Hello! It’s less than a month till the end of 2019 – right after Christmas，it’s time to usher in the new year! While you may relate New Year celebrations with countdowns and parties, the Japanese New Year is often a large family affair with many unique traditions. One of the most well-known is probably mochi-tsuki (rice cake making). Rice is placed in a stone or wooden mortar and pounded with a pellet until it comes together to form a large, sticky rice cake. It is an event ubiquitous to the Japanese New Year – mochi-tsuki events can be found all over Japan, and are venues for people to congregate and […]
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