New Year's decoration with colored rice balls on branches
A traditional Japanese New Year decoration made by attaching small, often pink and white, mochi balls to willow or other branches. It symbolizes a good harvest and is sometimes called 繭玉 (mayudama) in some regions.
There is a custom of displaying mochibana inside the house at New Year's.
Mochibana is a decoration made by attaching red and white mochi to willow branches.