五ご平へい餅もち

• 焼やき餅もち

  Grilled rice cake, often plain or with soy sauce, but not typically skewered or coated with a thick miso sauce like gohei mochi.

• みたらし団だん子ご

  Skewered rice dumplings with a sweet soy glaze, but smaller, rounder, and not made from pounded rice cakes.

• 五ご平へい餅もち

  Standard kanji spelling for this regional dish.

• 御ご幣へい餅もち
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form; 五平餅 is much more common.

The name is said to come from the shape resembling a gohei (御幣), a wooden wand with paper streamers used in Shinto rituals. The exact origin is uncertain, but it is strongly associated with the mountainous regions of central Japan.