rice boiled with soy sauce and sake
A traditional Japanese dish where rice is cooked with soy sauce and sake, often associated with cherry blossom viewing.
Sakura-meshi goes well with cherry blossom viewing.
The sakura-meshi my grandmother makes has an exquisite aroma of soy sauce and sake.
The name likely comes from the association with cherry blossoms (桜), as the dish is traditionally enjoyed during hanami (cherry blossom viewing).