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Posts tagged Rice Mochi
New Years Mochi Making
Jan 6th
Every year around New Years the Japanese make Mochi the old fashion way. Here is a little video with the “Killer Mochi Pounding Machine” my father-in-law made.
1st Birthdays in Japan
Jul 26th
1st Year Birthday Party Mochi and Sandals.
Went to my nieces first birthday party last weekend. The pink and white “things” you
see is mochi (bascially rice flour). It’s a tradition to have the 1 year old put on those
sandals and stand them on the mochi. In the olden days it was a big thing for a child
to make it to their first birthday, so the celebration was very special. Later I will put
in the Japanese vocabulary for this sandals and the mochi, but I have to wait until
my wife gets home. (Try finding that in a dictionary…)
