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Eating sweets on this day slowly spread to the masses.
A particular custom emerged, in a call-back to the original celebration, of eating 16 types of sweets (costing 16 文 'mon'). As the act of eating was a prayer of sorts, they were consumed in silence!
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As it was the 16th day, Ninmyō made an offering of 16 kinds of sweets & mochi (餅) to the gods.
The appearance of a white turtle in Bungo Province (豊後国) seemed to confirm that the prayers had worked, and so the emperor changed the era name to Kashō (嘉祥 'good augury'-848-51).Thanks to Emperor Ninmyō, sweets became associated with good health and the prevention of disease.
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