In Japan, too, there has been this custom through the ages: in the "Engishiki" (an ancient book of codes and procedures on national rites and prayers) there appears Nanakusa-gayu, which is called Mochi-gayu and written as 餅粥 (望粥).
日本でも古くから行われており、『延喜式』には餅粥（望粥・もちがゆ）という名称で七種粥が登場する。