The gift of this period is decorated with a red and white colored mizuhiki (decorative Japanese cord made of twisted paper) and a long, thin strip of a dried abalone (or a mark instead of an abalone,) while only a mizuhiki but an abalone is attached if the gift is fresh food.
この時期に贈る品物には紅白の水引と、熨斗アワビの飾りまたは代わりのマークを付けて贈る（ただし、品物が生ものの場合は熨斗アワビは付けずに水引のみ）。