The royal dora-yaki

Last month M's baaba (Japanese for grandmother) was honored by the emperor of Japan for her long-service with the family judiciary in the prefecture of Aichi.

At the event, among other things, she received a bag of goodies -- kinda like the goody bag for Oscar winners -- which included this typical Japanese pancake with red bean paste stuffing (known as dora-yaki, because the cartoon character Doraemon likes eating it) that atypically bore the imperial seal of Japan. While the dora-yaki is sold almost everywhere in Japan, one with the imperial seal doesn't come by very often unless you belong to the royal family (or are good friends with the royal baker?).

Thought I'd take a photo of it before I chomped it down.