It consists of a ball of vanilla ice cream wrapped in a thin layer of mochi.

Lotte originally created Watabōshi (Japanese: わたぼうし "cotton hat or capped with snow"), a bite-size ice cream wrapped in a thin layer of marshmallow in 1980.

The regular Yukimi daifuku, strawberry milk, and triple chocolate raw comes in a packaging of two pieces (47 mL each).

The tokachi azuki and raw chocolate flavour comes in the same packaging as the mini box.

Yukimi is a seasonal activity in Japan, similar to hanami, consisting of watching snow falling.