Beside a simply colored Inoko mochi cake in red or white and one covered with boiled azuki beans, there are many differently shaped and colored ones, using different materials such as soybeans, azuki beans, black-eyed peas, sesame seeds, chestnuts, persimmons, wheat glutens and so on, depending on the region.
また、単に紅白の餅、餅の表面に茹でた小豆をまぶしたものなど、地方により大豆、小豆、ササゲ、胡麻、栗、柿、飴など素材に差異がある。