trembleYou're...going to eat me, aren't you...?tremble5/26 is Maple Momiji Day!
Established using wordplay to commemorate the Western-style confectionery, Maple Momiji!
Wordplay being maple (メープル/meepuru) where mee = May, pu = 2, and ru = 6.
Maple Momiji is a financier pastry sold under the Kaedenoki (lit. maple tree) brand by the Sanyell company to promote the city of Hiroshima, where one can find many beautiful Japanese maples, as the Land of Maples. The sweets are made purely with maple sugar imported from Quebec, Canada, and has won a Monde Selection award for three consecutive years as of 2024.
