Houbazushi is a special kind of sushi usually made for holidays of farm work and ohimachi, and also when having guests home. This special sushi is decorated colorfully with vinegared salted mackerels and salted trouts. If rice is wrapped with a hou leaf while the rice is still warm, it absorbs the scent of Hou more, however the leaf later dulls its color. In some of the areas, this sushi is wrapped or made as oshizushi with the rice and fish mixed together. The ingredients differ depending on the seasons, or the cook’s choice, and it could be arranged in many ways.