Kurikinton is one of the premium Japanese sweets made with chestnuts, which is a specialty of Minotoubu in Gifu Prefecture. It is made with only chestnuts and sugar simmered together, no water added to it but kurikinton is done good and moist. It is not as sticky as the one for osechi. It is shaped like a chestnut, and it is not too sweet but very tasty. There are many chestnut farmers in Ena region, and each home makes kurikinton with kuzukuri in autumn.