C went snowboarding in Niigata last weekend, and he brought Koshihikari manju for me. Koshihikari is the name of rice. They are baked buns, using wheat flour and Koshihikari brand rice flour, with bean paste filling. The wrapping paper is meant to look like a straw rice bag, it looks very cute and tastes alright. He also brought a bottle of Sake. Although he asked black cat (very good courier company called Yamato) to carry all his snowboarding equipment, I was wondering why he brought such a heavy gift for me. And I realised that I said 'Niigata is famous for rice, so they have lots of good sake brands too'. He remembered that! Great! He perfectly understands the omiyage culture!