the sweet, christened 'gyōja mochi', was sold on the day before the Gion Matsuri's first parade.
Sales have been disrupted only twice in Kashiwaya Mitsusada's (柏屋光貞) history...during WWII and during the more recent pandemic.
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