If you’ve never tried Hawaiian butter mochi, you’re in for a treat! This chewy, golden-brown dessert is a delightful fusion ...

In Japan, the New Year is a time of celebration, filled with cherished traditions and delicious foods. One such delicacy is ...

This is mochi, or rice cake, formed into a round shape to represent a mirror (kagami), one of the three sacred treasures, and displayed at New Year as an offering to the New Year gods (toshigami).

NIKKO – Priests pounded mochi rice cakes in a wooden mortar at Rinnoji Temple in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture on Saturday, the day of the winter solstice. As part of a traditional event, priests dressed ...

Priests pounded mochi rice cakes in a wooden mortar at Rinnoji Temple in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture on Saturday, the day of the winter solstice. As part of a traditional event, priests dressed as ...

Families usually eat mochi in a savoury soup called ozoni. Women form cooked and pounded rice into small cakes as they participate in making Japanese rice cakes called mochi, 14 December, 2003, at the ...

"I hope people will start off a good year by savoring good mochi rice cakes on New Year's Day," President Katsuya Yamada commented. (Japanese original by Kazuki Yamazaki, Nagoya Photo and Video ...

For his Kanto-style recipe, 2000 F&W Best New ... What is mochi? Mochi refers to a type of Japanese cake made with short-grain rice, called mochigome, that’s been steamed, pounded into a paste ...

The National Police Agency and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency are urging elderly people to be careful when eating mochi rice cakes during the New Year holidays. The appeal is made every year ...

Despite an annual warning from authorities, a deadly New Year's trend continued in Japan this week as two people died after choking on mochi — a doughy cake made from steamed sweet rice that is ...